Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s celebrations after Yashasvi Jaiswal’s big performance against England in the third Test at Rajkot set the internet abuzz.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s celebration after young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a huge number of runs during the second innings of the 3rd Test against England in Rajkot became a hot topic online. It became.
Rohit Sharma was seen roaring and clapping after Yashasvi Jaiswal reached the milestone that put India in an advantageous position. in the changing room.
Interestingly, Rohit Sharma had imitated Yashasvi Jaiswal’s celebrations at the players’ gallery at the Niranjan Shah Stadium.
Rohit Sharma’s happy mood after completing Yasavi Jaiswal’s century is currently going viral on ‘X’ with netizens sharing their joy over the affability the Indian captain shares with his players.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a hundred against the Three Lions at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Saurashtra, taking his tally to over 400 in the ongoing five-match series. With this, he became the first batsman for the Indian team to cross the 400-run barrier since 2018. against England in the Test series. The southpaw has amassed 435 runs in three Tests against England so far.
Previously, former India captain Virat Kohli had scored 593 runs in England conditions in 2018 and 655 runs at home against the same team a year earlier.
In addition to Virat Kohli joining the selected squad of Indian batsmen who have scored over 400 runs in the series against England, Yashasvi Jaiswal is the seventh Indian batsman to reach three centuries in Test cricket. He became a fast Thai batsman. Like Virender Sehwag and Sanjay Manjrekar, the left-handed batsman took 13 knocks before hitting a triple ton on a white player.
Remarkably, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s innings witnessed a surprising reversal as his calm, conventional Test knock quickly turned into a blitz, leaving England’s bowlers looking for all sorts of answers.
Yashasvi Jaiswal relied more on defense than offense in the early innings, so he handed over the charge to his senior partner and captain Rohit Sharma. After Rohit Sharma lost his wicket at the age of 19, the Uttar Pradesh-born cricketer started opening up his shoulders a bit.
Before Rohit Sharma was dismissed, Yashasvi Jaiswal had scored just 9 runs off 39 deliveries and struggled to time the ball as usual.
Rohit Sharma’s departure seemed to trigger something in the 22-year-old looking to assert himself in the crease.
However, in the 27th over, he went on an all-out attack and beat veteran James Anderson for two consecutive sixes.
From this point on, Yashasvi Jaiswal didn’t look back, keeping his bat in the middle and completely controlling the flow of the match. To accomplish his mission, he used his entire repertoire of shots, including cuts, hooks, pulls, paddles, and reverse sweeps, to amaze the English bowlers.
In the process, he brought his second Test hundred in as many matches, following his historic double century in the previous match at Visakhapatnam.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance was praised by former England batsman Nick Knight, who described his knock as “extraordinary”.
“It was an extraordinary innings. It was like a two-color innings, just making sure the team was safe. And then all of a sudden, you just stepped on the gas pedal and an incredible cricket shot was played. I mean. , this young man’s talent is kind of a complete talent, really. When you watch a Test cricket match, one of the first things you look at is how does he get to this point? How does he cope with it? Can he do it? And with that absolutely big tick, he covers all those options. Is he okay against spin? Absolutely no problem,” Nick Knight said on Jio Cinema. Ta.
“So when you look at the complete game that he has, you think about the big future. It was really fun to see the partnership between him and Shubman Gill. I mean, as we think about the future of India “Despite this, these two are absolute gems and we’re going to enjoy watching them for a long time,” he added.
Meanwhile, former India wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel believed James Anderson’s expensive overs turned the tide in India’s favor.
“Everything changed after that game for (James) Anderson. In that over he had a six with a hook shot and then we saw some big shots. I understood that there was no one there,” Parthiv Patel said.
“When you see that the bowler is not going to take you out, you change gears quickly and Yashasvi Jaiswal did that for us. It is very necessary to change gears and That’s why we keep saying this player is special. He takes full advantage of the bowlers whenever they look like they’re under pressure,” he elaborated.
“You have to understand your game and along with that the most important thing is to understand the direction of the match. We saw that with Jaiswal’s hundred today. He got a double hundred in the first Test. And if you look at the way he scored 80 runs, you should see a different approach in every Test,” Parthiv Patel continued.
“What they all had in common was an awareness of the game, when he can score runs and when you need to respect the bowler who is bowling well. Awareness is a big sign of a mature player and that comes only when you score a lot of runs in domestic cricket,” the former Indian cricketer explained.
Despite Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring in triple digits, India suffered a major setback late in the innings when he was forced to leave injured due to back spasms. Minutes before leaving the ground, Yashasvi Jaiswal experienced excruciating pain and even called a physiotherapist for treatment. However, after being diagnosed by a physical therapist, he decided to leave the pitch with a score of 104.
Former India captain and coach Anil Kumble and Nick Knight believe that he will not bat or field for the remaining two days of the Test match as the home team had the advantage. .
“It looked like he was going to keep going, and it looked like management was saying, ‘Stop.’ And sometimes, you know, we’ve all been there. Just walk away. It’s hard just to let it go. Sometimes you have to pull away. You have to say enough is enough. And I think that’s what happened. I think it was the right decision in the end. ” said Nick Knight.
“Well, I don’t think he could have continued because he tried. The physio came in the first inning and then he went back to bat. He tried one more time and couldn’t do it. If he could have done that. , I’m sure he would have continued to bat today. But, you know, he couldn’t continue and it wasn’t just him that affected him,” Anil Kumble pointed out.
“You don’t want a situation where the other partner, namely Shubman Gill, gets out. Because in such a partnership, a situation can arise where the partner cannot run and take singles and hit rotational strikes. And he has a hard time So I thought it was a good decision by Yashasvi and the team management to bring him back,” he summed up.
