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2024 has been a remarkable year for the young Indian batting sensation, Yashasvi Jaiswal in Test cricket. The 22-year-old scored 1308 runs in 14 Tests in 2024 with an average of 52.32, including 3 hundreds and 7 half-centuries. He is currently the top run-scorer for India, and the second-highest run-getter overall in Tests in 2024. The left-hander quickly became the key player for India in the toughest format of the game.
The start of 2024 was tough for the left-hander in India's tour of South Africa, where he struggled against swing and bounce, but then he made an amazing comeback in the England tour of India. He became the highest run-scorer of the series with 712 runs in nine innings with an average of 89. He scored two double centuries in the series, 209 in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test, and 214* in the 2nd innings of the third Test.
Yashasvi Jaiswal's Stats in 2024
|
Mat |
Inn |
Runs |
HS |
Avg |
SR |
100s |
50s |
4s |
6s |
|
14 |
26 |
1308 |
214* |
52.32 |
72.70 |
3 |
7 |
149 |
35 |
In the Bangladesh tour of India 2024, again Jaiswal becomes the highest run-scorer with 189 runs in 4 innings with an average of 47.25. He scored a crucial 56 in the first inning of the first Test against Bangladesh, and played an inning of 72 of just 51 balls in the historic Kanpur Test, to become the Player of the Match in the second Test.
The New Zealand tour of India was a disappointment for the hosts as a team, and Yashasvi Jaiswal as a batter. Jaiswal scored 190 runs in 6 innings with an average of 31.66, including only 1 half-century. However, the opening batter bounced back in the most crucial series for India, the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, scoring a brilliant 161 in the 2nd inning of the Perth Test after scoring a duck in the 1st inning. At the time of writing, Jaiswal is the highest run-scorer for India in the BGT 2024-25 and the second highest overall, with 189 runs in 5 innings.
Meawhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal made giant strides in T20I cricket in 2024, scoring a hundred, and then, in the summer, he became the T20 World Cup champion, although he wasn't given an opportunity to play any matches in the tournament. In the IPL 2024, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored lot of runs for Rajasthan Royals including a hundred, but it wasn't enough for the inaugural champions to reach the final of the tournement.
