< >

Cricket World Player of the Week - Yashasvi Jaiswal

©CWM

21-year-old opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal became the 306th Test cricketer for India after making his international debut against West Indies and had an impact right away.

Debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal struck a magnificent 171 runs off 387 balls in the India vs West Indies 1st Test. Coming off a super successful IPL 2023, he showed his versatility by sticking to his defence when it became tough to score freely on a very slow pitch in Dominica.

The stylish batter had a sensational 229-run opening partnership with skipper Rohit Sharma (103) to help India take control of the match. The 21-year-old smashed several other batting records in his maiden Test innings.

Jaiswal is now the 17th Indian batter to hit a century on Test debut. Yashasvi and Rohit's 229-run partnership for the opening wicket made them the first Indian opening duo to take a first innings lead without losing a wicket.

Yashasvi and Rohit's 229-run opening partnership also surpassed Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan's 44-year-old record of 213 for the first wicket in a Test outside Asia.

Yashasvi also became only the third Indian batter after Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma to register a 150+ score on Test debut.

Hard work pays off!
Great team performance to mark my ???? debut and happy to have helped the team with some runs!
Thankful to everyone who’s contributed in my journey so far, but this is just the start ??
.
.#WIvInd #TeamIndia #ITrustIBelieve pic.twitter.com/KVwlhcmqgf
— Yashasvi Jaiswal (@ybj_19) July 15, 2023