Yashasvi Jaiswal, the young prodigy taking the cricketing world by storm, added another feather to his cap on Saturday. The southpaw became only the fifth Indian batsman to score over 600 runs in a Test series, achieving the feat in the ongoing fourth match against England.
Jaiswal, playing in just his seventh Test innings, reached the milestone with a single off Shoaib Bashir.
On a run-making spree, Jaiswal struck two double hundreds in the second and third Tests against England in the ongoing series, showcasing his remarkable consistency and dominance at the crease.
With this achievement, the 22-year-old joins the illustrious company of Indian batting legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, and Dilip Sardesai.
Former Indian captains Gavaskar, Kohli and Dravid had amassed more than 600 runs in Test series twice in their careers while Sardesai recorded his feat during the away series in the West Indies in 1970-71.
It was in the same 1970-71 series in the West Indies that Gavaskar created the record of most runs for any Indian batter in a Test series, garnering 774 runs at 154.8 with four centuries and three half-centuries.
Gavaskar holds the distinction of being the only Indian to have scored more than 700 runs in a Test series on two occasions.
The ‘Little Master’ also churned out 732 runs in six Tests at 91.5 with four tons and a fifty when the West Indies toured India in 1978-79.
The world record for most runs in a Test series is held by Australian batting legend Donald Bradman, who made 974 runs in five Tests against England at 139.14 with four centuries in 1930.
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