Perth: After being out without opening the account in the first innings against Australia, Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a strong fifty in the second innings. This is the 12th 50+ score from Jaiswal's bat in the current cycle of the World Test Championship 2023-25. During this period, Yashasvi along with his opening partner KL Rahul also broke many records.
With the 10th half-century of his career, he has equaled England's legendary batsman Joe Root. After getting a lead of 46 runs on the basis of first innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul gave a strong start to India. The century partnership between the two continues. In this way, Team India's lead has also crossed 150 runs.
Century opening partnership after 20 yearsIndia's opening pair has made a partnership of 100+ runs in Australia after 20 years. Interestingly, India won the Border Gavaskar Trophy consecutively in 2018 and 2021, but despite this, there was never a partnership of more than 100 runs for the first wicket. The last time Aakash Chopra and Virender Sehwag went to Australia in 2004, they added 123 runs in Sydney.
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