Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal became the youngest Indian to score 1000 Test runs in a single calendar year on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday. The 22-year-old batter surpassed the previous record held by Dilip Vengsarkar who, in 1979, reached 1000 runs at the age of 23.
Presently, Jaiswal is second in the list of highest Test run-scorers in 2024, behind Joe Root of England, who has scored 1305 runs in 14 matches. This year, Jaiswal has 1007 runs and has batted in only ten matches with a strike rate of 59.23 along with two centuries and six half-centuries.
With three more Tests left in 2024, he has a chance to break some of the most coveted records that Indian legends hold at their heels.
Firstly, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most runs made by an Indian in a calendar year - 1562 in 14 tests in the year 2010. Virender Sehwag's 1462 runs that he took in one calendar year remain the highest by any Indian opener in one calendar year.
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