Yashasvi Jaiswal scores a brilliant century on his Test debut
YASHASVI JAISWAL REWROTE THE HISTORY BOOKS BY BECOMING FIRST-EVER INDIAN OPENER TO SCORE A TEST CENTURY ON DEBUT AWAY FROM HOME.
THE LEFT-HANDER, WHO WAS HANDED THE TEST CAP BY CAPTAIN ROHIT SHARMA ON WEDNESDAY, REACHED THE LANDMARK ON DAY 2
JAISWAL GOT A SINGLE OFF FELLOW DEBUTANT ALICK ATHANAZE TO COMPLETE HIS CENTURY IN THE 70TH OVER OF INDIA'S INNINGS LATE ON THURSDAY. HE GOT THERE OFF 215 BALLS.
OVERALL, JAISWAL BECAME THE 17TH INDIAN TO SCORE A CENTURY ON TEST DEBUT AND THE THIRD DESIGNATED OPENER
JAISWAL IS ONLY THE FIFTH INDIAN OVERALL TO SCORE A HUNDRED ON TEST DEBUT OVERSEAS. AT 21 YEARS AND 196 DAYS, JAISWAL ALSO BECAME THE FOURTH YOUNGEST INDIAN TO SCORE A HUNDRED IN HIS FIRST TEST