Glenn Maxwell lavished Yashasvi Jaiswal with plaudits following his incredible century in the opening Test match between Australia and India at Perth’s Optus Stadium. Jaiswal would end his Test career with more over 40 hundreds, according to the top Australian all-rounder’s prediction.
Jaiswal played unexpectedly, respecting the circumstances and the renowned Australian bowling lineup, and scored his fourth century in the longest format in the second innings. To finish the new ball, he displayed perseverance and resolve. The southpaw combined aggression and caution as he was established in the crease, finishing with an incredible 161 off 297 balls. In order to assist the tourists set an unlikely fourth innings goal of 534, Jaiswal smashed 15 fours and three sixes. In order to win the match by 295 runs, the team captained by Jasprit Bumrah bowled out the hosts for 238.
“Yashasvi Jaiswal is a man who is likely to write several records and score more than 40 Test hundreds.
He has a remarkable capacity for situational adaptation. On the ‘The Grade Cricketer’ podcast, Maxwell stated, “If Australia can’t stop him over the next few games, it’s going to be scary.”
Yashasvi Jaiswal footwork was also praised by Maxwell, who said that the batter doesn’t appear to have any obvious weaknesses in his armor.
His highlights packages will feature many of his shots, but what he did in between—the balls he left, the balls he got in behind… His footwork appears to be quite precise and devoid of flaws. plays spin incredibly well, drives well, plays the short ball well, and can withstand pressure for extended periods of time,” he continued.
With four hundreds and eight fifties to his credit, Jaiswal has amassed 1568 runs at an incredible average of 58.07 from 15 games. In the remaining Border-Gavaskar Trophy games, he will try to build on his century as India attempts to advance to their third World Test Championship (WTC) final.
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