Yashasvi Jaiswal: At the age of 21, he broke Shubman Gill’s record and made a historic record in the Asian Games
Hangzhou: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record-breaking century, India defeated Nepal by 23 runs in the quarterfinals of the Asian Games and made it to the semi-finals. For the first time in the history of the Asian Games, the Indian team won the toss batted first, and scored a huge score of 202 runs at the loss of four wickets. In reply, the Nepali team gave a tough fight and scored 179 runs for nine wickets and fell behind by only 23 runs in this high-scoring match.
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India’s entry into the semi-finals –
Young leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi was the most successful bowler from India, taking a maximum of three wickets for 24 runs in four overs. Avesh Khan also got three wickets, but he also gave away 32 runs. In the match, debutant Sai Kishore took one wicket and also took four catches.
Yashasvi Jaiswal played his brilliant innings
In this match, Yashasvi Jaiswal created history with his explosive innings. He batted aggressively against Nepal. Scored a century in 48 balls.
Jaiswal hit 7 sixes and 8 fours during his innings. He was out as soon as he scored a century. With this, Jaiswal became the youngest Indian player to score a T20 International century.
At the age of 21 years, nine months, and 13 days, he broke the record of Shubman Gill, who had scored a century against New Zealand at the age of 23 years and 146 days.
Jaiswal also made a unique historical record by scoring a century in the Asian Games. He has become the first Indian male cricketer to score a century in the Asian Games.
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There may be a clash with Bangladesh in the semi-finals
After reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Games, India may now face Bangladesh. This match will be played on 6 October. Actually, the winner of the match between Bangladesh and Malaysia will take on India. In such a situation, considering the strengths and weaknesses of the teams, Bangladesh seems to have the upper hand. Remember that in the tournament, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh have got direct entry into the quarter-finals in the men’s cricket event, while Nepal made it to the last-8 by defeating Mongolia and Maldives in the group stage.