Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in Tests and T20Is. In domestic cricket, he plays for Mumbai and Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals. In 2019, he became the youngest cricketer to score a List A cricket double century.

Early life

Yashasvi Jaiswal was born as the fourth of six children to Bhupendra Jaiswal, the owner of a small hardware store, and Kanchan Jaiswal, a housewife. At the age of ten, he moved to Mumbai to receive cricket training at Azad Maidan.

He was initially given accommodation in a dairy 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 the groundsmen at the Maidan, where he sold panipuri to make ends meet.

After living in tents for three years, Jaiswal’s cricketing potential was spotted in December 2013 by Jwala Singh, who ran a cricket academy in Santacruz. He provided Jaiswal with a place to stay, before becoming his legal guardian and obtaining his power of attorney.

Domestic Career

• First class debut: for Mumbai in the 2018 – 19 Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019
• List A debut: on 28 September 2019 in the 2019 – 20 Vijay Hazare Trophy
• On 16 October 2019, he scored 203 runs from 154 balls in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Jharkhand and became the youngest double centurion in the history of List A cricket at 17 years, 292 days.

IPL Career

• In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals.
• Twenty20 cricket debut for the side on 22 September 2020
• He made his maiden T20 half-century against Chennai Super Kings on 2 October 2021, the second fastest in franchise history at the time, and his maiden T20 century on 30 April 2023. He scored 124 from 62 balls against Mumbai Indians and recorded the 2nd highest score in an IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium.
• On 11 May 2023 he hit the fastest Indian Premier League (IPL) half – century in just 13 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders, surpassing the previous record jointly held by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins. He finished the 2023 Indian Premier League as Rajasthan’s leading run scorer with 625 runs in 14 matches.

International Career

• 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.
• T20I debut: in the 3rd match of the T20I series against West Indies in August 2023
• 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 with Shubman Gill.
• He became the third youngest Indian batsman, after Sunil Gavaskar and Vinod Kambli, to score a double hundred in Test cricket.
• In the next match of the series, Jaiswal scored another double century, becoming third Indian batter after Vinod Kambli and Virat 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.
• 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.

Major Achievements

• In 2019, he became the youngest cricketer to score a List A cricket double century.
• He was a member of the Indian squad which won the Gold Medal at the 2022 Asian Games in 2023 and the finalist squad of the 2020 Under – 19 Cricket World Cup, where he was the Player of the Tournament and the highest run scorer.
• He gained particular attention when he scored double centuries in two consecutive test matches against England in a 5 – match Test series in 2024.
• He is the third Indian batter to achieve the feat after Vinod Kambli and Virat Kohli.
• Yashasvi is the third youngest cricketer in Test history to have two double centuries to his name after Sir Don Bradman and Vinod Kambli.
• In the same series, he equaled the world record held by Wasim Akram for the most number of sixes scored by a cricketer in a test innings.
• Also, he became only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to score 700 runs in a Test series.
• On 16 October 2019, he scored 203 runs from 154 balls in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Jharkhand and became the youngest double centurion in the history of List A cricket at 17 years, 292 days.