Yashasvi Jaiswal all the time had the expertise and now he has proven that he belongs on the highest stage, India skipper Rohit Sharma mentioned following the southpaw’s 171 on debut within the first Test in opposition to West Indies.
Jaiswal grew to become solely the third Indian to attain 150 on debut and his massive break got here after sensational performances in IPL and home cricket.
Rohit, who additionally obtained 100, shared a 229-run stand with Jaiswal.
“He has the talent, he has shown us in the past that he is ready. Came and batted sensibly. The temperament was also tested, at no stage he was panicking. The chats we had were to remind him that ‘you belong here. You have done the hard yards, enjoy your time here’,” mentioned Rohit after an innings and 141-run win.
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India made 421 for 5 in its solely batting effort of the sport and bowled out West Indies for 150 and 130 to make sure a three-day end.
“I would like to start by saying it was a great effort with the ball. Getting them out for 150 set the game for us. We knew batting would get tough, it wasn’t easy to score runs. We knew we wanted to bat only once and bat long. Get over 400 runs and then we came out and bowled really well,” he mentioned.
R Ashwin ended with 12 wickets within the sport and Ravindra Jadeja took 5, drawing reward from the skipper.
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“The results speak for themselves, they have been doing it for a while. There isn’t much to tell them, it is about giving them the freedom to express. The experience these guys have on pitches like this is always a luxury.
“Both Ash and Jadeja were superb, specially Ashwin for coming out and bowling this way was class.” On beginning with a win within the new WTC cycle, he mentioned: “Always nice to start well, it is a fresh cycle. We weren’t too worried about the pitch, we wanted to come here and get results.
“Important to start well, now about taking that momentum into the second Test. There are a couple of new guys and people who haven’t had much Test cricket, so just about getting them out on the field now.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com