‘When I was growing up…’: Test debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal on his journey from Azad Maidan to Team India

India’s young brigade Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad are excited to make their debut for the Indian team in the first Test against West Indies in Dominica. Jaiswal and Gaikwad featured in a BCCI video where they shared their experiences and cricketing journey. Gaikwad, who has already made his debut for the team in T20Is and ODIs and will play his first Test in the West Indies, welcomed Jaiswal to the team and spoke about his journey. “I am feeling great, congratulations to you too, you too have been selected in the Test team. It’s a really good feeling and I’m looking forward to it,” Jaiswal said in a video posted by the BCCI.

Gaikwad asked about Jaiswal’s journey in IPL, “You started in domestic cricket and then did well in IPL as well, so how are you feeling in Test cricket.” It has been an amazing few months, I look forward to continuing Trying,” Jaiswal replied.

When asked about himself, the Mumbai player said, “I was happy (to hear about his selection in the team), for me Test is the real form of cricket, when I was growing up, I was always in the Test team. wanted to stay.” Team selection.

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Gaikwad revealed that it was the first time he saw Jaiswal play, saying, “I remember playing with me in the Deodhar Trophy, there you were, the fearless, young Jaiswal. We were playing in Mahi Bhai’s city And there was this young left-hander hitting balls.” and scored 50 runs. Second time, we were playing in Dubai, I scored 100 and you scored 50 in that match.

Jaiswal said of Gaikwad, “I heard your name when I was playing domestically. My friend used to take your name and tell me to learn from you. When I used to play with you, I used to see you in the match. What do you do.”

Captain Rohit Sharma confirmed that he will have a new opening partner against the West Indies in the first Test of the two-match series starting in Dominica on Wednesday. India will look to select a new opening combination in their first Test of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​cycle, with 21-year-old left-hander Yashasvi Jaiswal expected to join the captaincy.

Jaiswal enjoyed a successful year in white-ball cricket, scoring 625 runs in the 2023 IPL at an average of 48 and a strike rate of 163.61, while averaging over 80 in his first 26 first-class innings. Jaiswal also enjoyed a successful year in red-ball cricket, scoring 265 in the second innings of last year’s Duleep Trophy final.

Ruturaj was the winner of CSK’s IPL 2023 campaign. He was one of the stars of the campaign, sharing important partnerships with fellow opening batsman Devon Conway. Gaikwad scored 590 runs in 16 matches at an average of 42.14. He also scored four half-centuries in the tournament, with a best score of 92.

In his IPL career since making his debut for CSK in 2019, he has scored 1,797 runs at an average of 39.07 and a strike rate of 135.52. He has scored one century and 14 fifties, with a best score of 101*. He has played 9 T20 matches for India, scoring 135 runs with one fifty. He has also represented India in one ODI match, in which he scored 19 runs.