The second Test between India and England is to be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from July 2. In this match, Team India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s eyes can break the 50 -year -old record of Sunil Gavaskar. If Yashaswi manages to do so, he will write a new history in Indian Test cricket.
At the moment, Yashasvi’s tour of England was a great debut. He was the first player to score a century on this tour. Apart from him, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant also scored centuries in the first match but Team India still did not win. If India has to make a strong comeback in the second match, then the batsmen will once again expect a similar performance.
At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 1903 runs in 20 Tests played so far with an average of 52.96. He is 87 runs away from touching the 2000 -run mark in Test cricket. If he achieves this position by scoring 97 runs in Edgbaston Test, then he will become Indians to score 2000 Test runs in the least matches. Currently, this record is named after Little Master Sunil Gavaskar.
Gavaskar’s career started with a glut of runs, completing his 2000 Test runs in 23 matches. If Jaiswal manages to do so in Edgbaston, then he will have another chance to break Sunil Gavaskar’s record.
At the same time, among other Indian batsmen who scored 2000 runs, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag are behind Sunil Gavaskar. Both these former veterans took 25 Tests to do this feat.