The time cricket fans have been waiting for has arrived. Tomorrow i.e. from November 22, there is going to be a match between India and Australia in Perth. All eyes will be on the Indian batsmen in this first match of the Border-Gavaskar Test series. It will be interesting to see the 11 players that Team India field in the first Test match against Australia. It is difficult for Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s team to play the first Test match as he is currently in India with his family. There are speculations that in Rohit’s absence, KL Rahul could field in the opener. KL Rahul’s recent form has not been anything special, so the onus will be on the shoulders of young opening batsman Yashshwi Jaiswal to get the Indian team off to a good start.
Jaiswal is in great form
This is Jaiswal’s first tour to Australia and the team will have high expectations from him. 2014 has been a great year so far for the young left-handed opener. He is the second highest run-scorer this year after Joe Root. He has scored 1119 runs in 21 innings of 11 Test matches including 2 centuries and 7 half-centuries. His batting average during this period has been 55.95.
Looking at Jaiswal’s great form, there is a possibility of breaking a big record in the first innings of the Perth Test itself. In fact, Yashaswi Jaiswal would create history by scoring 15 runs during India’s first innings in the first Test match. He will become the highest run-scorer in a calendar year for a left-handed Indian batsman in the history of Indian Test cricket. Currently this record is held by former Indian opening batsman and current head coach of Team India Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir scored 1134 runs in Test cricket in 2008.
Yashaswi has a chance to leave Sachin behind
Total 5 matches will be played in this series. Meanwhile, Jaiswal will also have a chance to break Sachin Tendulkar’s biggest record. If he manages to score 444 runs, he will become the highest Test run-scorer for India in a calendar year. Currently this record is held by Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin scored 1562 runs in Test cricket in 2010.
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