AUS vs IND, 4th Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal finishes with second most runs in 2024 calendar year

AUS vs IND, 4th Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal finishes with second most runs in 2024 calendar year

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the second most runs in Tests in 2024 after the fourth match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday. Jaiswal has scored 1,478 runs at an average of 54.74, including three centuries and nine fifties in 15 matches this year. His highest score this year was 214 not out against England.

Jaiswal also surpassed Virender Sehwag’s record of 1,462 runs in 2008 to achieve the best calendar year by an Indian opener. He is now fourth in the overall list of openers, led by Graeme Smith’s 1,656 in 2008.

In the fourth Test in Melbourne, the 22-year-old opening batter scored 82 and 84. He is now second on the list of most Test runs scored by an Indian in a calendar year, behind only Sachin Tendulkar’s 1,562 runs in 2010.

1) Joe Root (ENG) – 1556 in 31 innings

2) Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) – 1478 in 29 innings

3) Ben Duckett (ENG) – 1149 in 32 innings

4) Harry Brook (ENG) – 1100 in 20 innings

5) Kamindu Mendis (SL) – 1049 in 16 innings

1) Sachin Tendulkar – 1562 in 23 innings in 2010

2) Yashasvi Jaiswal – 1478 in 29 innings in 2024

2) Virender Sehwag – 1462 in 27 innings in 2008

3) Virender Sehwag – 1422 in 25 innings in 2010

4) Sunil Gavaskar – 1407 in 26 innings in 1979