It’s Yashasvi Jaiswal’s time

The squad for the India tour of the West Indies will be announced soon, and we are excited about the next phase of Team India after WTC loss. After glancing through the trend, there is 1 name that caught my attention and that name is… Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was picked in WTC squad but omitted from playing 11 despite being in scintillating form and we regret this decision now. He was the trump card for Rajasthan Royals in their match against KKR in IPL 2023 where he made the record of fastest 50 ever in the tournament’s history. It was in just 13 balls. What an inning! That is why he was picked for WTC final tour. Its result might have been different if his selection decision was otherwise. Now, he must be selected for all 3 formats of India’s tour of the West Indies formats.

He offers a good opening momentum with his aggressive cum uplifting playing style. He plays as if the team needs to put to a good score if batting first, and as if he will himself chase down the total if batting second. That’s the kind of player we need to overcome our struggles in big matches. This tour can be the perfect start of his first-team career proceedings. He can build strong roots in international cricket on this tour. So, let’s hope that he gets his well-deserved chance of playing for our national cricket team.

His stats show that he is an absolute run-machine as he has smacked 144 fours and 48 sixes in just 37 IPL matches so far. That is, it’s atleast 3 fours and a six with an average of 32.5 runs per match. He has an immense strike-rate of 148.7 which proves that he can bat as an opener and as a finisher as well. As it is said, “It does not matter how you start, finish it like Dhoni.”, but Jaiswal has proved that it does matter how you start as batting powerplay comes to the fore of the match. The quote can be rephrased as, “Start it like Jaiswal and finish it like Dhoni.”.

As he has once said, “The only thing I think about is watching the ball and playing according to the ball, nothing else is in my mind.”, depicts that he is focused, determined, and technical. He has also said that his dream is to play for India, so now is the time to fulfill his dream, and can’t wait to watch his batting in his ‘dream come true’ match. It would be magical to watch this guy in action for India as he has passionately said that he thinks he like to play this game and he loves it very much. So, just wonder what will happen to the opposition when he gets to bat in Team India’s blue jersey with his above mindset and fully committed to the ball he is facing. There would be a series of records being broken one could even imagine.

His inclusion can be game-changing and a sure-shot-victory for Team India and if he performs up to the mark and expectations, can definitely be the legend-in-making.