Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is smashing big hundreds early in his Test career. Jaiswal achieved several feats as he scored a double century against England in the third Test to help India set a daunting target of 557 which turned out to be too much for the visitors. But the opener was not comfortable in the middle in the last session of Day 3 as he was struggling with back spasms after playing himself in.
“It was pretty difficult, initially I was not getting runs so I had to play the session and play the bowler. Then when I got set I could score the runs. I had my plans about where I could play my shots and get runs,” Jaiswal told the broadcasters after India’s massive 434-run win to take a 2-1 lead.
“After some time, my back was not good. I didn’t want to go out but I had to go out because it was too much. When I came back I tried to give myself time and take it as deep as I can. I knew that if I was there I would take the game forward and be there till the end.”
Motivation from Rohit and Jadeja
Every time Jaiswal has scored a century, he has gone beyond 150. But in the first innings, he departed after scoring 10 runs. In the second innings, he did not go after the bowling straightaway and bided his time in the middle. The 23-year-old also revealed that skipper Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja’s centuries in the first innings and motivated him to make the opportunity count.
“I was feeling there was something in the wicket and the ball was very hard, I knew it was important for me to give the team a very good start, as we have seen it has a huge impact on the team. I feel like whenever I am set I need to make it big. As all my seniors have said, when you are set, make it big and make it count. The way Rohit (Sharma) bhai and Jaddu (Jadeja) bhai played in the first innings really inspired me. The way they played session by session was incredible, the way they put effort motivated all of us,” he added.
The 434-run win is India's biggest in terms of runs in the format. Jaiswal is currently the leading run-scorer in the series by far with two more Tests remaining.
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