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England vs India 2nd Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal has been one of India's consistent performers in Test cricket ever since making his debut in 2023. He has achieved immense success in his short career so far and continues to impress with his impactful performances at big stages.

Jaiswal created history as he became the fastest Indian batter (in terms of matches played) to score 2000 runs in Test cricket, achieving the milestone during the second Test against England at Edgbaston on Friday. Jaiswal was dismissed for 28 runs during India's second innings on the third day of the match.

Jaiswal needed 10 runs in the second innings to complete 2000 runs in Tests, and he achieved the objective by hitting Brydon Carse for a four on the first ball of the sixth over.

The second India-England Test is Yashasvi’s 21st Test for India. Before him, the record of being the fastest Indian batter to score 2000 runs in Tests was held by Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar crossed the 2000-run mark in his 23rd red-ball match, which was played against the West Indies in Port of Spain from April 7 to 12 in 1976. Gautam Gambhir is third on the list with 24 Tests, whereas Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag completed 2000 runs in their 25th Test for India.

Fastest Indian batters to score 2000 runs in Tests (in terms of matches)

Yashasvi Jaiswal – 21

Sunil Gavaskar – 23

Gautam Gambhir – 24

Rahul Dravid – 25

Virender Sehwag – 25

Australian legend Don Bradman holds the record for being the fastest batter to complete the 2000 Test runs, having reached the milestone in his 15th match.

Fastest to 2000 runs in Tests (by matches)

Don Bradman (Australia) – 15 Tests

George Headley (West Indies) – 17 Tests

Michael Hussey (Australia) – 20 Tests

Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) – 20 Tests

Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 21 Tests

In terms of innings, Jaiswal has equalled Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag’s record. During their playing days, Dravid and Sehwag also crossed the 2000-run mark in their 40th Test innings.

The left-handed batter also equalled Rohit Sharma’s record of being the fastest Indian batter to score 2000 runs in the WTC. Like Jaiswal, Rohit also crossed the 2000-run mark in the WTC in his 40th innings.

India finished the third day of the Edgbaston Test on 64/1 with KL Rahul (28*) and Karun Nair (7*) at the crease. The visitors have a huge lead of 244 runs under their belt. They bowled England out for 407 runs in their first innings after incredible performances from Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184*).


England vs India Playing XIs, 2nd Test

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

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