Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates his century against New Zealand A in Christchurch. (Sony Liv screengrab)

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal broke out of his scoring drought in the red-ball format with a massive century for India A in their second unofficial Test against New Zealand A on Tuesday.

Resuming from his overnight score of 20, Jaiswal quickly shifted gears and motored to his 18th First-Class century. In a solid third-wicket stand with Yash Rathod, Jaiswal helped India A overcome a shaky start after losing Sai Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal off successive deliveries, as play began 100 minutes late due to bad weather.

Batting on 99, Jaiswal reached his century with a slog-swept six over mid-wicket in only 119 deliveries and moved up to 150 in another 25 deliveries. The 24-year-old southpaw racked up an unbeaten 154 by Tea as India collected 237 runs in the post-Lunch session.…