The moment cricket fans have been waiting for has arrived. India and Australia will clash in Perth starting tomorrow (November 22). All eyes will be on the Indian batsmen in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Test series. It remains to be seen which eleven players will be part of the Indian team for the first Test match against Australia. It will be difficult for India captain Rohit Sharma’s side to play the first Test match as he is currently in India with his family. There are speculations that KL Rahul could be available in the opening match in Rohit’s absence. KL Rahul’s recent performances have been nothing special, so the responsibility of giving India a good start will fall on the shoulders of young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Jaiswal is in great form
This is Jaiswal’s first visit to Australia and the team has high hopes for him. 2014 has been a good year so far for the young left-handed opener. He is the second-highest run-scorer this year after Joe Root. He scored 1119 runs in 21 innings in 11 Test matches including 2 centuries and 7 half-centuries. His batting average during this period was 55.95.
Considering Jaiswal’s stellar form, the first innings of the Perth Test itself has the potential to break a major record. In fact, Yashasvi Jaiswal would create history by scoring 15 runs in the first innings of India’s first Test match. He will become the highest run-scoring left-hand Indian batsman in the history of Test cricket in India. The record is currently held by former India batsman and current India coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir scored 1134 runs in Test cricket in 2008.
Yashasvi gets chance to leave Sachin behind
There will be a total of 5 games in this series. During this period, Jaiswal will also get a chance to break Sachin Tendulkar’s biggest record. If he manages to score 444 runs, he will become India’s highest-scoring batsman in Tests over the years. The current record is titled Sachin Tendulkar. In 2010, Sachin scored 1562 runs in Test cricket.
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