Yashasvi Jaiswal wins ICC Player of the Month award for February after excellent Test series against England

After a stupendous Test series against England at home that swy him amass more than 700 runs, young India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal was on Tuesday named the ICC Player of the Month for February. Jaiswal, with 712 runs from the five Tests, finished the series as the highest run-scorer. He amassed two double centuries and three fifties, and averaged 89, as India defeated England 4-1 in the Test series.

The Indian opener created several records in February, and equalled the long-standing Test record for most sixes in a Test innings (12) during his Rajkot double ton.

“I’m really happy to achieve ICC award and I hope I will be getting more in future,” Jaiswal said after he was informed about the win.

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“It’s one of the best and this is my first five-match series series. I really enjoyed it, the way I have played and the way it’s been and we won the series by 4-1. It’s been an incredible experience with all my mates And I really enjoyed it.”

Few have made as strong a start to their international career as Jaiswal and the numbers prove that he could already be one of the best Test openers in the world.

Jaiswal singled out the celebration following his knock of 214 not out in Rajkot as one that he enjoyed the most.

“I think when I celebrated my double century in Rajkot, I think that was something which I really enjoyed and felt it. And I was, I was living,” he added.

He also slammed 219 in Visakhapatnam.

The back-to-back double hundreds at the age of 22 years and 49 days made him the third youngest batter in the world to record two double centuries in Tests after Sir Donald Bradman and Vinod Kambli.

Jaiswal ended the month with astounding numbers in the three Tests he featured in — 560 runs at an average of 112 including 20 sixes.

To his credit, he has carried the form into March, reaching the milestone of 1000 Test runs, becoming the second-quickest Indian to the landmark.

Jaiswal beat competition from New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka to win the award.