'Virender Sehwag ka 300 wala record, Yashasvi Jaiswal hi todega': Former India star makes huge prediction

Former India star makes huge prediction on Yashasvi Jaiswal (BCCI Photo)

Yashasvi Jaiswal has proven his credentials as a Test opener and the recent knock of 175(258) in the second Test against West Indies is a testimony of that. Jaiswal already has a couple of double hundreds under his name and he could have added a third one to his tally if not for a mix-up with skipper Shubman Gill on Day 2 of the match.

Reflecting on Jaiswal's knock and his overall trajectory in red-ball cricket, former India batter Mohammad Kaif has made a massive prediction regarding the 23-year-old.

"Yashasvi Jaiswal is a batsman with the patience to score big hundreds and set new marks. In his first 26 matches, his numbers are as good as Sachin and Virat. Scoring at a high strike rate, his hundreds mostly put India on path to victory. Sehwag ka 300 wala record, Jaiswal hi todega,” he wrote on X.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is a batsman with the patience to score big hundreds and set new marks. In his first 26 matches, his numbers are as good as Sachin and Virat. Scoring at high strike rate, his hundreds mostly put India on path to victory. Sehwag ka 300 wala record, Jaiswal hi…

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 11, 2025

Sehwag was the first Indian to hammer 300 runs in Test, which was against Pakistan in Multan in 2004. He reached the landmark once again, four years later in Chennai against South Africa. Barring him only Karun Nair has managed to achieve the feat among Indians.

Jaiswal has so far amassed 2245 runs in 47 Test innings and boasts an impressive average of 49.89. Apart from the double tons, the southpaw has slammed seven hundreds and twelve half-centuries in those 47 innings.

What makes him an absolute star is his ability to do equal damage on both home and away conditions. Out of the tons he has notched, three have come on home Tests, while two were scored in England, and one in Australia.

In addition, he has converted five of those in 150-plus scores.

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Meanwhile, legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar also had wholehearted praise in store for the opener, following his knock at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital. The "Little Master" urged the 23-year-old to hammer "granddaddy" tons in future.

"Well done, keep it up, keep getting the big hundreds. Score daddy hundred, but because I am a grandfather, I will say get granddaddy hundreds," Gavaskar said while speaking to Jaiswal after the close of play on Day 2 of the second Test against West Indies.

Jaiswal now has moved past the 3000-run mark across all formats for India. In 50 appearances across all formats, Jaiswal boasts 3,158 runs at 47.13 with eight centuries and 17 fifties.