Michael Vaughan mentioned he would’ve picked Yashasvi Jaiswal as injured KL Rahul’s.© AFP
Former England captain Michael Vaughan mentioned he would’ve picked Yashasvi Jaiswal as injured KL Rahul’s alternative within the Indian staff for the World Test Championship (WTC) last. Vaughan’s feedback got here after Jaiswal smashed the quickest half-century in Indian Premier League (IPL) historical past, in simply 13 balls, throughout Rajasthan Royals’ match towards Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. Jaiswal missed out on his hundred by simply two runs as he remained unbeaten on 98 off simply 47 deliveries. Taking to Twitter, Vaughan mentioned that the 21-year-old Jaiswal will develop into a famous person.
“I would have selected @ybj_19 as KL Rahuls replacement for the World Test championship final … He is that good .. he is going to be a superstar,” Vaughan tweeted.
I might have chosen @ybj_19 as KL Rahuls alternative for the World Test championship last … He is that good .. he’s going to be a famous person .. #India
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 11, 2023
Jaiswal hit six fours and three sixes on his technique to his 50 in entrance of a surprised Eden Gardens, beating the earlier report of 14 balls held collectively by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins.
The 21-year-old, who moved to Mumbai as a baby and lived in a tent to pursue his cricketing desires, hit 26 runs within the first over off Kolkata captain Nitish Rana.
Jaiswal solely missed out on a century as a result of Rajasthan chased down the modest goal of 150 with a large 41 balls to spare.
“I prepare well and trust myself to execute my shots. I know the results will come. I wanted to finish the game and winning the game was my motto,” Jaiswal, who was named participant of the match, mentioned afterwards.
“I was only thinking about the net run rate (for Rajasthan) and not my century,” he mentioned.
Notably, Jaiswal’s astonishing innings was additionally the second quickest in T20 historical past after India’s Yuvraj Singh clubbed a half century off solely 12 balls towards England on the 2007 World Cup in South Africa.
(With AFP Inputs)
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