Yashasvi Jaiswal Breaks Don Bradman Record, Becomes First Cricketer To Achieve This After Years

India dominated the first day of the second and final Test match against the West Indies, with Yashasvi Jaiswal lighting up the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Yashasvi Jaiswal demonstrated why he is one of the greatest performers of the current age by reaching his seventh Test century in just 145 balls. With a perfect score of 173 at stumps on the first day of the match, Jaiswal is in a position to score a significant amount of runs.

Alongside Jaiswal, Shubman Gill also performed exceedingly well and played a captain's knock. After KL Rahul got out early, Jaiswal took the responsibility upon himself to build an innings full of authority. The left-hander showed why he is considered one of the best openers in the world.

Yashasvi Jaiswal Breaks Don Bradman Record

Notably, the batsman has converted five of his hundreds into scores of 150 or more, making this only his seventh Test hundred. His century against the West Indies in the current match has put him at the top of an elite list, surpassing even the legendary Don Bradman. In Test cricket, the southpaw's innings in Delhi was his seventh time scoring 150 or more. His conversion rate is by far the most startling data. 71.4% of his centuries to date have been transformed into "daddy hundreds." According to statistics, he turns a three-figure score into a game-defining score more than seven times out of ten as a result. Bradman is considered to have been the greatest batter in the history of cricket. In his Test career, he converted 18 of his 29 centuries into scores of 150 or more - a conversion rate of 62.1%. In the longest format of cricket, this number defines the temperament and status of the batter.

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