AHMEDABAD: As Yashasvi Jaiswal rushed in to embrace Brian Lara following an extraordinary 175 in the second Test against West Indies, Lara jokingly said, "Don’t beat our bowlers that bad." The humorous remark was a glowing endorsement of the lofty standards that the 23-year-old batter has set. "Keep getting the hundreds. Daddy hundreds,” reacted Sunil Gavaskar . Jaiswal's 175 is his fifth 150+ score in Tests before turning 24, which only Don Bradman managed to surpass. The 23-year-old's conversion of 50+ scores after 49 innings in Tests stands at nearly 39.6%, which is better than Sachin Tendulkar (36.2%), Ricky Ponting (35.9%), Brian Lara (35.3%) and even Virat Kohli 's (29%) tally at a similar stage. Jaiswal has scored seven tons in Tests, which is the joint-most by an ope

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