India’s young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has equaled Virat’s record of most runs in the home series. Jaiswal equaled Virat Kohli’s score of 655 runs during the fourth Test match of the ongoing five-match Test series against England and became the joint second highest run-scorer for India along with Virat Kohli in the home Test series.
Yashasvi Jaiswal equalized Kohli on the fourth day of the fourth Test being played between India and England.
Sunil Gavaskar remains at the top in this list. He scored 732 runs in six matches against West Indies in 1978/79.
22-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal is playing his third Test series for India. Yashasvi Jaiswal has performed brilliantly in the ongoing series against England, starting with an aggressive innings of 80 runs in Hyderabad.
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The second match of the ongoing five-match Test series against England was played in Vizag, where India’s young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played a strong inning of 209 runs. This strong innings of Jaiswal set the stage for India’s victory in the second Test match, before which India had lost the first match and were 1-0 down in the series.
In the third Test match of Rajkot also, Yashasvi Jaiswal played an excellent inning of 214 runs unbeaten, scored another double century and by winning the third Test match, the host team managed to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
This record was made by Indian player Virat Kohli in 2016. He made this record in eight innings with two centuries and several half-centuries, including his best score of 235 runs.