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| Born | (2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (age 23) Suriyawan, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183[2] cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armleg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 306) | 12 July 2023 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 5 January 2025 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only ODI (cap 257) | 6 February 2025 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 105) | 8 August 2023 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 July 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018–present | Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Rajasthan Royals(squad no. 64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal (Hindi:[jʌʃʌˈsʋiːˈdʒɛːswaːl]; born 28 December 2001) is an Indian internationalcricketer who plays for thenational team. He made his international debut in the first Test against theWest Indies inJuly 2023, scoring a century in his first innings inTest cricket.[3] He plays forMumbai in domestic cricket andRajasthan Royals in theIndian Premier League.
A left-handedopening batter, Jaiswal gained particular attention when he scored double centuries in two consecutive test matches against England in a5-match Test series in 2024. He is the third Indian batter to achieve the feat afterVinod Kambli andVirat Kohli. Yashasvi is the third youngest cricketer in Test history to have two double centuries to his name afterSir Don Bradman andVinod Kambli.[4] In the same series, he equaled the world record held byWasim Akram for the most number of sixes (12) scored by acricketer in a test innings.[5] Also he became only the second Indian afterSunil Gavaskar to score 700 runs in a Test series.[6]
He was a member of the Indian squad which won the Gold Medal at the2022 Asian Games in 2023 and the finalist squad of the2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he was the Player of the Tournament[7] and the highest run scorer.[8] He was also a standby member of the Indian squad which played the2023 ICC World Test Championship final and finished as runners up.[9] He was also a part of the Indian team which won the2024 T20 World Cup, but did not feature in any of the matches during the tournament.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was born on 28 December 2001 inSuriyawan,Bhadohi,Uttar Pradesh, as the youngest of four children,[2] to Bhupendra Jaiswal, the owner of a small hardware store, and Kanchan Jaiswal, a housewife. He has an elder brother and two elder sisters. At the age of ten, he moved toMumbai to receive cricket training atAzad Maidan. He was initially given accommodation in adairy shop in return for work but was evicted by the shopkeeper as he was unable to work frequently due to his practice schedules. As a result, he lived in a tent with thegroundsmen at the Maidan,[10] where he soldpanipuri to make ends meet.[11]
After living in tents for three years, Jaiswal's cricketing potential was spotted in December 2013 by Jwala Singh, who ran a cricket academy inSantacruz. He provided Jaiswal with a place to stay,[2][12] before becoming hislegal guardian and obtaining hispower of attorney.[10]
Jaiswal first came to prominence in 2015 when he scored 319not out and took 13/99 in a Giles Shield match, anall-round record in schools cricket in India.[13][14] He was selected for theMumbai under-16 squad and later theIndia national under-19 cricket team.[13] He scored 318 runs and became player of the tournament at the2018 Under-19 Asia Cup which India won.[15][16]
In 2019, Jaiswal scored 173 from 220 balls in aYouth Test match againstSouth Africa under-19s.[17] Later that year, he scored 294 runs in seven matches, including four half-centuries, in the under-19 tri-series in England.[18] In December 2019, he was named in India's squad for the2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[19] Jaiswal was the leading run scorer in2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and went on to win Player of the tournament which includes a century in the semifinal against Pakistan.
Jaiswal made hisfirst-class debut forMumbai in the2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019[20] and hisList A debut on 28 September 2019 in the2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[21] On 16 October 2019, he scored 203 runs from 154 balls in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match againstJharkhand and became the youngest double centurion in the history ofList A cricket at 17 years, 292 days. His innings included 17 fours and 12 sixes[22][23] and he was one of the top five run-scorers during the competition, scoring 564 runs in six matches at abatting average of 112.80.[24] He was named in the India B squad for the2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[25]
In the2020 IPL auction, he was bought by theRajasthan Royals[26] and made hisTwenty20 cricket debut for the side on 22 September 2020. He made his maidenT20 half-century against Chennai Super Kings on 2 October 2021, the second fastest in franchise history at the time,[27][28] and his maiden T20 century on 30 April 2023, scoring 124 from 62 balls againstMumbai Indians and recordingthe 2nd highest score in IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium.[29] On 11 May 2023 he hit the fastestIndian Premier League (IPL) half-century in just 13 balls againstKolkata Knight Riders, surpassing the previous record jointly held byKL Rahul andPat Cummins. He finished the2023 Indian Premier League as Rajasthan's leading run scorer with 625 runs in 14 matches.[30]
In June 2023, Jaiswal received his maiden call up toIndia's Test squad for theseries against the West Indies.[31] He made his debut in the first Test of the series, hitting a century while opening the batting with a score of 171 runs. He also received the Player of the Match award.[32] He made hisT20I debut in the 3rd match of the T20I series againstWest Indies in August 2023.[33] He scored his maiden T20I half-century –84* off 51 balls – in the fourth match of the series while sharing a 165-run opening partnership withShubman Gill.[34][35]
In January 2024, he was selected in India's squad for the 5-match Test seriesagainst England at home.[36] In the first innings of the first Test, he scored 80 runs off just 74 balls.[37] In the second match of the series, he made his maiden double century, scoring 209 runs off 290 balls in the first innings. He became the third youngest Indian batsman, afterSunil Gavaskar andVinod Kambli, to score a double hundred in Test cricket.[38][39] In the next match of the series, Jaiswal scored another double century, becoming third Indian batter afterVinod Kambli andVirat Kohli to hit double centuries in consecutive Test matches. He also hit 12 sixes during the innings, equaling the record of most sixes in a Test innings.[40]
Jaiswal is the first player in Test history to hit 20 sixes in a series. After Sunil Gavaskar, he is the second Indian to score 500 runs in a Test series at the age of 22. He also scored the most runs for an Indian in a Test series against England.[41]
He was nominated byInternational Cricket Council for ICC Men's Player of the Month Award for the month of February 2024.[42] In May 2024, he was named in India’s squad for the2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[43]In Aus he hit 161 runs
In the BGT 2024-25, he was the highest run-scorer for India with 391 runs averaging at 43.44.[44] he also made odi debut which he scored 15
Jaiswal was bought byRajasthan Royals in 2020,[45] but he didn't play any matches that season. In the next season, while he didn't play the first match, he scored nearly 200 runs with a fifty against the eventual championsChennai Super Kings. Despite that, RR did not qualify for the playoffs.
The 2022 season was much different, especially for Jaiswal. He only scored 25 runs in the first 3 matches and was dropped for the next 6 matches. The next match against theDelhi Capitals, he scored 19 runs. The following match, he led RR in scoring, scoring 41 runs againstLucknow Super Giants. He scored his first 50 the next match, again against CSK. RR did really well that season, finishing second. They qualified for the playoffs, and were instantly looked down on asGujarat Titans easily beat them by 7 wickets. Jaiswal himself was not great, only scoring 3 runs. RR were tested yet again as they facedRoyal Challengers Bangalore, and Jaiswal scored only 21 runs. However,Jos Buttler scored a magnificent century, and RR won the match by a comfortable 7 wickets. In the final against GT, the whole RR batting lineup flopped and only managed 130, with Jaiswal scoring 22.
In the 2024 season, Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 104 to lead RR to victory overMumbai Indians.[46] RR eventually made it to the playoffs, but lost toSunrisers Hyderabad in the semi-final.
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