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Rohit-Yashaswi scored 229 runs, took the lead for the first time without losing a wicket : Biggest partnership of Indian openers against West Indies

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The opening Test in the series between India and the West Indies is taking place in Dominica at Windsor Park. The match’s second day bore the names of the Indian starters

Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Rohit Sharma put up a record-setting opening partnership of 229 runs in their first Test,. Additionally, both of the openers reached their respective centuries.

India’s most successful opening partnership against the West Indies

Rohit-Jaiswal also set a new record for India’s highest opening partnership against the West Indies. Sanjay Bangar and Virender Sehwag (201 runs) set this record in 2002.

The largest opening partnership in the West Indies

The Rohit-Jaiswal combination also set a new record for the highest opening partnership in West Indies history (159 runs) against West Indies. Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag were the names on this record. Yashasvi and Rohit each contributed 229 runs.

The Indian openers took the lead for the first time.

This is the first time in India’s Test cricket history that this has occurred. When the Indian team took the lead without losing a wicket, that is, when the Indian openers scored more runs in the first innings than the opposition team. India easily took a 162-run lead over the West Indies in the first innings thanks to the opening partnership of Rohit-Jaiswal. In the first innings, the West Indies scored 150 runs.

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Rohit Sharma became India’s fourth captain to score a century against the Windies.

Rohit Sharma became India’s fourth captain to hit a century against the West Indies. Virat Kohli had previously scored a century as captain against the West Indies. Kapil Dev accomplished this feat for the first time in 1983.

Kohli surpasses Sehwag with 8,500 Test runs.

Virat Kohli has now scored 8,500 runs in Test cricket. Kohli trailed Virender Sehwag (8,503). Kohli now ranks fifth in the list of Indian players with the most Test runs, trailing only VVS Laxman.

Rohit Sharma has run 3,500 Test runs.

In his Test career, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has scored 3,500 runs. He accomplished this feat in 86 innings over the course of 51 matches.

Jaiswal became the 17th batsman in Indian history to record a century on his debut.

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century in his debut game against the West Indies. He did so as the 17th batsman from India. Lala Amarnath became the first player for India to score a century in a test match in 1933. He scored 118 runs in his innings played against England. In the first test against the West Indies, current team member Rohit Sharma also scored a century. This occurred in 2013.

Yashasvi became just the third Indian opening player to record a century on their first try. Only Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan had previously been capable of opening in the first test and scoring hundreds. Dhawan scored 187 runs, while Prithvi scored 134.

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First Indian to record a century in a West Indies Test debut

On her debut in the West Indies, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the first Indian batsman to score a century. Prior to him, Sunil Gavaskar had scored fifty in each of the first test’s two innings in 1971. He received a 65 and a 67. 9. Yashasvi also beat Ganguly’s record, which stood for 27 years.

Yashasvi also became the Indian batsman with the highest debut test score outside of the country. By playing a 143-run innings, he broke the 27-year-old record held by the late Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. In his first Test in 1996 against England, Ganguly scored 131 points.

An Indian broke a record of 39 years by playing the most balls on his debut.

350 balls have been played by Yashasvi in the first test innings. In his first Test match for India, he played the most balls of anyone. He overcame Mohammad Azharuddin’s 39-year record. In 1984, Azhar faced 322 balls from England.

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