Yashasvi Jaiswal Needs 132 Runs Against Bangladesh To Break Ajinkya Rahane's WTC Record

Yashasvi Jaiswal was India’s best batter in the five-match Test series played against England earlier this year. In five red-ball matches, the 22-year-old left-handed opening batter scored 712 runs with the help of two double centuries. His super show with the bat helped him break multiple records in the high-profile series, and there will be expectations of a similar show from him in the two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh as well, which is set to start on Thursday (September 19).

The first Test is scheduled to take place at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, and during the match, Jaiswal will have a chance to create history. The Mumbai-based cricketer needs 132 runs to break Ajinkya Rahane’s record of most runs for India in one edition of the World Test Championship.

Most runs for India in one edition of WTC

• Ajinkya Rahane – 1159 (2019-21)
• Rohit Sharma – 1094 (2019-21)
• Yashasvi Jaiswal – 1028 (2023-25)
• Virat Kohli – 934 (2019-21)
• Virat Kohli – 932 (2021-23)
• Cheteshwar Pujara – 928 (2021-23)
• Rishabh Pant – 868 (2021-23)
• Mayank Agarwal – 857 (2019-21)
• Cheteshwar Pujara – 841 (2019-21)

The former India vice captain amassed a total of 1159 runs in 18 matches of the 2019-21 WTC cycle. Jaiswal, on the other hand, has 1028 runs to his name in nine matches played so far in the ongoing 2023-25 WTC cycle.

Apart from Rahane and Jaiswal, captain Rohit Sharma is the only other Indian batter to score more than 1000 runs in one edition of the World Test Championship. The 37-year-old right-handed opening batter scored 1094 runs in 12 matches of WTC 2019-2021.

Batting superstar Virat Kohli, who missed the last Test series against England due to the birth of his second child, has never managed to score 1000 runs in one edition of the WTC. He finished the 2019-21 season with 934 runs to his name in 15 matches and hammered 932 runs in 17 matches of WTC 2021-23.

The record for scoring most runs in one edition of the World Test Championship is in the name of former England captain and world No. 1 Test batter Joe Root. The right-handed batter amassed a total of 1915 runs in 22 matches played during the 2021–23 season. He is the all-time leading run scorer in WTC history and is the only batter in the world to score 1000+ runs in all three editions played so far.

Most runs in one edition of WTC

• Joe Root (England) – 1915 (2021-23)
• Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) – 1675 (2019-21)
• Joe Root (England) – 1660 (2019-21)
• Usman Khawaja (Australia) – 1621 (2021-23)
• Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) – 1576 (2021-23)

Jaiswal will have a chance to overtake Root and become the leading run scorer in WTC 2023-25 if he manages to score 371 runs in the upcoming two Tests.