On Tuesday, October 3 at the Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field in Hangzhou, the Asian Games‘ opening quarterfinal between India and Nepal featured young Indian batting star Yashasvi Jaiswal, who excelled with the bat. The 21-year-old captain led his team to a huge score of 202/4 in their allotted 20 overs after scoring a brilliant hundred (100 off 49) of his own.
Yashasvi Jaiswal magnificent innings included eight fours and seven sixes, making him the first Indian century at the Asian Games.
The southpaw overtook Shubman Gill, who accomplished the record at the age of 23 earlier this year, as the youngest centurion for India in T20Is.
Notably, Gill still holds the record for the highest T20I score with a 126* (63) against New Zealand at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on February 1, 2023. As a result of his outstanding performance this season, Gill was named the “Emerging Player of the Season” in the IPL 2023.
The opening batsman for the Rajasthan Royals amassed 625 runs from 14 innings at an average of 48.07, with 105 fifty-sixs. In addition, he scored the league’s quickest fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders, achieving the milestone in just 13 balls. He also had a great start to his international career by becoming the 17th Indian to reach 100 on their Test debut with a knock of 171.
India wins by 23 runs to go to the semifinals
Meanwhile, India posted 202/4 vs. Nepal and went on to win the match by 23 runs thanks to Gill’s innings and Rinku Singh’s blitzkrieg (37* off 15). Nepal put up a valiant effort, with the top scorers for their side being Dipendra Singh Airee (32 off 15) and Sundeep Jora (29 off 12).
Avesh Khan (3/32) and Ravi Bishnoi (3/24) were able to limit Nepal to 179/9, which allowed India to advance to the event’s semi-final. On Friday, October 6, the Men in Blue will play the first semifinal at the same location.
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