Yashasvi Jaiswal Girlfriends, Family, Age, Stats And Records

In today’s article, we are going to talk about a player who has been the talk of the town since his debut for the Indian team weather it’s the short format or long format, this young batter has impressed everyone with his batting skills. It's not other than young Indian cricketer Yashasvi Jaiswal, representing the Indian men’s national cricket team since 2023.  

Yashasvi Jaiswal's cricketing journey is no less than an inspiration as he came from a normal middle-class family in Mumbai. He was born in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh as the fourth of six children, to Bhupendra Jaiswal, the owner of a small hardware store, and Kanchan Jaiswal, a housewife. However, to pursue cricket he moved to Mumbai at just 10 at Azad Maidan.

Despite shifting to Mumbai, the Southpaw batter faced several challenges as he used to work in a dairy shop in return for accommodation before selling Panipuri for a living. It has been said that fortune's favour the brave and this is what happened with brave Jaiswal, who left his home at the age of just 10 where he used to live in tents for three years, Jaiswal's cricketing potential was spotted in December 2013 by Jwala Singh, who ran a cricket academy in Santacruz. He provided Jaiswal with a place to stay, before becoming his legal guardian and obtaining his power of attorney.

Domestic Career

Jaiswal’s cricketing journey started when he scored 319 not out and took 13/99 in a Giles Shield match, an all-round record in school cricket in India. Later, He was selected for the Mumbai under-16 squad and later the India national under-19 cricket team. He scored 318 runs and became a player of the tournament at the 2018 Under-19 Asia Cup which India won.

Jaiswal didn’t stop here he made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019 and his List A debut on 28 September 2019 in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. One of the innings, which was a memorable one was when he scored 203 runs from 154 balls in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Jharkhand and became the youngest double centurion in the history of List A cricket at 17 years, 292 days. His innings included 17 fours and 12 sixes and he was one of the top five run-scorers during the competition, scoring 564 runs in six matches at a batting average of 112.80, scoring 564 runs in six matches. 

International Career

In June 2023, Jaiswal received his maiden call-up to India's Test squad for the series against the West Indies. He debuted in the first Test of the series, hitting a century while opening the batting with a score of 171 runs. He also received the Player of the Match award. After that, he made his T20I debut in the 3rd match of the T20I series against West Indies in August 2023, where he scored his maiden T20I half-century –84* off 51 balls – in the fourth series match while sharing a 165-run opening partnership with Shubman Gill.

The turning point came in Jaiswal's cricketing career when he was selected in India's squad for the 5-match Test series against England at home, where in his first Test, he scored 80 runs off just 74 balls.

In the second match of the series, he made his maiden double-century, scoring 209 runs off 290 balls in the first innings with this he became the third youngest Indian batsman, after Sunil Gavaskar and Vinod Kambli, to score a double hundred in Test cricket. He didn't stop his good form here in the next match of the series, Jaiswal scored another double century, becoming the third Indian batter after Vinod Kambli and Virat Kohli to hit double centuries in consecutive Test matches.

He was part of India's World Cup-winning team in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, which came after defeating South Africa in the finals by 7 runs. However, he didn't get a chance to be part of playing XI but remained with the team throughout the tournament.