The opener has gone from living in a tent to breaking records and plays for an Indian Test side with frightening depth
ou may, by now, have heard the origin story of Yashasvi Jaiswal, the 22-year-old Indian opener who has just crunched 712 runs in a series, the most inflicted on an England side by any Indian batter in Test history. No matter – it’s a tale that bears repeating.
In those early, lonely days, Jaiswal used to stand outside his tent and look across to the floodlights of the Wankhede Stadium burning through the Mumbai night sky. On 30 April last year Jaiswal was inside the famous ground living out his dreams, scoring a maiden IPL century – 124 runs from 62 balls – for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians.
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