Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

Whose century is number 1 among the five Pandavas of Perth?


New DelhiFrom the seventies till now, scoring runs on Perth ground has never been easy. The memories of Perth always remain fresh in the minds of the world’s greatest batsmen. Earlier, both WACA and now Optus Stadium have been considered heaven for fast bowlers. The bounce and cracks in the pitches of these grounds are like a nightmare for batting. In such a situation, if a batsman scores a century here, then you can imagine the importance of that innings.

The significance of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century in Perth also increases because before him/her only four Indian batsmen had managed to score a century in Perth. Yashasvi scored 161 runs in Perth, which is the highest score by any Indian opener. Before Jaiswal, all the Indian batsmen who scored centuries in Perth went on to become famous and their names started being counted among the great batsmen of the world.

Magic innings of Mohinder Amarnath in 1977

The Indian team had reached Perth after losing the first test, where the pitch was going to welcome you with speed and bounce. The pair of Australian bowlers Jeff Thompson and Clarke were desperate to test the Indian batsmen. Playing at number three on a challenging pitch, Mohinder Amarnath scored 90 in the first innings and a century in the second innings. Amarnath, popularly known as Jimmy, was a brilliant backfoot player and with his/her hook and pull shots, he/she defeated the fastest bowler of that time, Geoff Thomson. After this innings, Mohinder Amarnath was tagged as an excellent batsman against fast bowling.

Sunil Gavaskar’s century innings

Sunil Gavaskar also played a big innings in the 1977 Perth Test match in which Mohandar Amarnath scored a century. Little Master was out early in the first innings, which he/she compensated for in the second innings. During the innings of 127 runs, Gavaskar also made a partnership of 193 runs with Mohinder Amarnath. Gavaskar played 245 balls during his/her innings and scored 127 runs. Experts believe that watching both of them bat on a bouncy pitch in this match was a different kind of thrill.

Sachin’s century

Sachin was only 19 years old during the 1992 Australian tour and when the team reached Perth, the biggest question in everyone’s mind was how Sachin would bat on the bouncy pitch of WACA. When Sachin came to the crease to bat, the Indian innings was in trouble. Facing strong and tall fast bowlers like Craig McDermott, Merv Hughes and Mike Whitney, Sachin Tendulkar hit many strokes that surprised everyone in Perth. Making excellent use of cut shots, pulls and straight drives, Sachin Tendulkar scored 114 runs which included 16 fours.

Kohli’s great innings

Before scoring a century in 2018, Virat had also played a Test match at Perth in 2012 and he/she had an idea of ​​what to do and what not to score runs in Perth. Virat was the captain of the team in 2018 and he/she knew how important it was for him/her to score runs in Perth. Australia had scored 326 runs in the first innings, in reply Team India was losing wickets from one end, but Virat took charge of one end and played a memorable inning of 123 runs in 257 balls. That was also Virat’s 25th Test century. Virat played 257 balls against Mitchell Starc, Hazlewood Cummins and Lion and hit 13 fours.

Jaiswal’s magic

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was out for zero in the first innings, played a brilliant inning of 161 runs in the second innings. During this period he/she faced 297 balls. During this, he/she hit 15 fours and 3 sixes. After which he/she was caught by Steve Smith on the ball of Mitchell Marsh. With this brilliant innings against Australia, Yashasvi has made many records in his/her name. Yashasvi has scored 1568 runs in his/her first 15 tests. During this period his/her highest score has been 214.

Jaiswal has now joined the club where the names of India’s legendary batsmen Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are there. The same heights that all these batsmen touched after scoring centuries in Perth are being expected from Yashasvi too.

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