Jaiswal has a chance to become number-1 with the bat in the last test of the year

IND vs AUS: Indian cricket team's young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has performed brilliantly in Test cricket in 2024, but in the three matches of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, his power with the bat has been seen a little less. In one of these matches, he scored a century, while in the rest of the matches his bat remained silent. However, his overall batting has seen tremendous improvement this year and he currently occupies the second position in the list of highest run scorers in Test cricket. In such a situation, he has a great opportunity to make another historic performance in the Melbourne Test match.

Big opportunity in Melbourne Test match

The fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from 26 December. This will be the last Test match of this year for India and this is a great opportunity for Yashasvi Jaiswal to make a great end with the bat.

Yashasvi has scored 1312 runs in 27 innings of 14 Test matches so far in 2024, in which his average has been 52.48. During this, three centuries and seven half-centuries have come out of his bat. Meanwhile, he is behind England's Joe Root in the list of highest run-scorers this year. Root has scored 1556 runs in 31 innings in 17 Test matches this year, including six centuries and five half-centuries. To leave Root behind, Yashasvi will have to play a brilliant innings of 245 runs in the Melbourne Test, which will not be easy, but given his current form, it is not an impossible challenge.

193 runs against Australia, big innings expected in Melbourne

In this series, Yashasvi has so far played a brilliant innings of 161 runs in the first Test match played against Australia in Perth, but after that his bat remained silent in the remaining five innings. So far, he has been able to score only 193 runs in this series at an average of 38.60. However, the Melbourne pitch is considered favorable for batting, so Yashasvi will have a good chance to play a big innings here.

Yashasvi's performance in 2024 has been remarkable, and in the Melbourne Test match, he has all the qualities that can help him become the highest scorer of this year. A big innings will definitely be expected from his bat in this important Test match of Team India, because in this match both the winning campaign of the Indian team and his personal record will be at stake.

If Yashasvi plays a brilliant innings in the Melbourne Test, then not only can he leave Joe Root behind, but can also give a new direction to his career. This will be no less than a big gift for Indian cricket lovers.