Yashasvi Jaiswal’s phenomenal feat
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The number of batters to reach the career milestone of 1000 Test runs in less than 10 Test matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal has made history by becoming the first Indian and the fifth player ever to reach the career milestone of 1000 Test runs in less than 10 Test matches. Jaiswal achieved this feat during his ninth Test, in Dharamsala.
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The number of innings Jaiswal needed to reach 1000 Test runs. He is now the second quickest to achieve the landmark for India after Vinod Kambli, another left-hander. However, Jaiswal is now the quickest Indian to reach 1000 Test runs while opening the batting. He bettered Rohit Sharma's previous record of 17 innings. The second table below lists the players who reached 1000 Test runs while opening the batting.
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The number of sixes hit by Jaiswal in the recent five-match Test series against England. This is now the most hit by an individual batter in a Test series. He became the first to smack 20 or more sixes in a series in Test cricket history. Overall, only four batters have hit 15 or more sixes in a Test series. England’s Walter Hammond was the first batter to hit 10 sixes during the two-match Test series in New Zealand in 1932/33. Interestingly, all his 10 sixes came during his knock of 336 not out in Auckland in April 1933. Since then, five other players have held the Test record for hitting the maximum number of sixes in a series.
Note: England’s off-spinner Shoaib Bashir conceded 20 sixes in the recent Test series in India, which is the most ever conceded by any bowler in a series.
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The number of sixes hit in the recent Test series in India is the most ever in Test cricket history. This is the first time the three-figure mark has been breached. Likewise, India’s tally of 72 sixes in this series is also the first time the sixes hit by a side has crossed the 50-mark in Tests.
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The number of occasions a player, appearing in his 100th Test match, has managed to claim most number of wickets on that special occasion. R. Ashwin, in Dharamsala, emulated Sri Lankan M. Muralitharan by claiming nine England wickets in his 100th Test match. However, Ashwin's match bowling figures are statistically the best, which puts him on top of the table, as seen below. Also, Ashwin's five-wicket haul in the second innings is the third-best for a player in his 100th Test match (see the second table).
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The number of bowlers who are members of the 700-plus Test wickets Club. England’s James Anderson became the first pacer to do so.
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The number of times Team India has won a maximum number of Test matches in a series.