Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra hailed young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal as the team’s best player during the recently concluded Test match against England in Vizag. The southpaw held India’s first innings together from the edges and helped the Men in Blue score a ton of runs.
Jaiswal scored an impressive 209 off 290 balls in Visakhapatnam, helping India score 396 in the first innings. The left-handed opener sparked India’s comeback in the series, turning India’s innings around and knowing exactly when to target the spinners. He also maintained a habit of scoring hundreds after sets and scored his first Test double ton in international cricket.
In a YouTube video, Aakash Chopra joins Shubman Gill, Zak Crawley, James Anderson and Yashasvi as the man of the match for the second Test, along with player of the match Jasprit Bumrah. I mentioned Jaiswal. The cricketer-turned-commentator supports Jaiswal as a future star for India considering his talent in international cricket.
“There are two or three very good names. You can talk about Gil, he was really good. You can talk about Zak Crawley, he looks really good. We could talk about James Anderson. He did his job as a bowler very well on pitches like this in both innings. ”
“Yashasvi was also great. Yashasvi Jaiswal played very well. We have a unique player in the Indian team who will prove himself in almost every format and in difficult situations. Finding players indicates a bright future for the Indian team,” Aakash Chopra said.
Jaishwar could only score 17 runs in his second innings, but his first innings performance helped the hosts to a comfortable win of 106 runs and tie the five-match series. The 22-year-old was the only Indian player to make a big impact with the bat in the first innings.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Will Surely Become A Big Cricketer One Day – Aakash Chopra
Aakash Chopra believes that Yashasvi Jaiswal is destined for athletic greatness and claimed that as a child, an astrologer had predicted that he would become a successful athlete.
“It says on his hand that he will definitely become a great cricketer someday. I heard that an astrologer told him when he was a child that he would become a very great athlete.” Aakash Chopra added.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has had a promising start to his Test and T20 career. He scored a brilliant century against West Indies on his debut, followed by a brilliant double century in his second home game. He also became the first Indian batsman to score his double century in a Test since 2020 and hopes to continue his good form in international cricket as well.
