The first Test of the three-match series between India and New Zealand is set to start on Wednesday (October 16). During the match, which is scheduled to take place at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, star Indian opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal will have a chance to join legendary English batter Joe Root in an elite list. The 22-year-old left-handed batter needs 71 runs to become the second player after Root to score 1000 Test runs in 2024.
Before the start of the first Test against the Black Caps, Jaiswal has 929 runs to his name in eight matches for India. Root, who sits at No. 1 position in the ICC Test batter’s ranking, has hammered 1248 runs in 13 matches played so far. He crossed the 1000-run mark during his 262-run knock in the first innings of the first Test against Pakistan, which England won by an innings and 47 runs in Multan last week.
Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis also sits above Jaiswal as of now. The 26-year-old left-handed batter has amassed a total of 943 runs in seven Tests played in 2024.
Most Test runs in 2024
- Joe Root (England) – 1248
- Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 943
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 929
- Ben Duckett (England) – 791
- Ollie Pope (England) – 745
Jaiswal, who made his Test debut in July 2023 against the West Indies, scored 28 runs in the Cape Town Test against South Africa that was played from January 3 to 4. He then scored 712 runs in nine innings of five Tests against England.
During India’s last Test series against Bangladesh, Jaiswal scored 189 runs in four innings to finish as the leading run scorer. He top-scored for the Rohit Sharma-led side in both innings of the Kanpur Test, which India won by 7 wickets.
The overall record of scoring most Test runs in a calendar year is in the name of former Pakistani batter Mohammad Yousuf. In 11 Tests for Pakistan in 2006, the former right-handed batter scored 1788 runs at an average of 99.33.
Most Test runs in a calendar year
- Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) – 1788 runs in 2006
- Viv Richards (West Indies) – 1710 runs in 1976
- Joe Root (England) – 1708 runs in 2021
- Graeme Smith (South Africa) – 1656 runs in 2008
- Michael Clarke (Australia) – 1595 runs in 2012
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 1562 runs in 2010
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 1544 runs in 2005
Among Indian batters, the record of scoring most runs in a calendar year in Tests is held by legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, who is the all-time leading run scorer for India in Tests and ODIs, amassed a total of 1562 runs in 14 Tests played for the MS Dhoni-led side in 2010.
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