Stats: Jaiswal extends imperious start in Tests

Key Numbers from Day 3 of the Ongoing First Test Between Australia and India in Perth

Jaiswal's Maiden Test Century

• 3rd Indian batter to register a hundred on maiden Test appearance in Australia
• 101 by ML Jaisimha and 113 by Sunil Gavaskar in Brisbane in 1967-68 and 1977-78 respectively
• Came in India's second innings of the given Test

Jaiswal's Test Career

• 1568 runs aggregated from first 15 Tests, most among Indian players
• Surpasses 1420 by Vijay Hazare
• Only Don Bradman (2115), Mark Taylor (1618), and Everton Weekes (1576) exceed Jaiswal's tally from the first 15 Tests of a career

Jaiswal's Test Scores

• 4 150-plus scores in Tests
• Joint-second in list featuring Javed Miandad and Graeme Smith
• 2nd batter in history to convert each of first four tons into 150-plus scores
• 4th Indian batter to bag a duck and register a 150-plus score in the same Test

Opening Partnership

• 201 runs added by Jaiswal and KL Rahul for the opening wicket
• Highest opening partnership for India in Australia
• Surpasses 191 by Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth in Sydney in 1986

Jaiswal's Performance in 2024

• 35 sixes in Tests in 2024, most by anyone in a calendar year
• Surpasses Brendon McCullum's 33 in 2014

Rahul-Jaiswal Partnership

• 378 runs aggregated in 63 overs
• Longest opening stand for a visiting pair in Australia this century
• Only behind 398 balls (66.2 overs) by Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss in a match-saving effort in the 2010/11 Ashes opener at The Gabba