India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed his second century of the ongoing England tour on Day 3 of the fifth and final Test at The Oval.

Jaiswal, who was 51 not out off 49 balls overnight, was cautious in the morning session as night watchman Akash Deep took on the English bowlers and went on to score his maiden Test fifty (66 off 94).

The southpaw remained unbeaten on 85 at Lunch break and went on to complete his sixth Test hundred in the second session. It was Jaiswal’s fourth ton against England, reinforcing his status as one of India’s most consistent red-ball batters.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed by Josh Tongue after a brilliant knock of 118 runs, studded with 14 boundaries and two sixes, as India extended their lead to 281 runs at Tea on Day 3.

With this innings, Yashasvi went past Ravi Shastri in an elite list. The left-hander now has the second-most Test centuries for India at the age of 23. Shastri had five centuries in Tests when he was 23. Unsurprisingly, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is heading the list. Tendulkar had 11 Test tons at the age of 23.

This hundred of Jaiswal also etched history for Indian cricket. It was India’s 12th individual century of the series, making it the most hundreds scored by the team in a single Test series, and joint-most ever by any side in the history of Test cricket.

Only three teams had previously reached the 12-hundred mark in a series — Australia (vs West Indies, 1955), Pakistan (vs India, 1982/83), and South Africa (vs West Indies, 2003/04).

Cricket fraternity was all praises for Yashasvi Jaiswal as he produced a crucial century for India in the series-deciding Oval Test.

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