Indians With 600+ Runs In A Test Series Against England
Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes only the third Indian to score 600+ runs in a Test series against England (X.com)
England are considered as one of the foremost sides in the longest format of the game. And now that they have invented their own way of playing red-ball cricket, they are turning out to be more furious than before. Scoring runs against an opponent like England becomes really difficult owing to their bowling impressive bowling attack. For the last 10-15 years, James Anderson and Stuart Broad were the premier bowlers of the England team with over 1000 Test wickets jointly, which explains why it's so hard to score against the three lions.
On the other hand, a few Indian batters have managed to come out on top of the English bowling lineup and went on to score over six hundred runs in a single Test series. Yashasvi Jaiswal is having a great time in the ongoing 5-match Test series against England.
He has already smashed over 600 runs with the help of two double centuries, becomes only the third Indian to do so and has also equalled Virat Kohli's record of hammering 655 runs in a Test series against England with still one game left. To acknowledge the same, we at OneCricket are presenting all three occasions where Indian batters stood up against the inventors of the sport.
3) Rahul Dravid - 602 Runs, 2002
Rahul Dravid scored 602 runs during the 2002 tour (X.com)
The current head coach of the Indian team, Rahul Dravid was also known as the Wall in the world of cricket, was nothing short of an immaculate force to the Indian batting during his playing days. He was known to get stuck in the middle and also had a solid defence even against the best of bowlers in the world.
With over 13,000 Test runs under his name, Dravid was among the foremost batters of the Indian team alongside Sachin Tendulkar. In his 164-match long Test career, the right-hander hammered 36 centuries along with 63 half-centuries and made a name for himself in the history of Indian cricket.
During the year 2002, India visited England for a four-match Test series, where India managed to draw the series despite being a visiting nation. Rahul Dravid went on to play a critical role in the series and recorded 602 runs in just six innings with the help of three centuries including a double century.
2) Virat Kohli - 655 Runs, 2016
Virat Kohli scored 655 runs during the famous 2016 series (X.com)
If there's any cricketer in the world who is ready to put everything on the field, it's Virat Kohli. His professionalism and passion for playing the sport have been extraordinary, which is why he is among the greatest cricketers in the world. Having scored over 8,000 Test runs in his career so far, Virat has been a phenomenal asset for the Indian team over the last decade.
If there is a year in Virat's career where he was just unstoppable, it was 2016. In that particular year, the right-hander was playing like a beast and churned out a truckload of runs. During the same year, England visited India for five match long Test series and Virat Kohli became the highest scorer of the series.
The run-machine went on to amass 655 runs in just eight innings including the highest score of 235 not out. With the help of two centuries and two half-centuries, he carried an average of over 100 throughout the series and was also named a player of the series.
1) Yashasvi Jaiswal - 655 Runs, 2024*
Yashasvi Jaiswal currently has 655 runs in the 2023 series X.com)
The young sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal has become a key player for India's Test team and has also ended the search for an opener with an amazing display of character at the top. With just 8 Tests under his belt, he has already hammered two double hundreds and both of them have come against England in the ongoing five-match Test series.
With 971 runs in just eight Tests, Jaiswal is turning out to be a generational find for the Indian team. He has already smashed three centuries and three half-centuries and has also become the Indian player to smash the most number of sixes in the longest format of the game in a single year.
Jaiswal after his eighth inning of the series has already notched up 655 runs with a blistering average of over 100. He also becomes one of the youngest players to smash double centuries in Test cricket with his knocks of 209 runs in the second Test and 214-run unbeaten knock in the third Test. His 73-run knock in the first innings of the fourth Test places him at the top among the three, given he is just one run away from breaking Kohli's record with a match to go.
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