Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal thanked the support staff and skipper Hardik Pandya for showing faith in him and added that for him, the intent is always to score quick runs for his team, especially in the powerplay. Jaiswal can do no wrong at the moment. After a successful initiation to Test cricket, he brought up his maiden T20I fifty during his unbeaten 84 off 51 in the fourth T20I against West Indies in Florida. It was only Yashasvi’s second T20I game but he hardly played like it, shifting the gears of his game like a veteran and rotating the strike shrewdly during his record 165-run opening stand with Shubman Gill. So Jaiswal was quick off the blocks early while Gill settled into his innings and then played the second fiddle once Gill found his timing; and all that before making sure that he was there till the end in what had felt like a tricky run-chase at the halfway mark.
“It is not easy, I am happy to go out there and express myself. I would like to thank the support staff and Hardik bhai, they have shown faith. That shows so much impact on my mind. I try to play how the team needs and how I can express myself towards the plan. I try to score quickly, how many shots I can play in the powerplay and put my team in a nice shape. Reading the wicket, reading the situation, how I can take the game deep everything is important. My intent is always to score runs,” said Jaiswal in a post-match presentation. “I have played a lot of balls against them (Jason Holder and Obed McCoy in the IPL), helped me to read them. It (partnership with Shubman Gill) was really amazing the way we were talking and the way we were taking singles and understanding each other. He batted really well. The way he was rotating the strike, it is really important to build the partnership. I want to thank everyone for coming here and supporting us in this heat. Thank you so much,” he added.
