India vs England Fourth Test Day 2 Stats Review: Jaiswal's record-breaking feats and other stats
Yashasvi Jaiswal is the first Indian left-handed batter to score 600+ runs in a Test series.
England bowlers dazzled on Day 2 limiting India to 219/7. Despite Jurel's unbeaten 30 and Kuldeep Yadav's patient 17, India face a challenging deficit with only three wickets remaining, trailing by 134. Early in the day, Ollie Robinson reached his maiden fifty in Test cricket before being dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja and was followed by Shoaib Bashir and James Anderson. Eventually, the visitors were bowled out for 353/10.
India started their first innings with the skipper losing his wicket early to James Anderson for just two. Shubman Gill and Jaiswal rescued the innings with an 82-run partnership for the second wicket. However, Gill was soon dismissed by Shoaib Bashir for 38 runs. After a small cameo from Rajat Patidar (17 runs off 42 balls), India lost wickets regularly and were left at 177/7. However, Kuldeep Yadav and Dhruv Jurel steadied the ship with an unbeaten partnership of 42 runs. Jurel remained unbeaten on 30 while Kuldeep was 17 at Stumps. India finished the day at 219/7.
Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers from day 2 between India and England
618 - Yashasvi Jaiswal became the first opener to score over 600 runs in a Test series after more than 13 years. The previous instance was Alastair Cook, who scored 766 runs in The Ashes in 2010-11.
618 - Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 618 runs in a Test series, the most by any left-handed Indian batter. This surpasses the previous record of 534 runs held by Sourav Ganguly against Pakistan in 2007.
934 - Yashasvi Jaiswal has amassed 934 runs, becoming the second-highest run-scorer by an opening batter after 14 innings in Test cricket. He is behind only Herbert Sutcliffe, who aggregated 1004 runs after 14 innings as an opener.
23 - Yashasvi Jaiswal has smashed 23 sixes against England so far, the second-most sixes hit by an Indian batter against a single opponent in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record with 25 sixes against Australia.
23 - Yashasvi Jaiswal has smashed 23 sixes so far in 2024, setting a new record for the most Test cricket sixes in a calendar year by an Indian batter. The previous record was held by Virender Sehwag, who hit 22 sixes in 2008.
23 - Yashasvi Jaiswal has hit 23 sixes in 2024, ranking third for the most sixes in a calendar year by a batter in Test. The highest records are held by Brendon McCullum, who hit 33 sixes in 2014, followed by him Ben Stokes who smashed 26 sixes in 2022.
4 - James Anderson dismissing Rohit Sharma for the fourth time is tied for the fourth-most dismissals by any bowler against Rohit Sharma in Test cricket. He shares this record with Pat Cummins. The most dismissals against Sharma in Test cricket are held by Nathan Lyon (9), followed by Kagiso Rabada (7) and Jack Leach (5).
102 - Ollie Robinson and Joe Root put together a 102-run partnership, the second-highest Partnership for England in India for the eighth wicket (or more) in Test cricket. The highest is 108 runs, scored by Liam Dawson and Adil Rashid at Chennai in 2016.
5 - Joe Root remained not out for the fifth time after scoring a century against India in Tests, surpassing the previous record of four held by Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Garry Sobers.
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