Continue reading Yashasvi Jaiswal’s story: from tent to success

RAJKOT: The tale of Yashasvi Jaiswal is becoming more and more elaborate. In the third Test match here on Sunday, India defeated England 434 runs to start the series. The left-handed opener from Mumbai struck a brilliant double century (214 off 236 balls) on Sunday, his second consecutive century that featured a record 12 sixes.
Possibly the greatest swing bowler in game history, James Anderson, was responsible for three of those sixes from successive balls.

As Jaiswal and fellow Mumbai rising gun Sarfaraz Khan, who was making his Test debut, put up 172 runs in only 158 balls for the fifth wicket in India’s second innings, it seemed for a time that they were playing in the IPL. As India sought an immediate declaration, the two played about with England’s bowlers.
After retiring injured at 104 the previous evening owing to back spasms, 22-year-old Jaiswal came back to bat and produced a historically impressive show that completely outclassed the England attack. Even more amazing is his record of being just the second batter in the history of international cricket to knock 12 sixes in an innings (following Wasim Akram’s 1996 effort against Zimbabwe).

When Jaiswal scored 26 sixes for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League last year, including a scorching 62-ball 124-run innings against the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, it was clear how much he enjoyed hitting sixes.

The left-handed opener in the India-England five-Test series has amassed the highest total of any batter so far, with 545 runs at 109.00 from three Tests, two double hundreds, and one fifty to his credit.

Jaiswal became the first Indian batsman to reach 150 or more in his first three hundreds after making 171 against the West Indies in July of last year in Dominica during his Test debut. In seven Tests, Jaiswal has amassed 861 runs at 71.75.

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The success story of Jaiswal, which is by now well-known, is really inspiring. When he was younger, his parents fled his hamlet in Badohi, Uttar Pradesh, and he was compelled to help the pani puri vendors there for a while, sleeping in a tent. At that moment, 12-year-old Jaiswal was taken home by Jwala Singh, a well-known local coach in Mumbai, who gave him guidance, coaching, and support from a young age.

In 2020, Jaiswal was the most run-getter and hit five fifties at the U-19 World Cup. After turning his World Cup glory into a 2.4cr IPL offer, he flourished for Rajasthan Royals, amassing 625 runs in 14 games.
Jaiswal still has a long way to go. Although he participated in two Tests in South Africa in December 2023 and January 2024 (scoring 85 runs at 12.50 in two Tests), many believe his true test will come when India tours Australia in the winter of 2023 and England in the summer of 2024. The main goal of Rajasthan Royals High Performance coach Zubin Bharucha, who has been working hard on Jaiswal’s game over the last several years, is to get him ready for challenges in international Test cricket.

In order to get the same results on all surfaces, we now need to push the limits of our sport even further. There are major obstacles ahead, Bharucha said TOI.
It makes sense that after India’s victory on Sunday, Indian captain Rohit Sharma chose not to confront the young Turk, instead letting him continue his scorching form.
“Since everyone is talking about Jaiswal right now, I won’t say anything more about him. Give him a break. We benefit from the fact that he is doing well. He’s in excellent shape. “I won’t elaborate much further,” he said.