"He is very passionate and down to earth": Vengsarkar on Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal (Pic: File Pic)

Former Indian cricket Dilip Vengsarkar praised Yashasvi Jaiswal saying that he is a "focused" and "down to earth" player who he has watched since his U14 days. Jaiswal has been named in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad. The mega event is set to begin in June in the West Indies and the USA. Currently, the left-hander is representing Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2024.

Speaking to the ANI at the sidelines of the launch of the BIG Cricket League in Delhi, Vengsarkar said, "Yashasvi is someone I have been watching him since U14 days. I had taken him to England with my academy. He is very consistent and focused as a player. He is very passionate and down to earth."

Speaking about the league, Vengasarkar said that 60 players out of over 12,000 players who gave trials will be getting a chance to play with international stars. This will also include players who could not play state-level cricket.

The ongoing IPL has been very mixed for Yashasvi Jaiswal, from whom much was expected after a 625-run season just last year which earned him a spot in the Indian team. In 11 IPL 2024 matches, Jaiswal has scored 320 runs at an average of 32.00 at a strike rate of 157.63. He also has one century and a half-century. His best score is an unbeaten 104 runs.

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While representing India in T20Is, Jaiswal has performed quite well. In 17 T20I matches, he has scored 502 runs at an average of 33.46 and a strike rate of 161.93. So far, he has one century and four half-centuries to his name with the highest score of 100 runs.

Coming to the T20 World Cup 2024, Team India will begin their campaign against Ireland on June 5 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. They will then clash with their arch-rivals Pakistan on June 9. The matches against USA and Canada will be played on June 13 and 15, respectively.

India is placed in Group A of the tournament alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and co-hosts USA. Their campaign begins on 5 June against Ireland at the newly-constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York before they take on Pakistan in one of the most awaited matches of the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.

(With ANI Inputs)