Yashasvi Jaiswal has emerged as a force to reckon with in the cricketing world, especially, in this World Test Championship cycle with his strong showing. This has been a rapid rise to the top, especially with regard to his age and the level of competition that he has faced in his progression.
In the recently completed Test series against England in the beginning of 2024, Jaiswal went over and above all including Joe Root, the ICC testified number one Test batsmen at that moment.
As Root appeared to be at sea, Yashasvi Jaiswal had a run of series which speak of for years to come where he amassed an astounding 712 runs in just 9 innings with an average of 89. To top it all was his first ever double hundred which amazed many cricket lovers and analysts alike with his ability.
The way Joshua Jaiswal has performed in the series has made him the 2nd best leading run scorer of the on-going 2023-25 WTC season. The gap has reduced but they still have 320 runs separating him and 1st place Joe Root who has managed to hit 1398 runs so far.
More interestingly, Root managed to reach those runs in 29 innings which translates into an average of 53.76 and 5 centuries. Jaiswal on the other hand has efficiently scored 1028 runs in only 16 innings making him a dependable big scorer.
Whereas it is very apparent that there are many top run scorers in this WTC cycle, particularly at this stage, Yashasvi Jaiswal stands out because amongst all the top 15 run scorers throughout the tournament cycles, he remains the only batsman to have made a double hundred. This shows that he is a batsman who knows how to make the most of his good starts by scoring a lot of runs and has high concentration levels when at the crease.
Further, this becomes useful since this will be provisioned in anticipation to the forthcoming home series with Bangladesh, Yashasvi Jaiswal stands the only Indian player within the top ten leading run getters in the ongoing WTC cycle. He has made the Indian batting order more stronger and has boosted the confidence of the Indian batting order since he has batted at the top order.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s achievements so far can be attributed to his efforts, commitment and God-given talent. He has displayed some ‘maturity’ and can easily adjusts to different playing conditions and situations. Given his age, he has a bright future ahead for Indian cricket and may well be described as one of the greats.
