Rajasthan Royals’ young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has been superb so far in this edition of the IPL. The batter scored a 60 off just 31 balls taking all bowlers to the cleaners. Jaiswal had a fantastic start to RR’s innings, scoring a staggering 20 runs off Khaleel Ahmed’s opening over with the help of five boundaries. He was set for a hundred but was dismissed in trying to up the ante.Â
Fans enjoyed it immensely, although Ashwin acknowledged that he was a little intimidated by how easily the bowler was being hit in the powerplay.
Here is what Ravichandran Ashwin said to Yashasvi Jaiswal in a video that was shared on the IPL’s official Twitter account:
“Personally as a bowler watching that I felt really scared. Like if the first over goes for 20 runs, as someone who has to follow up and bowl inside the powerplay in a T20 game in India, I felt like first over was warning sign to your own bowlers.”
Jaiswal explained how he felt during the opening over and added:
“I wasn’t thinking much. It was just that since I was seeing the ball well I decided that I have to go after him. It was a good pitch so I wanted to keep scoring runs to make sure we get to a good total.”
Jaiswal talks about Red Ball Cricket
Yashaswi Jaiswal had a remarkable Ranji Trophy season. He also scored a double hundred in the Irani Trophy helping the Rest of India win the trophy.
He told how red ball cricket has helped him control his emotions and stay calm.
“Yes, 100 percent (on red-ball cricket having helped his game) because I think I have played lot of red-ball cricket over the past year and have been able to control my emotions well. That helps me in staying calm and express myself in T20s. So playing Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy helps me work on my skills,” Jaiswal stated.
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