Call him the pride of Indian cricket, not a batsman. Call him ‘Pathan’ of Perth, not a runner. That Pathan on whose strength India is standing proud against Australia today in Perth. Well, you must have seen Bollywood’s action-packed film ‘Pathan’. You must have seen in it how Shahrukh Khan, playing the role of Pathan, goes to another country and carries out his mission. In the same style as Filmi Pathan, Yashasvi Jaiswal is also busy in carrying out the big mission of Indian cricket in Australia.
That ‘Pathan’ is the king of Bollywood, this ‘Pathan’ is the king of cricket.
If you call the reel ‘Pathan’ i.e. Shahrukh Khan the king of Bollywood, then after the way Yashasvi is weaving the fabric of Team India’s victory in Australia, then you can definitely call this real ‘Pathan’ the emerging king of Indian cricket. Can accept. Now you must be wondering what Yashasvi Jaiswal did in Australia, especially on the Perth pitch, to call him a Pathan there?
Why did Yashasvi Jaiswal start being called ‘Pathan’ of Perth?
Now if there is any reason for this then please tell. The way Yashasvi Jaiswal has classed the Australian bowlers in the Perth Test, there has been a long line of achievements in his name. While playing his first Test in Australia, Yashasvi, who was out on zero in the first innings, did not score a century in the second innings but through this he told the world that he is the tomorrow of Team India. He broke old records, added his name to many legends, created many new records and became the ‘Pathan’ of Perth.
If there are one or two records, here is the complete list.
Know what Yashasvi Jaiswal did. He is the Indian who made the highest score in the first Test played in Australia. He has become the Asian batsman who has scored the most runs after 15 Tests. He is the third batsman in Australia in the 21st century to complete a century with a six. Before him, Rahul Dravid had done this in 2004 while Chris Gayle had done this in 2009.
Yashasvi is the third Indian to score a century in the first Test played in Australia. He is the second youngest opener after Sachin Tendulkar to score a Test century in Australia. While overall he is the fourth young Indian batsman. Sachin scored a Test century as an opener at the age of 18. Whereas Yashasvi has done this feat at the age of 22. Apart from this, Yashasvi has also become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in a year in Test cricket.
No doubt, no question!
It is clear that Yashasvi Jaiswal no longer needs to prove anything. After scoring a lot of runs on home soil, on Australian soil, on the fast pitch of Perth, after associating with so many records, he has now left neither any doubt nor question. Yashasvi’s fame has spread and there is little chance that it will stop in Australia.
