Published on: Jan 28, 2020 1:26 pm IST|Updated on: Jul 10, 2023 12:24 pm IST
Yashasvi Jaiswal might be very young but his story is one with an inspirational background. 2023 proved to be his breakthrough season as performances in domestic cricket and IPL earned him national call up.
He debuted for the First-Class cricket in 2019. He attracted the spotlight to himself when he became the youngest player to score Double-Century in List A cricket.
Full Name: Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal Batting: Left-handed Bowling: Leg break Coach: Jwala Singh
International
First-class cricket: Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh in Mumbai on 7th January 2019 List A Cricket: Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh at Alur on 28th September 2019 India Under-19: India vs Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Bangladesh on 7th October 2018 Major Teams: India U19, Mumbai, India U19 A, North Mumbai Panthers, India B, Rajasthan Royals Yashasvi Jaiswal IPL Team: Rajasthan Royals
Personal Life
Date of Birth: 28 December 2001 Birth Place: Suriya, Bhadoshi, Uttar Pradesh Nationality: Indian Address: Suriya, Uttar Pradesh, India Zodiac Sign: Capricorn Domestic Teams: Mumbai
Yashaswi was just 11 years old when he decided to move to Mumbai in order to fulfil his dreams and his father had let him go because he couldn’t afford a proper meal for his family. He used to stay in gardeners’ tent and sell “fruits” and “pani puri” in the evening for a living.
He had his only uncle in Mumbai who stayed there, and whom he hardly knew. His uncle got him a job at a dairy where he was allowed to work and sleep. During those hard times, Yashaswi used to attend school and then practice cricket all alone. Because of which he was fired from the workplace. After that, his uncle somehow placed him in the Muslim United Cricket Club in Azad Maidan, Mumbai. There in the club, he started playing regular cricket.
Once, during a practice session, his local coach Jwala Singh spotted him bowling. He stated, “I was just standing behind the nets and it was a tricky wicket to bat on as every other player was struggling but when Yashaswi came in, started hitting the ball cleanly, I was impressed and immediately talked to him.”
His coach took Yashaswi under his wings, and provided him everything and would train him every day. Soon Yashaswi started taking part in tournaments and competitions. In the Harris Shield Tournament, he scored 319 not out and took 13/99, which was the highest ever in a school tournament.
Within a short period, he had already scored 52 centuries and took more than 200 wickets. Yashaswi eventually but shortly got selected in U-16 and then in the Indian U-19 team.
In 2018 he performed quite well in Asia Cup. When he got selected for U-19, he was sent to the National Cricket Academy in Banglore, surprisingly, his roommate was the son of the legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar.
Yashaswi Jaiswal hails from a small village of Uttar Pradesh. His family was financially weak so much so that this father couldn’t even able to fulfil the basic necessities of the family. His father was an owner of a small hardware store and his mother was a housewife.
Father: Bhupendra Jaiswal Father’s Occupation: Middle-class shopkeeper Mother: Kanchan Jaiswal Mother’s Occupation: Housewife Sibling: One elder brother
After the NCA camp ended, he asked his roommate Arjun Tendulkar to meet his father, and it was dream come true for Yashaswi when he finally got to meet the ‘God of Cricket’. Sachin even gave him a signed batsman.
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