DTVHINDI
This young player is the highest run-scorer in the ongoing five-match Test series between India and England. He has scored 545 runs in six innings at a tremendous average of 109. During this period his strike rate has been 81.10. Coming to Mumbai from his birthplace in Uttar Pradesh at the age of 12, Jaiswal, who hails from a humble background, had to struggle not only on the field but also off the field.
During a conversation on Geo Cinema after winning the third Test match, Yashasvi Jaiswal said, “In India, when you grow up, you work really hard for everything. Even when you get a bus, you have to work really hard to get the bus. You have to work really hard to get access to trains and autos and everything.
I have done this since childhood and I know how important every innings is and that is why I work really hard in my (practice) sessions and every innings matters for me and my team, that is my country. And that’s the biggest motivation for me to play. Just make sure that whenever I am there I have to give my 100% and then enjoy.”
The opening batsman scored his first double century in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, but could not score a big score in the first innings of the third Test. India’s score reached 33/3 within the first hour on the first day of the Test match, after which veteran Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja scored centuries to help the hosts post a strong score of 445 runs in the first innings.
Jaiswal said, “The way Rohit bhai and Jaddu bhai played in the first innings inspired me a lot. They were really taking the match forward with every session and when I was inside (dressing room) I kept thinking that when I go there I have to score runs. The way he was talking about the game, the way he motivated us, I think it’s incredible to see him putting in so much effort.”
