2. Keaton Jennings:
The 24-year-old stole the show when he scored a ton on his Test debut in the Mumbai game. And although he failed to impress in the next two innings, he scored a dodgy fifty in the last innings at Chennai. His skipper Alastair Cook was a prime candidate to partner Vijay at the top after scoring 369 runs in the series but Jennings’ performance in these unfavourable conditions against the world No. 1 team tilts the scale in his favour.
Batting Stats:
| Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s |
| 2 | 4 | 167 | 112 | 41.75 | 1 | 1 |
Honourable mention: Parthiv Patel:
The wicket-keeper-batsman was recalled to the Test team after eight years and he instantly made a mark with a match-winning fifty in the third Test at Mohali. He was asked to open the innings in the last Test too and once again justified the decision by scoring 71.