BIG match performers often get rewarded for their timely knocks in domestic cricket with a national call-up. Players like current Mumbai captain Prithvi Shaw, India batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav are prime examples. Two promising Mumbai youngsters—Yashasvi Jaiswal and Hardik Tamore—too showed their promise by scoring centuries in tough conditions in the ongoing Ranji Trophy semi-finals against Uttar Pradesh in Bangalore. 

Jaiswal, 20, who did not get an opportunity in three league games, scored 103 against Uttarakhand in the quarter-finals played in Alur, near Bangalore, last week and then slammed a 100 against UP in the ongoing semis after Mumbai lost their top two batsmen for just 24 on the board. Jaiswal told mid-day.com about how he managed to come up with significant innings in the knockout games: “I have always been good in the mental aspect of things. That has helped me be a strong person. I always believe in my own ability. I keep telling myself that only I can help myself. I feel I’m getting results because of this thought process.”