Yashasvi Jaiswal Hundred Equals Sachin Tendulkar Record: Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played against Australia in Perth. With this century, Jaiswal equaled former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Jaiswal completed his century with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes in 205 balls on a difficult pitch.
Jaiswal reached equal to Sachin Tendulkar
This was Jaiswal’s third Test century in the calendar year of 2024. At present Jaiswal’s age is 22 years and 332 days. Whereas the legendary Tendulkar had scored 3 centuries before the age of 23 in the calendar year of 1992. In this way Jaiswal equaled Sachin Tendulkar.
In this list, Sunil Gavaskar and Vinod Kambli are jointly at the top position. Gavaskar had scored 4 centuries in the 1971 calendar year. Apart from this, Vinod Kambli had scored 4 centuries in the calendar year of 1993.
Most Test centuries in a calendar year before the age of 23 (India)
4 centuries – Sunil Gavaskar in 1971
4 Centuries – Vinod Kambli in 1993
3 centuries – Ravi Shastri in 1984
3 centuries – Sachin Tendulkar in 1992
3 centuries – Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2024.
With this, Jaiswal became the third Indian batsman to score a century on his debut in Australia. This feat was first done by Motaganahalli Jayasimha, who scored a century in Brisbane in 1967-68. Then in 1977-78, Sunil Gavaskar became the second Indian batsman to do so. Gavaskar also scored a century in Brisbane. Now Jaiswal did this amazing thing while playing in Perth.
Most test centuries for India before the age of 23
Jaiswal joined the list of Indian batsmen who scored the most Test centuries before the age of 23. This was Jaiswal’s fourth century. Sachin Tendulkar is at the top position in the list with 8 centuries.
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