His name was being murmured ever since India’s World Test Championship (WTC) final loss. Even though he was officially informed about his maiden India call-up for the Test matches on Thursday night, young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal kept his composure, which has been his hallmark, till the squad was formally announced on Friday afternoon.
Only then did he get a little bit emotional. “I have been trying to tell myself not to get excited since it’s just the beginning but it is obviously a big deal,” Jaiswal told The Hindu.“ I have been working towards for this very moment all my life. And I know it’s just the beginning. I am looking forward to it.”
Jaiswal’s rise from staying in a tent at a Mumbai maidan to India Under-19 to being the youngest double centurion in List A cricket to an Indian Premier League star to a prolific First Class run-getter has been well-documented.
