Yashasvi Jaiswal Scripts History For India With 4 Fours Against Mitchell Starc – WATCH
Yashasvi Jaiswal gave India a quick start after he smashed Mitchell Starc for 16 runs in the first over of the innings on Day 2 of the fifth Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
After leaving the first ball, the 23-year-old Jaiswal hit Starc for a hat-trick of boundaries. Thereafter, India opener didn’t score on the fifth ball but he finished the over with a boundary, scoring a total of 16 runs in that over.
Notably, this was just the fourth time in Test history that four boundaries were hit in the first over of a Test innings.
4 – AUS vs ENG, Birmingham, 2001 (18 runs – 4 fours) (Batter: Michael Slater)
4 – WI vs NZ, Antigua, 2012 (16 runs – 4 fours) (Batter: Chris Gayle)
4 – SL vs AUS, Galle, 2022 (17 runs – 4 fours) [Batters: Dimuth Karunaratne (3) & Pathum Nissanka (1)]
4 – IND vs AUS, Sydney, 2025 (16 runs – 4 fours) (Batter: Yashasvi Jaiswal)
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Jaiswal’s 16 against Starc is now the most runs by a batter in the first over of the innings. He now also holds the record for scoring the most runs by an Indian batsman in the first over of an innings in Tests. The record previously belonged to Virender Sehwag, who hit 13 runs in the first over of an innings in the Kolkata Test in 2005.
16 runs – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs AUS, Sydney, 2025
16 runs – Michael Slater vs ENG, Birmingham, 2001
16 runs – Chris Gayle vs NZ, Antigua, 2012
16 runs – Oshada Fernando vs BAN, Mirpur, 2022
16 runs – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs AUS, Sydney, 2025
13 runs – Rohit Sharma vs AUS, Nagpur, 2023
13 runs – Virender Sehwag vs PAK, Kolkata, 2005
12 runs – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs BAN, Kanpur, 2024
12 runs – KL Rahul vs AUS, Dharamshala, 2017
Yashasvi finished the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy as India’s top-scorer on the Australian tour with 391 runs at an average of 43 with one century and two fifties. It was Jaiswal’s maiden tour of Australia and the youngster impressed everyone with his memorable innings.
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