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Yashasvi Jaiswal. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Yashasvi Jaiswal has become a household name in this cricket-obsessed nation due to his heroics in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. On Wednesday, the Mumbai starlet slammed a double century against Jharkhand to enter the record books. The left-handed batsman became the youngest player to score a List A double century.

The 17-year old hit 203 off 154 balls with 12 sixes and 17 boundaries as Mumbai posted a mammoth 358 for 3. Yashasvi Jaiswal is in his debut season in List A cricket and is now the third batsman in Vijay Hazare history to score a double ton. He has already scored three centuries in only five games.

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Yashasvi Jaiswal came into the limelight earlier this year when he scored four half-centuries to star in India’s U-19 tri-series in England. He then scored 224 runs and took 8 wickets in the Vizzy One-Day Trophy to be adjudged player of the tournament. But while the youngster is having a good time at the moment, it was not like this a couple of years ago.

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The highly-rated batsman hails from Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh. When he came to Mumbai in 2012,  he was just 11 years old and had nowhere to live in the city. With cricket taking up most of his time, he was thrown out of a dairy shop where he used to sleep and was given refuge by the grounds-men at the Muslim United Club’s tent at the Azad Maidan ground.

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Yashasvi Jaiswal (Credits – Twitter)

But things did not improve for the teenager as he continued facing financial troubles.  Yashasvi Jaiswal used to help out a food vendor and at the tent, he was given lunch and dinner but his job in the kitchen was to make rotis for the staff. As if those were not enough, he also sold pani puris to make ends meet.

“I just wanted to play cricket and I want to play for Mumbai. I used to stay in a tent and there was no electricity, washrooms or water facilities there. To make ends meet, I started working with a food vendor. On occasions, my teammates would turn up and I’d serve them. I felt terrible. But it took that in my stride as it was necessary,” the youngster was quoted as saying by Mid-Day.

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But things started changing when he was spotted by coach Jwala Singh. The coach took him under his wing and Yashasvi’s career finally got a direction. Hogging the limelight is nothing new for the Mumbai sensation. Earlier in his career, he made it to the Limca Book of Records after he scored an unbeaten 319 and posted bowling figures of 13/99 (most runs and wickets in a school cricket match.)

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