For a cricket fan in his/her fifties, who has often watched India capitulate in Australia, today was a sweet day. It was Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century first, (and boy how he reached there!), his 150 next, Nitish Reddy’s breathtaking assault against the Australian bowlers, Virat Kohli’s hundred that came after what seemed like an eternity, and that perfect icing on the cake- three quick wickets as Australia began its chase of 534 runs.

But let’s talk about Jaiswal first. In the build-up before the tour, Australian media had marked Jaiswal as the future of Indian cricket and Jaiswal didn’t take long to show why he is rated so highly. Together with KL Rahul, he began slowly and scraping at first. There were several instances when he was beaten, but he didn’t allow that to shake his resolve. At one point, he even had the nerve to tell Australia’s bowling spearhead Mitchell Starc that he was slow.