IND vs WI: Sunil Gavaskar Criticizes Yashasvi Jaiswal For Losing Patience During 2nd Test Against West Indies

Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a good start to his Test career. The young opener earned his maiden Test call-up for the recently-concluded two-match series against West Indies and was given the opportunity to play in both games.

The highly-rated opener grabbed the opportunity with both hands as he hit the ground running in international cricket. In the first Test played in Dominica, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 runs and shared a big stand of 229 runs for the first wicket with skipper Rohit Sharma. He was adjudged Man of the Match for his performance.

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In the second Test too, he shared a big century stand with Rohit as the duo added 139 runs for the opening wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 57 runs in the first innings and 38 in the second innings. He finished the series as the highest run-scorer ahead of the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and other stalwarts. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 266 runs in 2 Tests at an average of almost 90.

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Yashasvi Jaiswal lost patience – Sunil Gavaskar

While Yashasvi Jaiswal has impressed many with his performance in his debut Test series, former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar is definitely not one of them. The legendary cricketer has said that the youngster got a little complacent leading to his dismissal in the second game at Trinidad. Jaiswal’s innings in the first innings of the second Test came to an end when he chased a wide delivery and nicked it to second slip.

“Virat Kohli celebrated his 500th international appearance with a century. After seeing the first few deliveries it was apparent there was no devil in the pitch and a batter had to be overconfident or complacent to miss out on a hundred. Jaiswal lost patience and reached out to a widish half-volley and was caught at deepish backward point and Rohit didn’t quite go to the pitch of the ball to be bowled,” Gavaskar mentioned in his column for Mid-Day.

Writing further, Gavaskar expressed his displeasure over West Indies’ poor performance against India and the empty stadium. He highlighted that while the ongoing Ashes and the Sri Lanka-Pakistan series have been very competitive, the one between India and West Indies was a one-sided affair.

“Though Pakistan are the better-balanced team, the Lankans are fighting it out and not giving up till the last ball is bowled. In England too, the series is taking an interesting turn with England at the end of the third day’s play showing why they are a different team than the one that donned the colours two years back,” mentioned Gavaskar.

“In Trinidad though it looked so one-sided that there are barely a few hundred people at the ground to support the home team the West Indies. Most of those are the Indians living overseas who have come to see their favourite Team India. They were not disappointed as they saw a good opening stand between skipper Rohit Sharma and newcomer Yashasvi Jaiswal,” he added.

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