Test cricket is hard, however I’m decided to make it rely: Jaiswal

Playing an aggressive model of cricket, Yashasvi Jaiswal has already hit two double tons of in his nascent profession and the younger India opener says although Test cricket is “tough” he believes in making it massive after getting a begin.

The left-hander scored an unbeaten 214 off 236 balls to steer India to a commanding 430 for 4 declared within the second innings, setting England a mammoth goal of 557 runs.

It was his second double hundred in simply six matches, having made his debut towards the West Indies in July 2023. Jaiswal additionally entered the report books by hitting the best variety of sixes (12) by an Indian in a Test innings.

“Test cricket is hard, but I thought that when I’m in there, I need to give my 100 per cent,” Jaiswal mentioned after India took a 2-1 lead within the five-match sequence.

“I’m just trying. Whenever I’m set, I try to make it big. Because in Test cricket you never know, when you’re playing well you have to make it big.”

Analysing his double century, Jaiswal mentioned he simply tried to play session by session and in addition needed to overcome a again downside en route the knock. “It was pretty difficult for me, because initially, I wasn’t getting runs. So had to play the session, and get set. That’s when I felt I could score runs. After a while my back was not good. I didn’t want to go out (of the field) but since it was too much, I went out. Today when I came, I wanted to make sure that I take the game forward and bat till the end,” he mentioned.

The left-hander mentioned as an opener his job is to present the group a very good begin. “I felt there was something in the wicket and the ball was hard. For me, it is important for me to give teams a good start so it was important for me to play long,” Jaiswal mentioned. “I tell myself whenever I get set, I need to score well because you can get out anytime. My seniors have said to make it count.”

He was additionally motivated by the knocks of skipper Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja within the first innings. “The way Rohit (Sharma) bhai and (Ravindra Jadeja) Jaddu bhai played, that motivated me a lot. Their passion determined me to play session by session. I thought inside the dugout that when I go out there I should also make it count,” Jaiswal mentioned.

The fourth Test of the sequence will likely be performed at Ranchi from February 23.