Yashasvi Jaiswal : The fourth match of the 5-match Test series between India and England is being played in Ranchi. In this test match, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 37 runs in India's second innings. Although Yashasvi Jaiswal could not complete his half-century in the second innings, but he has achieved a special achievement in his career. Jaiswal has become the highest run-scorer Indian player after the first 8 Test matches of his Test career. He also became the second batsman in the world after Don Bradman to score the most runs in 8 Test matches.
Gavaskar left behind
Don Bradman holds the world record for scoring most runs in the first 8 Test matches. Bradman had scored a total of 1210 runs in the first 8 Test matches. Whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 973 runs in 8 test matches so far. Apart from this, former Indian player Sunil Gavaskar had scored a total of 936 runs in his first 8 Test matches.
Jaiswal equalized with Kohli
Apart from this, Jaiswal has equaled Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the most runs in the home series. Jaiswal has scored 655 runs so far in this series, one more Test match is still to be played. Along with this, Kohli had scored 655 runs in 8 innings against England in the year 2016. Along with this, the record of scoring most runs for India on home ground is also in the name of Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar had scored 732 runs in 9 innings against West Indies in 1978.