With every Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal is growing into his role as a top-class Indian batsman. After beating Bangladesh in Kanpur, the Indian opener, Yashavi Jaiswal opened up about what was going on in his mind while batting on the fourth day of the Test match at the Green Park. Jaiswal's exceptional fifty in the second innings led the hosts to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh on Tuesday. Jaiswal won the man of the match award for his contribution with the bat in both innings. He scored 72 in the first and 51 runs in the second innings.
He is the first Indian opener in the 92-year history of the game in the country to achieve the feat with two half-centuries in both innings of a Test match against Bangladesh.
Jaiswal now has eight 50+ scores this calendar year. It is the highest by an Indian batsman at home in a single calendar year. Before Jaiswal, Gundappa Viswanath (1979), Virender Sehwag (2010), Cheteshwar Pujara (2016) and KL Rahul (2017) held the joint record of most 50-plus scores (seven) in a calendar.
“I think I was just thinking about what I can do for my team. The situation was different in Chennai, and different here. I just tried to do what I had to do for my team and did my best. Every innings is important.” I do my best and prepare that way. Rohit bhai told me to play the way I wanted. We had a conversation that we had to at least get some scores and we wanted to play this game freely so we just went for it,” Jaiswal said in the post-match presentation.
In the match, Indian opener Yashavi Jaiswal's exceptional fifty in the second innings guided the hosts to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh at the Green Park on Tuesday. Jaiswal won the man of the match award for his contribution with the bat in both innings.
The second session on Day 5 of the Kanpur Test started with Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal taking the field as the team needed just 95 runs to win.
Rohit went back to the pavilion after scoring just eight runs when the team score was 18. After the skipper's dismissal, Shubman Gill came to bat along with Jaiswal in the middle. Both batters managed to add just 16 runs to the total before Gill was sent back to the dressing room after scoring just six runs when the team score was 34.
After Gill's departure, Virat Kohli came to work alongside Jaiswal.
The Rohit Sharma-led side touched the 50-run mark in the 7th over when Kohli hit a boundary on the last ball bowled by Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Jaiswal then scored his second half-century of the match. He was sent back after scoring 51 runs in 45 balls with the help of eight fours and a six.
India swept the series with seven wickets in hand. Virat Kohli (29*) and Rishabh Pant (4*) remained unbeaten at the crease.
For Bangladesh, two wickets were taken by Mehidy Hasan and one wicket was taken by Taijul Islam in their respective spells.
Earlier in the first session of the day, the visitors were at 26/2 as they needed 26 more runs to avoid an innings defeat against the Rohit Sharma-led side.
Mominal Haque (0*) and Shadman Islam (7*) started proceedings for their team. Both batters managed to add just 10 more runs to the total before Mominal was sent back to the dressing room after scoring just two runs by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Bangladesh completed the 50-run mark in the 19th over with the loss of three wickets. Shanto and Shadman completed their 50-run partnership in the 25th over when the latter hit a boundary off the bowling of right-arm seamer Mohammed Siraj.
Shanto returned to the pavilion in the 28th over of the innings, just after the drinks break. He retired after scoring 19 runs, including two fours in his innings. The captain was dismissed by left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.
Before heading back, Shanto teamed up with Shadman to build a wonderful partnership of 55 runs in 84 balls. On the last ball of the same over, Shadman Islam completed his half-century in 97 balls with the help of 10 fours.
In the 29th over, Shadman Islam was dismissed after scoring 50 runs off the bowling of right-armer Akash Deep when the team score was 93.
At a score of 94, the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led side lost two wickets. Both wickets were taken by Jadeja. After the fall of seven wickets, Mehidy Hasan Miraz was on the edge, along with the experienced Mushfiqur Rahim in the middle.
In the 34th over, the Bangladesh side completed their milestone of 100 runs when Mehidy Hasan hit a boundary off Jadeja's bowling. At the score of 118, Bangladesh lost their eighth wicket. Right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Mehidy Hasan for nine.
The Seamer struck again in the 41st over. Bumrah dismissed Taijul Islam for 0 when the visitors' score was 130. The last wicket of the third innings was 146 when Bumrah dismissed Mushfiqur after scoring 37 runs in his innings.
For India, three wickets each were taken by Bumrah, Jadeja and Ashwin in their respective spells. One wicket was taken by Akash Deep during his spell.
With ANI inputs
Topics mentioned in this article
