Young centurion, Yashasvi Jaiswal, was seen in blistering form during the first Test match at Leeds. He smashed 101 runs, which led to India’s dominating position on Day 1. After getting along with KL Rahul for a decent 91-run 1st wicket partnership, and the departure of debutant Sai Sudarshan on a duck, the newly inducted captain Shubman Gill arrived on the crease. Both the young talents had a conversation, which was later recorded in the stump mic.
“Just tell me NO loudly when you don’t want a run, I’ve a habit to run after hitting”. Jaiswal said to Gill, who was standing at the non-striker’s end.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal to Shubman Gill:
"Just tell me NO loudly when you don't want a run, I've a habit to run after hitting". 🤣❤️pic.twitter.com/VrtE2C5bDq---Advertisement---— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 20, 2025
India was in the driving seat of the first Test at Headingley because of a sparkling hundred by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal is the first Indian batsman to achieve a century in the first match both in Australia and in England, and his game was a lesson in off-side stroke play: his first 100 runs were almost all on the off side, and he cut and drove the four English seamers to swords.
At the tea break, Jaiswal was unbeaten on 63 in a third-wicket stand with Shubman Gill that was worth 123 runs, and the most striking aspect of Gill in his first innings as Test captain is his aggressive pace. Gill got his 50 in 56 balls, the quickest of all his Tests, and England’s inexperienced bowling whined in the unaccustomed heat of Leeds.
Jaiswal, however, was the most dominant as he managed to strike three figures with a carve of Brydon Carse on two back-to-back boundaries, then pinching a quick single towards point. He got his 50 in the next 48 balls and had not been given a catching opportunity. On 45, he had his only fight, Carse bouncing him hard on the toe with a very fast yorker, but after stepping over.
