Ace India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin heaped praise on Yashasvi Jaiswal and said that the young opener has adapted well to Test cricket early in his career. Jaiswal scored an unbeaten half-century against England on Day 1 of the opening Test against England. The southpaw counter-attacked England to put them on the backfoot with his 76-run knock which was laced with nine fours and three sixes.
Jaiswal didn’t allow the English bowlers to get set and find any sort of rhythm during his 70-ball knock on Thursday.
Along with skipper Rohit Sharma (24), he shared 80 runs for the opening stand to take India to 119 for one in their first innings in reply to England’s 246.
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Shubman Gill was the other not out batter, on 14, with India trailing England by 127 runs at stumps.
Ashwin hailed Jaiswal’s fearless batting approach and compared it with Rishabh Pant who has played several breathtaking knocks for India in red-ball cricket.
“He (Jaiswal) had a great time in the IPL, had a wonderful start in first-class cricket. I am quite enjoying it. I am seeing Rishabh Pant there. His fearless cricket is serving him well,” Ashwin said after the end of the opening say’s play.
“Yashaswi has not put a foot wrong, he has taken to Test cricket like a fish to water,” the senior spinner added.
Electing to bat, England were 108 for three after 28 overs at lunch. But they lost the plot as the day progressed, with Ashwin (3/68) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/88) doing the bulk of the damage and Jasprit Bumrah (2/28) and Axar Patel (2/33) chipping in.
Ashwin, who is one of the smartest brains in the cricket fraternity, further talked about the pitch and asserted it slowed down with time.
“It was pretty interesting in the first session, maybe there was a bit of moisture. Because of the early moisture, there was enough speed. Then it slowed down. Not enough speed to carry through to the slips,” Ashwin said.
“240 was a very very good competitive total. Thought 30-40 runs more than what we would have liked. Someone making a hundred tomorrow will put us in the driver’s seat,” he added.
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