'Special to watch': Ex-India player praises Jaiswal for his fearlessness and intent

Young Indian opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill laid a strong foundation during Team India's chase of 179 runs against West Indies and added 165 runs for the first wicket in the fourth IND vs WI T20I match. The partnership helped the visitors make a dominating comeback in the five-match series and win the fourth T20I match by nine wickets. The T20I series currently stands at 2-2. 

3 things you need to know

• Team India registered a 100-plus runs partnership in a T20I match after September 2022 
• Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his maiden T20I half-century in his second match 
• Jaiswal also scored a century on Test debut and scored 171 runs in the first Test against Windies in Dominica 

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Wasim Jaffer impressed with Yashasvi Jaiswal's fearless intent 

(Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal during the fourth IND vs WI T20I match / Image: AP)

Yashasvi Jaiswal has been in tremendous form in the last three to four months and achieved a place in the Indian team on the basis of his stellar domestic and IPL 2023 performance. Jaiswal has scored at an average of close to 85 in first-class cricket whereas he was also among the leading run scorers in the Indian Premier League 2023. Yashasvi scored 625 runs from 14 matches in the 16th edition of the cash-rich league which also included a century. However, his brilliant performance was not enough for Rajasthan Royals to make a place in the tournament knockouts. 

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer was also impressed with Yashasvi Jaiswal's fearless batting intent and lavished huge praise for the young Indian opener. Jaffer while speaking to ESPNcricinfo said: 

Yashasvi Jaiswal's fearlessness is something special to watch. Sometimes a failure can make you a little bit defensive but that was not the case. In this format there is no place for that. He came out all guns blazing and the pitch made the difference. Both like ball coming onto the bat and the difference was there to see. 

Wasim Jaffer added 

Jaiswal took it on earlier, Shubman took his time a little and once he got going, he kind of overtook Yashasvi. India need somebody to bat like that in the powerplay and it's nice to see him come out so freely. Hope to see more of him in white-ball format. 

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Yashasvi Jaiswal's performance in the blue jersey is a very good sign for the Indian cricket team from the ODI World Cup 2023 point of view. Jaiswal can be included in the squad as a left-handed opening option and due to his aggressive and fearless batting, he can prove to be effective against opponents having world-class bowling attacks like Australia and Pakistan.