Jaiswal

REFILES to fix typo in 12th par He once lived in tents and sold street food to pursue his cricketing dream. Now, sizzling talent Yashasvi Jaiswal is the toast of the Indian Premier League. On Sunday the Indian 21-year-old smashed 124 off 62 balls for Rajasthan Royals in front of a huge crowd in Mumbai, the city he moved to as a child from a poor family in Uttar Pradesh. "What a story, what a special talent. Yashasvi Jaiswal is a superstar in the making," former Australia batsman and ex-IPL coach Tom Moody tweeted. "He has got real talent. The kind of domestic season he has had, he has taken that form into IPL. Good for him, good for Indian cricket and good for RR as well," India's all-format captain Rohit Sharma said. The left-hander's maiden IPL century was not only the highest score of the current season -- it also put him on top in the league's 2023 batting rankings. With a strike rate of 159.70, he has now racked up 428 runs, ahead of South Africa's on-fire Faf du Plessis (422 - Royal Challengers Bangalore) and New Zealand opener Devon Conway (414 - Chennai Super Kings). Jaiswal moved to Mumbai -- without his parents -- when he was just 11. "I used to sleep in a dairy and then stayed at my uncle's place but it wasn't big enough and he asked me to find a different place," Jaiswal told AFP in an interview in 2020. "I then started to stay in a tent near Azad Maidan (a Mumbai sports ground) and would play cricket there during the day. Yashasvi Jaiswal used to sell street f...

India could usher in a new era of transition following their struggles at the 2023 World Test Championship final. India's next series against the West Indies could see plenty of new players get a call-up in both Tests and T20Is. India's focus will be on 50-over cricket with the Asia Cup and World Cup coming up. Following the 2023 World Test Championship (WTC) final debacle, India are set for a rare one-month break, which comes at the perfect time as it will give the all-format players time to refresh their batteries ahead of a gruelling season that will see them play the Asia Cup and the 2023 Cricket World Cup. However, India face a tough fight to get to the summit clash away as they have a hard schedule that will see them play a home series against England and play away to both South Africa and Australia. Hence, the India team will have to be at their best to reach the summit clash This will mean India needs to shape a squad that is in peak form over the next two years and, hence, embrace a transition with most members of the current team in their mid-30s. Elsewhere, the same report adds that the T20I team has already started to phase out senior players following the 2022 T20 World Cup, and that is set to continue in the West Indies. Hardik Pandya is expected to lead the team in the shortest format as preparations continue for the 2024 T20 World Cup, and the likes of Jaiswal,

Read more Jaiswal hit six fours and three sixes on his way to his 50 in front of a stunned Eden Gardens, beating the previous record of 14 balls held jointly by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins. The 21-year-old, who moved to Mumbai as a child and lived in a tent to pursue his cricketing dreams, hit 26 runs in the first over off Kolkata captain Nitish Rama. The left-hander only missed out on a century because Rajasthan chased down the modest target of 150 with a massive 41 balls to spare, with Jaiswal unbeaten on 98 with 12 fours and five sixes off 47. "I prepare well and trust myself to execute my shots. I know the results will come. I wanted to finish the game and winning the game was my motto," the player of the match said afterwards. "I was only thinking about the net run rate (for Rajasthan) and not my century," he said. The only hiccup was Jos Buttler being run out for a duck in the second over, but Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson (48 not out) joined Jaiswal to see the visitors home in the 14th over. Jaiswal's astonishing innings was also the second fastest in T20 history after India's Yuvraj Singh clubbed a half century off only 12 balls against England at the 2007 World Cup in South Africa. Jaiswal won a place in the Mumbai state team in 2019 and became the youngest batsman, at 17 years and 292 days, to score a domestic one-day double century. The left-hander's big break came when he was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals for $338,000 in the 2019 auction of the world's richest T...

Cricket West Indies (CWI), on Monday, announced the full schedule of India’s tour of the West Indies in July-August. India will play two Tests, which falls under the next World Test Championship (WTC) Cycle, three ODIs and five T20Is (in the same order) – starting July 12 till August 13. Meanwhile, latest reports suggest the selection committee wants to bring new faces into the Test side, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mukesh Kumar being considered for a Test call-up. While the first two ODIs will be played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on July 27 and 29, respectively, the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad will be the venue for the third ODI on August 1. From August 3 to 13, all five T20Is will take place, with two each scheduled in Guyana and Florida (the USA) and one in Trinidad. Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar in line for Test call-ups Following the bashing at the hands of Australia, the selectors are keen on bringing the much-needed change in the Test side, with the inclusion of uncapped youngsters being the first step towards it. As per a report in the PTI, the selection committee wishes to include batter Yashasvi Jaiswal and seamer Mukesh Kumar for the two Tests, replacing Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav in the line-up. Meanwhile, Jaiswal is also on the radar for the T20I call-up alongside Rinku Singh, who made headlines in this year’s IPL with his stunning performances. Here is the schedule of India’s tour of the West Indies – Tests • 1st Test – July 12-16 – Dominica •...

Image Source : PTI Yashasvi Jaiswal at Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2023 Indian cricket team management is looking for big changes to its T20I squad ahead of the upcoming India tour of West Indies 2023 starting on July 12. Young batters Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jitesh Sharma, and Rinku Singh are reportedly in contention to make their international debut while Ruturaj Gaikwad and Mohit Sharma are set to make a potential comeback. West Indies host India in two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is after their ICC World Cup 2023 Qualifiers in Zimbabwe. Indian team last played T20Is during the New Zealand tour of India earlier this year where they recorded a 2-1 win under Team management has already signaled that Yashavi Jaiswal produced his best performance with Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2023 and has impressive numbers across domestic cricket tournaments. He was recently included in India's Test squad for World Test Championship final (WTC) against Australia as a reserve opener after Ruturaj Gaikwad's absence due to a wedding. Rinku Singh made a rapid rise during the IPL 2023 with his finishing skills and has established himself as one of the hottest prospects in domestic cricket. Both Rinku and Yashavi are set to earn a national team call for the West Indies tour and are expected to be part of the T20 World Cup 2024 squad as well.

But you can't blame Rana for bowling that over; you can only praise Jaiswal. The batter came down the track first ball and hit it for a six, and followed it up with another next ball. In all the years of IPL cricket, only once had that been done before - Virat Kohli in 2019 against Varun Aaron in a five-over match - and even after the 12 runs off the first two balls, Jaiswal was only whetting his appetite. Three of the next four balls in the over went for boundaries, the fourth ball very nearly did too. Those six balls showed such pristine form that even Buttler did not hesitate to sacrifice his wicket next over. On zero, Buttler had turned down Jaiswal for a single but the youngster hadn't spotted it and had run through. Once Buttler noticed that, he made the split-second decision to cross Jaiswal so that Jaiswal would not be out. "Between Jos bhai and me, I am learning a lot. Today, he sacrificed his wicket because of my error, and I really respect that. We all know that it happens in the game, nobody does it purposely. But that was the moment where I decided to take responsibility, thinking 'it is okay' but I need to take responsibility from here on." He first hit Shardul by moving leg side and driving an inswinger, then by pulling through midwicket and finally following it up with another drive through the covers. On 49 off 12 balls, Jaiswal had very nearly broken the all-time record for the fastest T20 fifty. On the next delivery, he shaved one ball off the IPL record...