IND vs AUS: In the first test match between India and Australia, Team India’s opening batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul have performed brilliantly. Both the batsmen together have achieved a feat in the second innings of this match which no other Indian pair has achieved today. In the first innings of this match, Team India was all out on the score of only 150 runs, after this no one would have thought that the Indian team would make a comeback against Australia in this way.
Yashasvi and KL’s amazing work
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul have made a partnership of 201 runs in the second innings of this match. This is the highest partnership for the first wicket for India in Australia. Before this, no Indian opening pair had crossed the 200-run mark. Together these two did this. Earlier in the year 1986, Sunil Gavaskar and K Srikkanth had made a partnership of 191 runs for India’s first wicket. In such a situation, after 38 years, both these batsmen broke this record and set a new record in their name.
The pair that made the biggest opening partnership for India in a test match in Australia
- Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul – 201 runs (Perth)
- Sunil Gavaskar and K. Srikanth – 191 runs (Sydney)
- Chetan Chauhan and Sunil Gavaskar – 165 runs (Melbourne)
- Aakash Chopra and Virender Sehwag – 141 runs (Melbourne)
- MH Mankad and CT Sarwate – 124 runs (Melbourne)
Jaiswal’s century
Team India’s young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal completed his century in 205 balls in this match. He completed his century with a six. KL Rahul supported Yashasvi Jaiswal very well in this match. Although he also had a good chance to score a century in this match, but he was out after scoring 77 runs. KL Rahul was dismissed by Mitchell Starc in this match and this historic partnership between the two batsmen was broken.
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