India’s 45-day cricketing hiatus ends on September 19 when they face Bangladesh in the opener of a two-match Test series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. All eyes will be on young left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is not only poised to make his Test debut but is also on the brink of breaking multiple records.
Jaiswal is just 371 runs away from overtaking Joe Root as the top run-scorer in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle and only 9 sixes short of setting a new world record for the most sixes in a calendar year.
Jaiswal set to overtake Ajinkya Rahane’s record
Yashasvi Jaiswal enters this series with 1,028 runs in the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. If he scores 132 runs across the two matches against Bangladesh, he will surpass Ajinkya Rahane’s tally of 1,159 runs from the WTC 2019-21 cycle, making him the Indian batter with the most runs in a single WTC cycle. Jaiswal will join an elite group, alongside Rahane and Rohit Sharma, as one of only three Indian batters to have scored 1,000 runs in a single WTC cycle.
Jaiswal needs 371 runs to overtake Joe Root
Currently tied with Ben Duckett as the joint-second highest run-scorer in the WTC 2023-25 cycle with 1,028 runs, Jaiswal is aiming to move past Joe Root, who leads the chart with 1,398 runs. To claim the top spot, Jaiswal needs to score 371 runs during the series against Bangladesh.
Just 9 sixes away from a world record
Jaiswal is on the brink of setting a new world record. With 25 sixes in Tests this year, he’s just 9 sixes away from breaking the record for the most sixes in a calendar year in Test cricket. The current record, held by Brendon McCullum with 33 sixes, could soon be in Jaiswal’s hands.
