Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill Shatter Pakistan's Babar Azam - Rizwan's Huge T20I Record Vs Windies
Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates his half-century.
The Men in Blue routed the West Indies side in the fourth T20 International by nine wickets on Saturday. A 179 runs total looked facile for the Indian batters as they chased down the total within 17 overs. (Getty)
Jaiswal played a brilliant knock of 84 runs alongside Shubman Gill who scored 77 runs. With this win, the Indian team have leveled the series 2-2. (Getty)
The spotlight of the game was Gill and Jaiswal who went on to add a 165-run opening partnership in Lauderhill. (Getty)
This partnership of Gill and Jaiswal has altered the record books as they equalised the record of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma for the highest-ever opening stand for India in T20Is. (Getty)
It was back in 2017 against Sri Lanka when Rahul and Rohit stitched 165 runs stand. (Getty)
Simultaneously, the young Indian pair also surpassed the milestone achieved by Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. (Getty)
Gill-Jaiswal stand is now the highest opening partnership against West Indies in the format. (Getty)
They went past the 158-run opening partnership set by the Pakistani pair in Karachi in 2021. (Getty)