New Delhi: During the recently concluded series against England, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his meteoric rise in international cricket, with yet another outstanding overseas tour following a memorable Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour to Australia in 2024/25.
With his audacious shot-making, temperament long enough to play marathon knocks on the pitch, along with a sound technique, the tall Mumbaikar looks the perfect heir apparent to former Indian Test captain and his once opening partner Rohit Sharma. During the tour of England, Jaiswal made fans feel overawed by his ability and frustrated in equal parts, sometimes throwing away his wickets early, but making up for it big time whenever he got a chance to score.
In Australia, Jaiswal was India’s top run-getter with 391 runs in 10 innings at an average of 43.44, with a century and two fifties to his name. His best score was a 297-ball 161 at Perth’s Optus Stadium. His verbal duel with Mitchell Starc, the Aussie pace legend, irked and excited the cricketing fraternity equally. Some took it for his youthful audacity, which added spice to the rivalry, especially when the Aussie media termed him an ‘heir apparent to Virat Kohli, a man who made a career out of bullying Australians. Others deerned Jaiswal a little too cocky and disrespectful towards a multi-time World Cup-winning star on his first tour to the Aussie land.
After a duck dismissal against Starc to start his Australian tour, Jaiswal responded with a massive 161. Throughout the series against Starc, Jaiswal made 133 runs out of his 391 runs in 203 balls at a strike rate of over 65. He scored 20 of his boundaries and a six out of 44 fours and four sixes, just for the Aussie left-armer, never missing a chance to treat him with disdain.
While he blew hot and cold in the next two Tests, his fighting knocks of 82 and 84 at Melbourne during the Boxing Day Test gave India a faint hope of keeping the series alive. With 391 runs in Australia, Jaiswal arrived in England a much more respected figure and with plenty of expectations, especially after a 712-run series against the same opposition at home with two double tons, where he tore the English bowling apart to smithereens. A highlight included a hat-trick of sixes against James Anderson.
So, a much lighter, inexperienced bowling attack of Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Chris Woakes, and skipper Ben Stokes looked like a quick snack for the left-hander. His first innings at Leeds saw him cut and slash…
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