Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played against Australia in Perth. With this century, Jaiswal equaled former Indian legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Jaiswal completed his century on a difficult pitch with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes in 205 balls.
Jaiswal equaled Sachin Tendulkar
This was Jaiswal’s third Test century in the calendar year 2024. Currently, Jaiswal is 22 years and 332 days old. At the same time, legendary Tendulkar scored 3 centuries before the age of 23 in the calendar year 1992. In this way, Jaiswal equaled Sachin Tendulkar.
Sunil Gavaskar and Vinod Kambli are jointly at the top of this list. Gavaskar scored 4 centuries in the calendar year 1971. Apart from this, Vinod Kambli scored 4 centuries in the calendar year of 1993.
Most Test centuries in a calendar year before the age of 23 (India)
4 centuries – Sunil Gavaskar in 1971
4 centuries – Vinod Kambli in 1993
3 centuries – Ravi Shastri in 1984
3 centuries – Sachin Tendulkar in 1992
3 centuries – Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2024.
With this, Jaiswal became the third Indian batsman to score a century on debut in Australia. This feat was first achieved by Motganhalli Jaisimha, who scored a century in Brisbane in 1967-68. Then in 1977-78, Sunil Gavaskar became the second Indian batsman to do so. Gavaskar also scored a century in Brisbane. Now Jaiswal has done this feat while playing in Perth. Most Test centuries for India before the age of 23
Jaiswal joined the list of Indian batsmen who scored the most Test centuries before the age of 23. This was Jaiswal’s fourth century. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 8 centuries.
