Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant half-century in the second T20 against Australia. Jaiswal scored 53 runs in 25 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. His batting strike rate was 212. Jaiswal became the third player to score a powerplay half-century for India in the T20 International.
Rohit Sharma was the first to achieve this feat for India, scoring a half-century in the powerplay of the T20 International match against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2020. Hitman had scored 50* runs in 23 balls in the powerplay. After that, KL Rahul scored 50 runs in 19 balls in the powerplay of the T20 International match against Scotland in Dubai in 2021.
53 (25 balls) – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Australia, Thiruvananthapuram, 2023
50 (19 balls) – KL Rahul vs Scotland, Dubai, 2021
50*(23 balls) – Rohit Sharma vs New Zealand, Hamilton, 2020.
Furthermore, Jaiswal also equaled Virat Kohli’s special record. In fact, Jaiswal scored nine fours in his innings. Earlier, Virat Kohli held the record for India of hitting the maximum number of 9 fours in the powerplay of T20 International. Now Jaiswal has reached him.
In the first T20 match against Australia in Visakhapatnam, Yashasvi Jaiswal was dropped early and returned to the pavilion. He became the victim of Matthew Short after playing an innings of 21 runs off 8 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes.
In the match at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. The Indian team’s batsmen, who came to bat first, completely defeated the Australian bowlers. Team India, led by Saryukmar Yadav, scored 235 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. This was the highest score for India in the T20 International against Australia.