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India are set to return to cricketing action after 45 days when they take o Bangladesh in a two-match Test Series with the first match beginning from September 19 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The squad for the first Test has been announced, and one of the players who everyone will be looking forward to is none other than Yashasvi Jaiswal. The young left-handed opener has the chance to create a massive piece of history early into his career.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Set To Overtake Ajinkya Rahane's Massive Record
Yashasvi Jaiswal currently has 1028 runs in the World Test Championship 2023-25. If he manages to score 132 runs across the two matches in the series against Bangladesh, he will have 1160 runs and will thus overtake Ajinkya Rahane to become the India batter with the most number of runs in a single WTC cycle. Rahane scored 1159 runs in the WTC 2019-21 cycle.
Jaiswal is just one of the three batters apart from Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma to score 1000 runs in a single WTC cycle.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Needs 371 Runs To Overtake Joe Root
Yashasvi Jaiswal is currently the joint-second highest run-scorer in the WTC 2023-25 cycle with 1028 runs, alongside Ben Duckett. Joe Root tops this list right now having scored 1398 runs in the cycle so far. Hence, if Jaiswal scores 371 in the series against Bangladesh, he will overtake Joe Root to become the leading run-getter in this current cycle of the WTC.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Needs 9 Sixes To Create History
Yashasvi Jaiswal also stands on the cusp of a massive world record. He currently has 25 sixes in the 2024 calendar year in Tests. If he hits 9 more sixes, then he will become the player with the most number of sixes in the longest form of the game in a single calendar year. He will overtake the record currently held by Brendon McCullum (33).