Rajasthan Royals (RR) spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was in awe of the way his teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal batted against the Delhi Capitals (DC) on Saturday, April 8. The young starter scored 60 from just 31 balls and also won the Man of the Match award. .
Jaiswal started the RR innings incredibly well, scoring an impressive 20 runs in Khaleel Ahmed’s first over with the help of five limits.
While it was exciting for the fans, Ashwin conceded that he was a bit intimidated by the ease with which the bowler was being crushed on the power play.
In a video posted on the official IPL Twitter account, this is what Ravichandran Ashwin told Yashasvi Jaiswal:
“Personally as a bowler seeing that I felt really scared. As if the first was 20 runs, as someone who has to follow and bowl inside the power play in a T20 game in India I felt the first was a warning sign to your own bowlers.”
Jaiswal spoke about his thought process during the first over, adding:
“I wasn’t thinking much. It’s just because I was seeing the ball well, I decided I had to go after him. It was a good pitch, so I wanted to keep scoring runs to make sure I got a good total.” .”
Red ball cricket has helped me control emotions: Yashasvi Jaiswal
Yashasvi Jaiswal has been in incredible form with the bat over the last 12 months in first-class cricket. The young left-hander accepted that playing a lot of red-ball cricket helped him calm down and direct his energy to be more consistent.
“Yes, 100 per cent (on the fact that red-ball cricket helped his game) because I think I’ve played a lot of red-ball cricket over the past year and I’ve been able to control my emotions well. That helps me stay calm. calm down and express myself. in T20s. So playing Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy helps me work on my skills,” Jaiswal said.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has really proven to be the ideal complement to Jos Butter at RR and that has helped them consistently get great starts.