“Didn’t Want To Retire Hurt”: Double-Centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Big Revelation | Cricket News

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal acknowledged that he did not wish to retire damage on Day 3 of the third Test towards England in Rajkot. Jaiswal went on to attain an unbeaten 214 after retiring damage on the third day of Rajkot Test as he skilled decrease again ache. He was taking part in on 105 when he went to the pavilion and resumed the knock the subsequent day. His double ton included three consecutive sixes in England’s veteran pacer James Anderson’s over.

“It’s kind of hard, Test cricket, I guess. So, I just make sure that if I’m there, I need to make sure in my mind that I will give my 100 per cent. I didn’t want to [retire] out but it was too much. The next day I didn’t know how it was going to start, lots of thoughts in my mind. But again when I came, I tried to give myself time and after that, I felt really, really good,” Jasiwal mentioned as quoted from ICC.

“Suddenly I got set and I felt that I could score runs. I have my plans where I could play all my shots and I tried…and get those runs. After some time, my back was not really good,” Jaiswal added.

Jaiswal presently leads the run-scorer charts within the ongoing cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). He has 861 runs to his identify.

He appreciated the position of India head coach Rahul Dravid and batting coach Vikram Rathour in mentoring him throughout his early cricketing part.

“The things that they have told me, how I can think about the game, how I can read the wicket, how I can take my game as deep as I can and with that also they give me all the freedom. ‘If you think that you can play that shot well, make sure you are committing to it and you’re playing it’. They know that I play the sweep and the reverse sweep and they say you play, but make sure the ball is there to play,” Jaiswal mentioned.

“I always keep thinking and talking to my seniors like Rohit bhai and Rahul bhai as well about how I can prepare for the game and how I can switch my mind. I think it is really important to work on my mind and I really try to work on my mind and then I try to express myself,” Jaiswal added.

Jaiswal’s heroic knock mixed with efforts from Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill and Sarfaraz Khan helped India clinch a historic 434-run victory.

(This story has been edited by Mahaz News employees …)