Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal

International Career

Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal popularly known as Yashasvi Jaiswal is a rising superstar for the Indian Cricket team who is leading India's rich cricketing legacy into brighter days. He is a left-handed aggressive batsman and plays as an opener for India. He was born on December 21, 2001, in Suriyawan, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh in a middle-class family. His sheer determination made him a proficient batter and brought wide recognition in domestic cricket. Soon his attacking gameplay grabbed selectors’ eyes and he got a national call. In his international career, he had already scored 1798 runs in 19 test matches, and 723 runs in 23 T20Is but he had not debuted at ODIs yet. Hopefully, he will be in the One Day International squad very soon. Below here we mention some key moments from his international career:

• July 12, 2023:He debuted in international cricket on July 12, 2023, in test cricket against the West Indies in India's tour of West Indies at Roseau. He made a magnificent maiden century and scored 171 runs from 387 balls. His tremendous batting helped the Indian team to cross the 400 mark in India's first innings. Finally, India won by an innings and Yashasvi Jaiswal became the player of the match on his dream debut.

• August 8, 2023:Jaiswal debuted in a T20 international against the same tour of West Indies against West Indies. But he could not do so much with his batting as he scored only 1 run from 2 balls. So his T20I debut was not so impressive.

• October 3, 2023:He made another century in the Asian Games Men’s Cricket Competition with a score of 100 from just 49 balls. He got an opportunity to be part of a contribution towards winning a gold medal in the Asian Games 2023.

• 2024 T20 World Cup:He was a member of the 2024 T20 World Cup team but did not have any opportunity to play in the tournament. But he had closely watched and shared the dressing room with his other players.

Indian Premier League

Jaiswal is a phenomenal hard-hitting left-handed batsman who has a strong reputation for his batting in the IPL. Rajasthan Royals had shown belief in him in the 2020 IPL. He is standing out and proving the franchise’s decision right. His mighty season was the 2023 IPL season as he scored more than 600 runs with a century and the fastest fifty in the IPL. Over time, he is proving his batting skills and worth in the game with Rajasthan’s Jersey.

Domestic Career

He started his first-class match against Chhattisgarh on January 7, 2019. He scored 20 runs from 40 balls which was a decent performance in his debut first-class cricket. He made his List A debut on September 20, 2019, for India Under 23 against Bangladesh Under 23. But unfortunately, they did not score any runs and got bowled by Abu Hider in 3 balls. Overall he had played 36 first-class matches where he scored 3712 runs with a highest score of 265 runs. In List A cricket, he played 32 matches and scored 1511 runs with the highest score of 203 runs.

He first gained recognition in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy when he became the youngest cricketer to score a double century in List A cricket. He was playing for Mumbai and scored 203 runs off 154 balls against Jharkhand. He was also the leading run-scorer for India in the 2020 U-19 Cricket World Cup, with 400 runs in six matches, including a century in the semifinal. He was a consistent performer for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy, often scoring big runs at crucial times.

Records and Achievement

As a young star, Jaiswal has a long journey ahead in his career. However, he had made few notable records in his short duration time frame. His bat is breaking the number charts every day and creating history for Indian cricket. Hopefully, he will be making a huge number of records and getting a lot of awards due to his consistent batting performances.

Awards:

Jaiswal came in a transition phase of the Indian team where the top-order seniors were packing their bags to take leave from international cricket. Despite this, he made his name so prominent in International cricket in this short span and earned some awards. These are some of them listed below:

• He was awarded ‘Player of the Tournament’ of 2020 under 19 World Cup due to his consistent performances.
• ICC nominated him for the ICC Men's Player of the Month Award (February 2024).

Records:

Jaiswal made some historic records as an Indian cricketer in his impactful career. Let us dig deep into his record collections.

• He was the youngest Indian to score a List A double century, scoring 203 runs.
• He was the highest run-scorer in the 2020 U-19 World Cup.
• In the 2023 IPL, he scored the fastest fifty in just 13 balls.
• Jaiswal made a century on his remarkable Test debut.
• He became the third batsman, after Virat Kohli and Vinod Kambli, to score double centuries in consecutive Test matches.
• He ranked second for the most double centuries in a Test series (2).
• Interestingly, he became one of the few players to score both a century and a duck in the same match.

Personal Life

He was born on 28 December 2001 at Suriyawan of Uttar Pradesh. He shifted to Mumbai at ten years old to get training at Azad Maidan. He was spending his life in a tent and selling panipuri to fulfil his needs. Later Jwala Singh spotted his potential and provided a place to live and practice before becoming a legal guardian. From there to today, he made a lot of sacrifices and struggles to make a spot in the Indian Cricket team.