Jaiswal guns for Sachin’s record, Kohli closes in on Bradman’s legacy

As India gears up for the pinkball Test against Australia at Adelaide Indian batting stars Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli will have some records worth looking up to that can witness them climb up over legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Don BradmanThe Adelaide test will kickstart from December 6 onwards with India heading into the game with a mental and physical edge over the Aussies who were left devastated by Bumrahs bowling and captaincy during a 295run loss at Perths Optus Stadium in the first TestHowever the visitors would be looking to overcome the ghosts of the 2020 Adelaide pinkball Test which saw them being bundled out for their lowest Test score of 36 runs starting that series on a nightmarish note Pat Cummins 421 and Josh Hazlewood 58 had run riot over the Indian lineup in the second innings getting an easy target of 90 runs to chaseJaiswal the young 22yearold is on a recordbreaking spree After dominating in the home conditions for most of the year the youngster conquered the Aussie conditions with a scintillating 161 at Perth during the first TestThis year so far Jaiswal has scored 1280 runs at an average of 5818 and a strike rate of 7252 with three centuries and seven fifties His best score is 214 The youngster is 282 runs away from overtaking Sachins record of most Test runs by an Indian during a calendar yearAlso ReadCummins and Khawajarsquos selfie frenzy takes over Adelaide nets WATCHIn 2010 Sachin slammed 1562 runs in 14 Tests and 23 innings at an average of 7810 with seven centuries and five fifties His best score was 214The highest amount of Test runs in a calendar year belongs to Pakistan batting legend Mohammed Yousuf who scored 1788 runs in 2006 in 11 matches and 19 innings at an average of 9933 He scored a massive nine centuries and three fifties with the best score of 202On the other hand Virat is chasing Bradmans greatness He is just one century away from scoring the most centuries by a player against their opponents in their home conditions Virat has 10 international centuries against Australia at their home as compared to 11 scored by Bradman in international cricket in England throughout his careerAnother stunning display by the duo could very well see India take a 20 series lead in the series Another century from Virat will no doubt make a lot of his fans happy as he has battled poor form for the majority of the year Jaiswal on the other hand would be aiming to seal his reputation as the next big thing in world cricket with yet another stunner of a performance against AussiesAustralia squad for second Test Pat Cummins c Scott Boland Alex Carey wk Josh Hazlewood Travis Head Josh Inglis Usman Khawaja Marnus Labuschagne Nathan Lyon Mitch Marsh Nathan McSweeney Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Beau WebsterIndia squad Rohit Sharma c Jasprit Bumrah vc Yashasvi Jaiswal KL Rahul Abhimanyu Easwaran Devdutt Padikkal Shubman Gill Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant Sarfaraz Khan Dhruv Jurel Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Mohammed Siraj Akash Deep Prasidh Krishna Harshit Rana Nitish Kumar Reddy Washington Sundar Reserves Mukesh Kumar Navdeep Saini Khaleel Ahmed Yash Dayal