Yashasvi Jaiswal is in race to beat Sachin's Record (Source:@OneCricketApp/X.com)
Yashasvi Jaiswal made his debut at the international level on India's tour of Caribbean in 2023, and since then has grown from strength to strength. He scored century in his debut Test, and has been brilliant in the purest format of the game in 2024. He is India's leading run-scorer in Test cricket in 2024 and now needs 259 runs to score most Test runs in a calendar year for India.
The young southpaw has so far scored 1304 runs in 2024 in 13 Tests at an average of 54.33. He has played an aggressive brand of cricket and has scored his runs at a strike-rate of 72.56 with includes three centuries and seven fifties.
Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record for most runs in a calendar year by an Indian. In 2010, the Master Blaster scored 1562 runs in 14 Tests at a stunning average of 78.10 which included seven hundreds and five fifties.
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Comparison Between Sachin's 2010 Record And Yashasvi Jaiswal's 2024 Stats
| Batters | Matches | Runs | Average | 100/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | 14 | 1562 | 78.10 | 7/5 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 13 | 1304 | 54.33 | 3/5 |
Young Yashasvi Jaiswal On Verge Of Surpassing Indian Greats
Currently, the likes of Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli are all ahead of Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, the opener has four innings at his disposal this year and with the kind of form he is in, there are chances that he could go ahead of all of them.
Overall, Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf holds the record of most runs in a calendar year. In 2006, the right-handed batter scored 1788 runs at an average of 99.33 with nine hundreds and three fifties in that year. Also, Yashasvi Jaiswal is now second in the list of most Test runs in 2024 and need 167 runs to surpass Joe Root who has 1470 runs.
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