Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance in the second West Indies Test is evaluate by Sunil Gavaskar. In the two innings in the Trinidad Test, Jaiswal scored 57 and 38 points.
Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal made a remarkable start to his international career by being the 17th Indian player to score a century on his Test debut. The achievement accomplish during the first Test against the West Indies at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica. Jaiswal score a match-winning 171 (387) and name Player of the Match for his efforts.
He set to repeat his performance in the second Test. He ended up chasing a wide delivery and nicking it to second slip for 57 against Jason Holder.
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Sunil Gavaskar lacking patience cost Jaiswal his wicket because there no devil in the pitch.
“Virat Kohli scored a century in his 500th international appearance.” After the first few pitches, it was clear that there was no devil in the pitch and that a batter would have to be overconfident or complacent to miss out on a hundred. “Jaiswal lost patience and reach out for a widish half-volley. Which caught at deepish backward point.Rohit didn’t quite go to the pitch of the ball to be bowled. ” Gavaskar wrote in his Mid-Day column.
Jaiswal finished the Test series as the highest run-scorer, with 266 runs from two matches at an average of 88.66 and 150 to his name.
Notably, the kid joined the Indian team after a record-breaking season in the recent IPL 2023 and a stellar first-class record. In IPL 2023, he scored 625 runs at an average of 48.07 and a strike rate of 163.61, including 155 fifties. Notably, Jaiswal scored the most runs by an uncapped hitter in tournament history, as well as the fastest fifty in tournament history in just 13 balls.
With the T20 World Cup coming up next year, the Uttar Pradesh-born batter will want to replicate his performance in national colors and cement his spot in the team.
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