Yashasvi Jaiswal hits third hundred in 7th Test match to give India complete control in Rajkot vs England

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Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed his third Test hundred on Day 3 of the third ongoing Rajkot Test between India and England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. Jaiswal now has three hundreds in 13 Test innings.

The 22-year-old, who is playing in his seventh Test, smashed a double hundred in the second game of the 5-match series in Vizag. Jaiswal's first hundred came in his debut Test innings back in July 2023. The talented youngster also has two fifties to his name.

Jaiswal played a cracking square drive on the final ball of the 39th over to complete his 122-ball hundred. The opener hit his first boundary after 48 balls, but by the time he completed his hundred, Jaiswal had hit nine fours and five sixes.

The Uttar Pradesh-born batter tore apart James Anderson in the 27th over by hitting back-to-back boundaries on the first two balls, and then capping it off with a pull shot for six.

In the following over from spinner Tom Hartley, Jaiswal hammered a full toss over long-on for a 80-ball fifty. He came down the track on the very next delivery to loft another one over long on.

The second fifty came off his bat from 42 balls only! As soon as Jaiswal reached to the three-figure mark, he leaped in the air, and later blew kisses towards the dressing rooms with captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid standing up to applaud the masterful knock.

The scintillating knock from Yashasvi Jaiswal has put India in complete control of the Rajkot Test where India is aiming for a 2-1 lead. At the time the youngster completed his hundred, India's second innings lead was approaching 300 with nine wickets in hand.

Yashasvi Jaiswal also did his bit in fielding during the first session of the Day 3 by picking a very watchful catch at second slip as Joe Root attempted a reverse scoop off Jasprit Bumrah. The wicket triggered an England collapse. The visitors, who were once cruising at 224/2, were bundled out for 319 in reply to India's 445 runs in the first innings.