Yashasvi Jaiswal continued from where he left out in the first session as he continued to dominate England bowlers and got to a fifth Test hundred. Jaiswal got to 50 off 96 balls and later accelerated in the company of skipper Shubman Gill, who looked as classy as ever on his debut Test innings as India's Test captain. England bowlers were made to toil hard as they could not dismiss the two young players.
Gill walked in at the start of the second session and attacked from word go. The 25-year-old took full toll on the pretty flat pitch in Leeds and showed his calmness and composure when India had lost two quick wickets at the fag end of the first session. However, Gill, along with Jaiswal, not only steadied the ship but also cashed in on the loose opportunities whenever English bowlers bowled loose. The skipper was more aggressive of the two as he looked to attack.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal injury scare as the southpaw suffers cramps on elbow
Just before Jaiswal was looking good to score a hundred, he suffered a cramp on his hand. There were two stoppages of play as the southpaw was looking in extreme pain. However, he continued batting and eventually got to a well-deserved fifth Test hundred off 144 balls. Before the series, the opener was out cheaply in the two warm-up games. However, come the first Test, Jaiswal showed his class and proved yet again why he is rated so highly.
Jaiswal's latest overseas Test hundred has now put him in the elite company of most overseas centuries for Indian batters before turning 24 years of age. The southpaw got to his third overseas hundred. Tendulkar leads the list with 7 Test centuries. The 23-year-old also is now second on the list of most hundreds for Indian batters in WTC history (5). He now is only behind former Test skipper Rohit Sharma (9) hundreds.
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