Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Dream Debut, Becomes 1st Indian To Achieve Unique Feat

The title of Yashasvi Jaiswal is on each fan’s lips. The opening bater, making his worldwide debut, went previous the 150-run mark on Day 3 of the primary Test in opposition to West Indies, having scored his maiden Test ton on the second day in Dominica. Resuming the innings on the third day at 143, Jaiswal wanted simply 7 runs to make historical past. He wasted little time in going previous the 150-run mark, turning into the primary Indian batter to try this on his debut in an abroad match.

For the file, it is Shikhar Dhawan who holds the file for scoring essentially the most runs on Test debut for an Indian. However, his 187-run knock had come in opposition to Australia at dwelling (in March 2013). Even Rohit Sharma scored 177 in his debut Test innings however his knock additionally got here at dwelling, in opposition to West Indies in 2013. Sharma received out on 171, thus turning into the third highest scorer for India on a Test debut.

As somebody who has seen him develop from shut quarters, Jwala Singh all the time had this deep-down conviction that Yashasvi Jaiswal will make begin in nationwide colors and the previous coach is glad that his ward is proving him proper.

The 21-year-old on Thursday turned the seventeenth Indian participant to attain a century on debut in Test cricket after he reached the three-figure mark on day two of the continued first Test in opposition to West Indies.

Jaiswal reached an unbeaten 143 from 350 balls on the second day, giving India a wholesome lead of 162 runs within the first innings after the West Indies was bowled out for a mere 150 on the opening day in Dominica.

“I am happy to see him grow. I had some feeling that he would start well. He has spent four good seasons in the IPL and also in domestic cricket. He has played most of the world-class bowlers under a lot of pressure, especially in the IPL,” Jwala, who was in transit in the UK when Jaiswal brought up his century, told PTI.

“He has the thought about enjoying with high quality bowlers. As a participant, it is very important have the behavior of creating runs. As a coach I all the time train my gamers to see the ball and never the bowler, and attempt to react to the ball effectively.

“There will always be nine fielders, whatever match you play, whether it’s T20 or one-day or Test. As a batter, you need to be in the present and face each and every ball on merit and believe in your ability. I am glad that Yashasvi is able to do this on the ground and is proving me right.” Jaiswal had moved to Dadar in Mumbai on the age of 10 to obtain cricket coaching at Azad Maidan.

On Thursday, Jaiswal turned the fourth batter on the trot from Mumbai to make a debut Test century for India, becoming a member of the likes of Shreyas Iyer (vs New Zealand, 2021), Prithvi Shaw (vs West Indies, 2018) and India captain Rohit Sharma (vs West Indies, 2013).

With PTI inputs