Yashasvi Jaiswal joins Joe Root in 1000-run Test club in 2024. Courtesy: PTIShailendra Bhojak

IND vs NZ: Yashasvi Jaiswal joins Joe Root in 1000-run Test club in 2024

IND vs NZ, 2nd Test: Indian youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal joined England batter Joe Root in the list of batters to have scored 1000 runs in Test cricket in 2024.

by · India Today

In Short

  • Yashasvi Jaiswal completed 1000 Test runs in 2024
  • Jaiswal reached the milestone in the Pune Test against New Zealand
  • Joe Root has scored 1305 runs in 2024 thus far

Yashasvi Jaiswal has become only the second batter to score 1000 runs in Test cricket in 2024. The left-handed batter achieved the feat on Day 2 of India’s second Test against Tom Latham’s New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

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Joe Root stands on top of the list with 1305 runs from 14 Tests at an average of 59.31 with five centuries and four fifties. Root’s top score of 262 came in England’s opening Test against Pakistan at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

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