You can teach skills and hone talent, but harnessing temperament and a winning mentality is not nearly as straightforward. Thankfully for India, they don’t have much to worry when it comes to the prodigious Yashasvi Jaiswal, as the young opener showcased in a fearless display on Saturday.
India took just an hour at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Day 3 of the second Test to scalp the five remaining Kiwi wickets and set themselves a daunting target of 359, courtesy of a first innings deficit of 103 runs. With neither team managing to get past 300 in any of the three digs gone by, the task looked near unfathomable but the way in which a young Yashasvi Jaiswal came out all guns blazing ensured the Men in Blue supporters held firm with their dwindling hopes.
As always, the southpaw took strike while former New Zealand skipper Tim Southee was handed the shiny new red cherry to help earn the team some early breakthroughs. He nearly delivered straightaway after Yashasvi ferociously slapped the veteran’s opening effort towards gully but fortunately for the 22-year-old, it fell just short of Glenn Phillips. Any ordinary batter would have been fazed with such ominous beginnings but not this particular prodigy. Southee’s next ball was straighter in line and angling towards middle and leg stump along with the swing on a good length. Without blinking, Yashasvi stood tall and hoicked the ball over square leg with a wild heave across the line.
Even though he did not manage the cleanest of connections, it was enough to take the ball beyond the ropes and make a statement to the visitors that India won’t go gently into the good night, much to the jubilation of Twitterati.
Jaiswal goes big!!
Fantastic
HOW Yashasvi Jaiswal bats irrespective of the format, condition, result, opposition #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/E8lQdUOQBQ
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) October 26, 2024
2ND BALL SIX BY YASHASVI JAISWAL.
– India are out with all guns blazing.#indvsnzl pic.twitter.com/dJoXsZQFkl— Er.Manish Singh Yadav (@Ermanish7272) October 26, 2024
Baseball mode
Jaiswal is in baseball mode, he has scored 21 runs off 18 balls and has a strike rate of 116 with one six and two fours.
— babar’s Empire (@danishmehraj229) October 26, 2024
All guns out
2ND BALL SIX BY YASHASVI JAISWAL.
– India are out with all guns blazing.#indvsnzl#OneBangkokxPPKRIT #JIN #หลิงออมล่าผีธี่เมเจอร์#IllBeThereOutNow#YashasviJaiswal#RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/40y6zlDPcw— #Mr. Parihar 🧢 (@CrezyMr_Parihar) October 26, 2024
2ND BALL SIX BY YASHASVI JAISWAL.
– India are out with all guns blazing.#indvsnzl
pic.twitter.com/f3YRAnVPNf— BIRBAL (@BIRBAL_0029) October 26, 2024
Power packed
Too good
2ND BALL SIX BY YASHASVI JAISWAL.
YB Jaiswal On Fire 🔥
– India are out with all guns blazing.#indvsnzl #ViratKohli #Israel pic.twitter.com/OJyRTVCHDg— Bansi Tak (@BLT_piparcity) October 26, 2024
Jaiswal opened the opener account with six
Rohit four
Intention is clear – aggressive cricket and positive start #IndvNz— Rockz☜ (@Rockz055) October 26, 2024
What a start
