- Yashasvi Jaiswal’s poor performance continues with another duck against New Zealand. A Yashasvi Jaiswal was sent off for a four-ball duck from Fraser Sheat at Hagley Oval, his fourth dismissal without scoring in nine innings since the Sri Lanka tour.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal’s lean streak continues with another duck against New Zealand A (Photo by Morgan Hancock – CA/Cricket Australia via ) At the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on October 31, 2026, Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed by New Zealand A pacer Fraser Sheat for a four-ball duck in India A’s very first innings of the second unofficial Test.
- It was a major blow to the India A top order and extended Jaiswal’s troubling streak without a meaningful score in red-ball cricket.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s poor performance continues with another duck against New Zealand. A Yashasvi Jaiswal was sent off for a four-ball duck from Fraser Sheat at Hagley Oval, his fourth dismissal without scoring in nine innings since the Sri Lanka tour.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s lean streak continues with another duck against New Zealand A (Photo by Morgan Hancock – CA/Cricket Australia via ) At the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on October 31, 2026, Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed by New Zealand A pacer Fraser Sheat for a four-ball duck in India A’s very first innings of the second unofficial Test. It was a major blow to the India A top order and extended Jaiswal’s troubling streak without a meaningful score in red-ball cricket. The 24-year-old’s early dismissal for a duck was his fourth scoreless pearance in nine innings since the tour of Sri Lanka in August 2026, raising questions about his form ahead of India’s senior series against New Zealand.
However, Devdutt Padikkal and Sai Sudharsan steadied the innings with a 91-run partnership for the second wicket. Padikkal scored 80 off 140 balls while Sudharsan contributed 41 off 63 balls. Ctain Dhruv Jurel then led the resumon with an unbeaten 99, supported by Akash Deep, who made 25 not out.
At stumps on the first day, India A had reached 291/7 in 88 overs after New Zealand A opted to bowl first. New Zealand had won the toss and elected to field, with the conditions for Jaiswal’s early release high on the list. What does Jaiswal’s red ball she look like as of August 2026? Jaiswal’s thin cut in the longer format dates back to India’s tour of Sri Lanka.
He scored a duck in the second innings of the first Test in Galle, and over three innings of the drawn series in Sri Lanka he managed a total of just 77 runs. Even before this Test series began, he had fallen for a duck in a warm-up training match against the SLC XI. When Jaiswal returned home in October 2026, he scored a 13-ball duck for Mumbai against Chandigarh in the Ranji Trophy, adding another failure to a growing list.
He scored scores of 17 and 5 in the first unofficial Test against New Zealand A last week, offering little consolation ahead of senior duty. In nine innings over this difficult track, he has not reached a half-century in red-ball cricket since August 2026. What’s at stake for Jaiswal as the NZ Tests seniors close in?
The Senior India Test series against New Zealand is scheduled to begin on November 19, 2026 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, making Jaiswal’s recent form a pressing concern for selectors. The India A team, which includes Jaiswal along with Padikkal, Sudharsan and Ctain Dhruv Jurel, will play three unofficial Tests against New Zealand A between October 24 and November 10, 2026. To add to the pressure, Jaiswal was included in India’s ODI squad for the series against the West Indies in October 2026 but did not feature in all three matches.
He has also been left out of the five-match ODI squad for the New Zealand series, which begins in Auckland on November 4. The combination of limited white-ball opportunities and a series of red-ball misses made his second-innings performance in Christchurch an important moment in his preparation for the Wellington Tests.
