“Was A Little Nervous”: Yashasvi Jaiswal Opens Up About Maiden Test Call-Up

Moving out of his consolation zone in Bhadohi, spending early teenage years at Azad Maidan tent and doing onerous yards in Maximum City for practically a decade, India Cap wasn’t all the pieces for Yashasvi Jaiswal however the one factor he aspired for. It was by no means about how he’ll get there however when on Friday afternoon the coveted information got here, there was emotion and elation in equal measure for the trendy southpaw. The younger batter advised PTI in an unique interview late on Friday that he was each nervous and excited over the potential of his call-up to the Indian Test aspect, a dream that become actuality earlier within the day.

“My father started crying (when he got to know). I have not yet met my mother; I am going to see her in sometime. I was out from the morning, had a practice session as well as some other work,” said Jaiswal, adding that he would head to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore perhaps in a couple of days’ time for the preparations of the West Indies tour.

Having returned recently to his home here in Mumbai, Jaiswal revealed he had a busy day on Friday, as he was out for a training session followed by a shoot — which is when he got to learn about his India selection.

The 21-year-old Jaiswal, who lit up the Indian Premier League this year with sensational batting that followed dominating performances with the red-ball in the domestic circuit, received his maiden call-up to the Indian Test team on Friday afternoon.

Jaiswal was among the reserve players for the World Test Championship final earlier this month and a call-up for the West Indies tour for two Tests was only inevitable after proving himself across formats.

“I am feeling good, I will try to do my best,” Jaiswal said.

“I’m excited however on the identical time I simply wish to exit and specific myself,” he added.

Jaiswal stated he was nervous till the time he obtained to see his identify within the squad introduced by the BCCI.

“I was a little nervous, till the time you do not get to know that your name is there in the team, there are butterflies. But it is a good feeling.” “My preparations have been going good and I got to interact a lot with the senior players. The conversation has been very simple – to focus on my work. I learned from them that in the end ‘it is all about you, how you take it going forward’,” said Jaiswal, adding that he has interacted a lot with India captain Rohit Sharma and other senior players in Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane.