Yashasvi Jaiswal surpasses Virat Kohli for most runs in a Test series against England

NEW DELHI: Young India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on Thursday surpassed talismanic Virat Kohli and other Indian batting greats to register most runs against England in a Test series.
Jaiswal achieved the feat on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against England in Dharamsala.
In the final session on the opening day, Jaiswal went past Kohli, who had previously scored 655 runs in the 2016 Test series at home — previous best for India against England.

Current India coach Rahul Dravid is third on the list. Dravid scored 602 runs during the 2002 India tour of England.
With 593 runs, Kohli once again finds himself in the list. Kohli run fest came during the 2018 tour of England which India lost 4-1.
Batting great Sunil Gavaskar, during the 1979 tour, amassed 542 runs while Vijay Manjrekar has 586 runs to his name in a single Test series against England.

India vs England Live Score: Spinner Yashasvi Jaiswal was punishing spinner Shoaib Bashir for a while with some wonderful boundaries, but the 19-year-old bowler had the final says as he provided his team with the first wicket of Jaiswal.

India vs England Live Score: Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are leading India’s innings well and provided the required start to the team. Rohit Sharma is playing his game cautiously, while Yashasvi Jaiswal is continuing his attack against the spin bowling.

India vs England Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal vs James Anderson has been one of the most intresting contest in the India vs England Test series. The batter has tried to give full respect to the veteran pacer, while also roughing him up on occasions. So far, experience has dominated over the young energy as James Anderson dismissed Jaiswal multiple times in the series.

India vs England Live Score: The spinners have wonderfully completed their job in Dharamshala, and now it is up to Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal to provide a good start to Indian team. The Indian openers are on crease and England pacer James Anderson is leading the attack for his team.

India vs England Live Score: India’s legendary spinner Ravichandran Ashwin clinched his 4th wicket in his 100th Test match as he dismissed James Anderson to clean up England on a low score of 218. India is looking strong on the Day 1 of 5th Test at Dharamshala and soon Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal will begin India’s first innings.

India vs England Live Score: A small partnership is brewing between Shoaib Bashir and Ben Foakes after tea. The two batsmen have put on 35 runs and the duo have been scoring at a blistering pace since the start of the 3rd session, scoring 24 runs in the 10 balls of this session so far.

India vs England Live Scor: It’s time for tea on Day 1 of this Test match. The session definitely belonged to India who managed to shake up the English middle order once more by taken 6 wickets while not giving too many runs.

Kuldeep Yadav has been the pick of Indian bowlers taking 5 wickets for 76, a little high on the economy rate but very effective in terms of getting the wickets. Ashwin took 2 wickets while Jadeja also had once scalp to his name.

In total, 29.3 over were bowled in the 2nd session of the day where India took 6 wickets and gave away only 94 runs at an economy of 3.19 per over.