Overtaking Rahul Dravid, Yashasvi Jaiswal ties Virat Kohli: Yashasvi Jaiswal of India has scored fifty or more points in each of the current Test matches against England. In the series, the youthful left-hander has also amassed two double hundreds. Jaiswal is threatening to smash the record for most runs in a bilateral series with one Test match left in Dharamshala.
Jaiswal tied the record of Virat Kohli, who also made a record 655 runs against England at home in 2016, during the fourth Test in Ranchi. Furthermore, Jaiswal has eclipsed the record set by current Indian coach Rahul Dravid, who amassed 602 runs against England and 619 runs against Australia away from home.
Kohli (692 runs) leads Jaiswal in the list. In 2014–15, Kohli played an important away Test series against Australia. Sunil Gavaskar, the former cricket player, is unmatched against the West Indies, having scored 774 (away series in 1971) and 732 (home se
ries in 1978–79).
In his career, Kohli has crossed the 600-plus mark three times, while Gavaskar has done so twice. Besides the aforementioned series, in 2017 Kohli scored 610 runs at home against Sri Lanka.
Let’s examine the Indian hitters who have made big money in a two-way series.
Most runs scored in a bilateral Test Series by an Indian batsman:
- Sunil Gavaskar scored 774 runs in an away series against the West Indies in 1971.
- Sunil Gavaskar scored 732 runs in a home series against the West Indies in 1978–79.
- Virat Kohli scored 692 runs in an away series in 2014–15 against Australia.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal: 655* runs in a home series (2024) against England (one test match remaining).
- Virat Kohli scored 655 runs in a home series against England in 2016.
- Dilip Sardesai – 642 in a home series against the West Indies in 1971.
- Rahul Dravid scored 619 in an away series against Australia in 2003–04.
- Virat Kohli scored 610 in an away series in 2017 against Sri Lanka.
- Rahul Dravid – 602 in an away series against England in 2002.
The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala will host the series’ final Test beginning at 9:30 AM on March 7.
