Yashavi Jaiswal equals Graeme Smith, unique world record with picture-perfect century vs West Indies

At a venue where Virat Kohli’s name echoes like a ritual, a new chant took over the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday: ‘Jaiswal, Jaiswal’.

On the opening day of the second Test against the West Indies, Yashasvi Jaiswal produced a commanding, unbeaten 173 to power India to a dominant 318-2 by stumps. The 23-year-old left-hander turned early murmurs of nostalgia for Kohli into a roaring celebration of his own name — and did so in a fashion worthy of the Delhi legend himself.

In a poetic twist, Jaiswal matched one of Kohli’s rare Test feats: scoring 150-plus on Day 1 of a home Test not once, but twice — and at the same venues where Kohli had done it before: Vizag and now Delhi.