After skittling Bangladesh for 233 runs in the first innings, team India openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal came out all guns blazing. The duo smashed runs at will as India crossed the 50-run mark in just three overs to create a world record of fastest team fifty.
In-form batters Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Mendis registered brilliant centuries to help Sri Lanka post their biggest-ever Test innings total of 602 against New Zealand. Kamindu also entered the history books with his 5th Test century to dominate Day 2 of the second Test in Galle on Friday.
After scoring a crucial fifty in the first innings, the young Indian opener failed to impress in the second innings but walked out with a major milestone to his name. Yashasvi broke the former great Sunil Gavaskar's all-time record for most Test runs in the first 10 innings for India.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has been scoring runs for fun ever since making his Test debut last year. He has already amassed more than 1000 runs in this WTC cycle and is set to break England Test skipper Ben Stokes' all-time record in WTC in the first Test against Bangladesh.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has had a meteoric rise in Test cricket in his short career. He was India's star in the five-match series against England and is gearing up for the Test series against Bangladesh. He was troubled a lot in the training session by Jasprit Bumrah.
International Cricket Council (ICC) updated the latest Test rankings without even playing, India skipper Rohit Sharma continues to be the highest-ranked batter for the team in the format. Meanwhile, Joe Root continues to be on top but has lost rating points due to poor show in 3rd Test vs Sri Lanka.
“This (Duleep Trophy) is a big tournament as every match is important for us. We are playing against some players whom we generally play with in the Indian team. So, we will get to see a good competition,” Shubman Gill said.
Team India is scheduled to play only three more ODIs before the Champions Trophy to be played next year, for now, in Pakistan. ICC has identified a window from February 19 to March 9 2025 for the tournament and all eyes are on India's preparations for the competition.
Indian players have amassed tens of sixes in the last few years in the Test format. Here is a list of Indian players with most sixes in Tests since 2020.
India whitewashed Sri Lanka in the three-match T20I series on July 30 (Tuesday). The visiting players have benefited a lot in the latest ICC T20I rankings thanks to their brilliant show in the entire series. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has jumped to number four closing in on the top spot.
"Hopefully, going forward, in the upcoming cycle - I think we play 30-40 T20Is before the next T20 World Cup - I can improve my performance when it comes to batting, and also we can improve as a team," Shubman Gill said.
Shubman Gill was the captain of Team India during their recent five-match T20I tour to Zimbabwe. Gill finished the series as the leading run-getter with 170 runs in five matches.
IND vs ZIM 5th T20I: Yashasvi Jaiswal started the series finale with two big sixes off Sikandar Raza before losing his wicket in the very first ball at Harare Sports Club. Sanju Samson smashed a brilliant fifty to help India post a challenging total of 167 batting first.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) honour in the fourth T20I as he smashed an unbeaten knock of 93 off 53 deliveries with the help of 13 boundaries and two sixes.
Team India were on a rampage in the fourth T20I of the five-match series. The Men in Blue hammered Zimbabwe by ten wickets as they successfully chased down 153 in just 15.2 overs to seal the series.
"There were players in my time who challenged, or at least went past the 300 mark - Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sanath Jayasuriya and they were pretty much aggressive players," Brian Lara said.
After levelling the series 1-1, the young Indian team will be bolstered by the return of the T20 World Cup winners Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube into the squad ahead of the third T20I against Zimbabwe. There will be a selection headache for coach and captain with so many options.
Team India's World Cup winning squad is stuck in Barbados with the landfall of Hurricane Beryl and will only reach India on July 3 in evening. The first two matches of the Zimbabwe series are scheduled to take place on July 6 and 7.
Within a week after winning the T20 World Cup, team India, with a different set of players, is set to tour Zimbabwe for a five-match T20I series starting from July 6. A few cricketers who were part of World Cup squad and were in reserves are now in stranded in Barbados.
Both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli missed out on India's starting eleven against Bangladesh in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up match at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
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