4th Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal equals Virat Kohli's record for most runs in home series

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NEW DELHI: India opener

Yashasvi Jaiswal

became the joint-second-highest Indian run-getter in a home Test series, equalling the record of

Virat Kohli

.
Jaiswal achieved equalled Kohli's tally of 655 runs on the fourth day of the 4th Test against

England

in Ranchi.
With 732 runs scored in the six matches against the West Indies in 1978/79, batting legend

Sunil Gavaskar

remains at the top of the list.

Jaiswal has had a dream run in the ongoing series against England as he started off with an aggressive 80 runs in Hyderabad.

The opener's brilliant knock of 209 set the stage for India's victory in Vizag, and he backed it up with yet another double hundred (214*) in Rajkot, as India took the series lead.
Kohli had hit two hundreds and as many as fifties in eight innings which included a best score of 235 in the 2016 five-Test series against England.
Most runs in a series for India vs England:

655 Yashasvi Jaiswal in India 2024
655 Virat Kohli in India 2016
602 Rahul Dravid in England 2002
593 Virat Kohli in England 2018
586 Vijay Manjrekar in India 1961-62

Article From: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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