Young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal broke Shubman Gill’s record in the quarter final match against Nepal as part of the Asian Games. It is known that he scored a century in just 48 balls in this match. In this sequence, he created a record as the youngest player to score a century in international T20 cricket for India.
Currently Yashaswi Jaiswal is 19 years 8 months 13 days old. Previously , Shubman Gill scored a century in T20 cricket for India at the age of 23 years and 146 days. Yashasvi broke the record now. Jaiswal hit 8 fours and 7 sixes in his innings. But he was dismissed on the very next ball of his century.
From the beginning of this match, Yashasvi attacked the Nepalese bowlers. He rained boundaries. It is remarkable that he scored 74 runs only in the form of fours and sixes. With Yashaswi’s century and Rinku Singh’s brilliant innings of 37 runs off just 15 balls, India scored 202 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs in this match.
Coming into the ring with a target of 203 runs, Nepal also fought till the end. Batsmen like Dipendra Singh Airey and Sandeez Jora scared with consecutive sixes. But India, who took their wickets at a crucial time, eventually won by 23 runs and entered the semi-finals. Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan scored 3 wickets each for India.
Yashaswi Jaiswal made his debut for India. Yashasvi, who played for India for the first time in the Test series against the West Indies, scored a century in the first Test. Now he got his first century for India in T20s as well.