Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: Jaiswal falls for 161, but India’s lead soars to a mighty 405 at tea

Yashasvi Jaiswal on Sunday emerged as the unofficial flagbearer of Indian batting for the next decade and a half as Indias lead swelled to a commanding 405 at tea despite the fall of a few wickets on the third day of the opening Test against AustraliaAt tea India were 359 for 5 in their second inningsA little over a month shy of his 23rd birthday Jaiswal who has already announced his arrival on the big stage notched up a classic 161 off 297 balls his fourth century in Tests which has provided his skipper Jasprit Bumrah with enough ammunition to exploit the variable bounce that is starting to trouble battersVirat Kohli 40 batting 74 balls used all his decade and half of experience in Test cricket is ensuring that the chase goes beyond Australias reach and the classic ondrive off rival skipper Pat Cummins reminded one and all of the golden days that the King has enjoyed in this part of the worldDevdutt Padikkal 25 and Dhruv Jurel 1 didnt make most of the big break that they got and are all set to be replaced in the next Test in Adelaide with both skipper Rohit Sharma and injured Shubman Gill set to be back in action Rishabh Pants 1 intent was spoton but execution can always go wrong when one plays a highrisk gameThe postlunch session turned out to be the most productive one for Australia since the opening day as India starting the session at 275 for 1 slumped to 321 for 5 but by then the lead was well past 360run mark and it didnt hurt the team muchAlso ReadJaiswals ton sails India to 2751 Australia left scrambling for answersWith no seam movement Kohli was able to control the other factor variable bounce and his frontfoot stride was way more assured compared to first essayHowever if India go on to win the Test match Jaiswal and KL Rahul 77s 201 run opening stand would be as important as Jasprit Bumrahs first innings fiveforExactly 32 years ago 17yearold Sachin Tendulkar became a global phenomenon with a hundred for the ages at the old WACA ground on a track that had those snakelike cracks and in the last two days Jaiswal 141 batting 264 balls has shown the entire world that he is here to be the torchbearer of Indian batting for the next decade and a halfThe 22yearold has hit 15 fours and three sixes as he became the second youngest Indian batter after Sachin Tendulkar to score a hundred at PerthJaiswal completed his fourth Test hundred and first in a SENA country with a beautifully executed ramp shot off a bouncer bowled by Josh HazlewoodThe celebration was one for the keeps with hands in the air and gratitude for the almighty before showing his lean but muscular biceps All his four Test hundreds are now scores of 150 plusThe six also ensured that Jaiswal and KL Rahuls opening pair surpassed the previous record stand of 191 set by Sunil Gavaskar and Krishnamachari Srikkanth way back in Sydney in 1986Devdutt Padikkal knew that best chance to get some confidence was to score a few runs before the second new ball was takenHe had an extremely confident Jaiswal at the other end who smashed Nathan Lyons delivery pitched on the rough through the offside Jaiswal hit a gorgeous offdrive off Starc once the second new ball was takenJaiswalPadikkal duo added 74 runs for the second wicket but the Karnataka player failed to convert the start that he gotWith agency inputs