NEW DELHI: India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is on a run making spree in the ongoing Test series against England. With 655 runs in 4 matches, at an average of 93.57, Yashasvi is the top run-getter in the five-match series so far.
The 22 year-old left hander became the joint-second-highest Indian run-getter in a home Test series, equalling the record of Virat Kohli. He equalled Kohli's tally of 655 runs on the fourth day of the 4th Test against England in Ranchi. Virat scored 655 runs in 5 Tests against England in the 2016 home series at an average of 109.16.
Virat Kohli has three instances in his career of scoring 600-plus runs in a Test series, achieving this against Sri Lanka in 2017 (610 runs in a home series), England in 2016 (655 runs in a home series), and England again in 2014 (692 runs in a home series).
1/10:4th Test: India beat England to take unassailable lead
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2/10:Five-wicket win
<p>India accomplished a nervy chase to secure a five-wicket victory against England in the fourth Test and claim an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. </p>AP
3/10:The flying start
<p>Chasing a modest 192 for victory, India cruised to 84 for no loss with openers Rohit Sharma (55) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (37) giving them a flying start. </p>AP
4/10:Shoaib Bashir
<p>The English spinners, led by Shoaib Bashir (3-79), then engineered a collapse that left India reeling at 120-5. </p>AFP
5/10:India openers
<p>Needing 152 runs on day four with all 10 wickets intact, Rohit and in-form opener Jaiswal looked at ease on a pitch, where the odd ball kept low. </p>AFP
6/10:Rohit Sharma
<p>Rohit smacked James Anderson for a six over mid-on and Jaiswal hit spinner Shoaib Bashir for back-to-back fours. </p>IANS
7/10:Joe Root
<p>Joe Root broke the stand in his first over when Jaiswal tried to slice it and Anderson dived full length at short third man to grab the edge. </p>Getty Images
8/10:The stumping
<p>Rohit brought up his fifty before Hartley drew him out of the crease with a flighted delivery and Ben Foakes whipped off the bails to effect the stumping. </p>AP
9/10:Sarfaraz Khan
<p>India slumped to 100-3 after Bashir dismissed Rajat Patidar for a duck and after lunch accounted for Ravindra Jadeja and Sarfaraz Khan off successive deliveries. </p>AP
10/10:Match-winning stand
<p>Shubman Gill (52*) and Dhruv Jurel (39*) combined in an unbroken stand of 72 for the sixth wicket to clinch India's victory on the penultimate day of the contest. </p>APThe top spot in the list remains with Sunil Gavaskar, who scored a remarkable 732 runs in six matches against the West Indies in 1978/79.
As Yashasvi approaches the final Test match in Dharamsala, scheduled for March 7, he is just 38 runs away from surpassing Virat Kohli's tally of 692 runs in a Test series.
Also, if Yashasvi manages to score 120 and plus runs, he will also surpass Gavaskar to top the list.
Most runs in a Test series for India:
774 Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies in 1970
732 Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies in 1978
692 Virat Kohli vs England in 2014
655 Virat Kohli vs England in 2016
655 Yashasvi Jaiswal vs England in 2024*
