IPL 2023: YASH MAN!

It was billed as a tense doordie battle between the Kolkata Knight Riders KKR and Rajasthan Royals RR before a 21yearold decided to turn it into his own brilliant show By the time Yashasvi Jaiswal had finished on Thursday night the entertainment he provided had supporters of even the home side rising to applaudThe Mumbai youngsterrsquos unbeaten 98 off 47 balls wasnrsquot just breathtakingly beautiful but had a ferocity that has accompanied all his outings in IPL16 On a slow wicket at the Eden Gardens where strokemaking was difficult Jaiswal completed his fifty in just 13 deliveriesmdashthe fastest in IPL history He would go on to hit five sixes and 12 boundariesldquoIt was as if he was batting on a different pitch to the one we batted onrdquo KKRrsquos topscorer Venkatesh Iyer said after their ninewicket loss ldquoNot really surprisingrdquo smiled Sanju Samson ldquoWersquove got used to this by now He really likes the Powerplayrdquo the RR skipper remarkedEarly strugglesThose that have been following the youngster from UP will be familiar with his struggles in Mumbai while chasing his dream They will also be aware of his prolific runscoring He was into the groove from the very first match of this IPL scoring 54 off 37 against the Sunrisers and has been taking the tournament by storm He was in a murderous mood on ThursdayldquoNo I wasnrsquot really surprised to see Nitish bhai coming to bowl I was aware that even the new ball may turn on this wicket I simply backed myself to play my shots even if it meant going after the first ballrdquo the lefthanded Jaiswal said of KKR skipper Nitish Ranarsquos decision to bowl the first over He was ready Jaiswal danced out to dispatch Ranarsquos first delivery over longon and sweepslogged the next one for another six He then hit three boundaries as the opening over of the RR innings fetched 26 runsHe has always made his runs at a rapid pace and has a 62ball 124 against Mumbai Indians less than a fortnight ago and was two short of what would have been his second century of the IPL season when he hit the winning runs on Thursday He has no regrets on that count ldquoI had the intention of hitting a six to complete it but managed only a four Itrsquos okayrdquo he said adding ldquoMy mind was more on winning the match and being at the crease to do sordquolsquoHersquos an amazing batterrsquoIyer pointed to the ldquovariety of shotsrdquo Jaiswal hit ldquoHis shots were effective yet orthodox just one reverse hit Hersquos an amazing batterrdquo Jaiswal can call the shots too as he keeps growing in confidence Hersquos likely to get more lethal after his recent successes His is an aweinspiring fearlessness with feet firmly on the ground ldquoI will remember this innings for the rest of my liferdquo he said So will the 60000 on the Eden Gardens terraces and thousands more watching on television and live streamingTweet talkDavid Warnerdavidwarner31 Jaiswal has really been outstanding this season 2024 WC look outMadan LalMadanLal1983 Yashasvi Jaiswal amazing talent Fully enjoyed his batting Keep it up You are not very far from getting Indian cap CongratulationsSyed Saba KarimSyedSabaKarim5 When one sees Jaiswal and SKY bat it is amply clear that T20 game has moved on from Rohit sharma and Virat KohliBrett Lee BrettLee_58 Wow ybj_19 IPL Get him in the team now BCCI Yashasvi JaiswalSurya Kumar Yadavsurya_14kumar Special knock Special player Take a bow ybj_19Suresh Raina ImRaina Congratulations ybj_19 on the fastest IPL fifty Your hard work paid off and your exceptional skills will take you far Keep it up IPL2023 KKRvRRMichael Vaughan MichaelVaughan I would have selected ybj_19 as KL Rahuls replacement for the World Test championship final hellip He is that good he is going to be a superstar IndiaTom MoodyTomMoodyCricket Jaiswal lost for wordshellipKKRvRRYusuf Pathaniamyusufpathan Missed his century by just two runs Well played ybj_19 Emerging player of IPL2023 Congratulations RR on third spot on points table KKRvRRRobin Uthappa robbieuthappa Kolkata has been painted pink by ybj_19rsquos heroics tonight What a performance what a playerr Simply outstanding from him and the skipper IamSanjuSamson Donrsquot forget yuzi_chahal amp Boultrsquos bowling efforts Top win for rajasthanroyals KKRvRRAlso ReadIPL 2023 Resurgent KKR face struggling RR aim to break into top4usechatgpt init success