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Yashasvi Jaiswal was India’s highest run-getter of the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia which the visitors lost 1-3.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 391 runs in 10 innings. (AP Photo)
India’s sparkling start to the Australia tour that concluded recently turned out to be a flash in the pan as they crumbled to a 1-3 Test series defeat that also resulted in them failing to qualify for the ICC World Test Championship final. Indian team suffered greatly because of the non-performance of their senior batters including captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – the duo managed 221 runs in 14 innings between them.
On the other hand, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant were inconsistent but the young Yashasvi Jaiswal and allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy were impressive.
Jaiswal, with 391 runs from 10 innings, finished as India’s top run-getter of the tour and second overall behind Travis Head (448 runs from 9 innings).
“Learnt a lot in Australia… Unfortunately the result wasn’t what we had hoped for but we’ll be back stronger. Your support means everything,” Jaiswal posted on his official Instagram handle on Monday, a day after Australia won the Sydney Test by six wickets to qualify for the WTC final.
Jaiswal’s post drew reactions from his Australian counterpart Usman Khawaja and former England captain Michael Vaughan.
“Love your work brother,” wrote Khawaja who struggled to get going during the series.
Vaughan termed Jaiswal a “superstar”.
“You are a superstar .. love watching you play,” he wrote.
Jaiswal scored a century and two half-centuries in the five-match series.
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar admitted that the way Jaiswal batted during India’s South Africa tour made him wonder if the youngster will be able to score runs in Australia.
“This player’s biggest virtue is that he learns a lot from his first mistake. The way he got out last year in both Test matches in South Africa, I had a slight doubt in my mind whether he would be able to score runs on similar pitches in Australia,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
“In the first innings in Perth, he opened the face of his bat slightly and got caught at gully. In the second innings, he played with an absolutely straight bat to mid-off and mid-on, and when he was flicking, he was playing wide of mid-on and not towards square leg. He batted solidly,” he added.
