Keep Up the Granddaddy Tons, Gavaskar Urges Young Star Jaiswal
New Delhi: Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar showered heartfelt praise on India’s first-order sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal with his flamboyant score of 175(258) during the second Test against the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital.
“Little Master” playfully encouraged the 23-year-old to hammer tons of “grandpa” in the future.
Jaiswal used the benign conditions in Delhi to torment the West Indies bowlers after squandering a golden chance to accumulate runs to his name in Ahmedabad during the series opener. He was cautious in the first session of the opening day as the new ball created significant movement.
He turned up the heat in the second session and reached fifty in 82 deliveries. Jaiswal added his next 50 runs off just 63 deliveries to score his seventh Test ton. Despite adding another century to his name, Jaiswal continued to bring down the thunder and remained a walking nightmare for the Caribbean, rocketing to 150.
Jaiswal fell agonizingly short of his third double hundred as a disastrous mix-up with captain Shubman Gill left him in the lurch and he was run out on 175(258). Jaiswal converted five of his seven Test tons for 150-plus scores. Gavaskar wants the youngster to continue his ability to score big runs
Well done, keep it up, keep getting the big faces. While talking to Jaiswal after the match, Gavaskar said, “Give a hundred points to my father, but since I am a grandfather, I will tell my grandfather to take a hundred points.”
Jaiswal raced past the 3000-run mark across all formats in India during his mesmerizing performance in which he hit 22 fours. In 50 matches, Jaiswal scored 3,158 runs at 47.13, including eight centuries and 17 fifties. Jaiswal, who made seven centuries in his 26-match Test career, became the player with the most tons in an opener before turning 24.
He shares the record with former England star Graeme Smith, who hit an opening seven tons before his 24th birthday. Before Jaiswal, only Bob Simpson and Brian Lara had converted five of their first seven Test hundreds into 150-plus scores.
