Yashasvi Jaiswal is an Indian Cricketer who plays for Mumbai domestically and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. Coming from a very humble background Jaiswal fought his way to the top with sheer talent and resolution. Born on 28 December 2001 in Suriyawan, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh his passion for cricket saw him almost living in tents in Mumbai for almost three years. He used to do low-end work for livelihood and stroll grounds to the ground in search of opportunities to play cricket. His cricketing talent was spotted by a cricket academy in Mumbai run by Jwala Singh from where his career path got fixed. After scoring 319 not out and taking 13/99 in a Giles Shield match in 2015 he first came into the limelight. In 2016, he was drafted into the Mumbai U-16 team. In 2019 he also grabbed the attention becoming the youngest cricketer to score a double century in a Vijay Hazare Trophy game, when he scored 203 off 154 balls for Mumbai against Jharkhand. After such a couple of sublime domestic performances, he was included in the India Under-19 team ahead of the 2020 U-19 World Cup. His inclusion into the Indian side proved to be a game-changer for him. Jaiswal experienced a starry Under-19 World Cup held in 2020 where he was awarded the man of the tournament. He scored more than 400 runs in the tournament. A left-handed batsman, who can also bowl leg-spin on a part-time basis now, looks to be another find of the IPL. Rajasthan Royals purchased him for Rs. 2.4 crore in IPL auction 2020. He saw game time limited in the first season. However, a season later he got promoted as an opener. Rajasthan retained him for the 2022 IPL.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Biography
| Full name | Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal |
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| Date of Birth/DOB/ age | Dec 28, 2001 (22 years) |
| Birth Place | Suriya, Uttar Pradesh |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Capricorn |
| Profession | Cricketer (All-rounder) |
| Country | India |
| Cricket Role | Opening Batter |
| Father name | Bhupendra Jaiswal (Owner of a small hardware store) |
| Mother name | Kanchan Jaiswal (Homemaker) |
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| Children | |
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| Religion | |
| Current Residence | Dadar, Mumbai |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Batting Style | Left hand Bat |
| Bowling Style | Legbreak |
| Domestic Cricket debut | |
| International Debut | T20– 8 August 2023 vs West Indies at Providence Stadium ODI– Yet to make Test– 12 July 2023 vs West Indies at Windsor Park |
| Teams | India U19, Mumbai, India U19 A, North Mumbai Panthers, India B, Rajasthan Royals, West Zone, Rest of India, India A, India |
Yashasvi Jaiswal Physical Statistics
| Height | in centimeters– 168 cm in meters– 1.68 m in feet & inches– 5’ 6” |
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| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
Yashasvi Jaiswal Profile
In 2023, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the fastest fifty in IPL cricket: off 13 balls, for Rajasthan Royals (RR) against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Spotted early and nurtured by Royals, Jaiswal became their youngest centurion at 21 years and 123 days in 2023, with 124 against Mumbai Indians (MI).That Jaiswal 124 also equalled the record for the highest individual score by a Royals batter, and broke the record for the highest IPL score by an uncapped player.
From his Under-19 days, Yashasvi Jaiswal has come to embody fearlessness and a robust batting approach, to which he has also managed to add consistency, as his record in the IPL and domestic cricket for Mumbai in the early 2020s shows.
At 12, Jaiswal moved from rural Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai for cricket. He slept in tents and sold pani puri to earn pocket money. When Jwala Singh, a local coach, took him under his wing two years later, after watching him at Azad Maidan, Jaiswal’s career began to take off.
In October 2019, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the 50-overs domestic competition, Jaiswal racked up scores of 113, 22, 122, 203 and 60 not out, his run only coming to an end when rain knocked Mumbai out of the competition. The following year, he was India’s batting mainstay in the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, where he was the Player of the Tournament and the team finished runners-up. That paved the way for a big payday at the IPL, where he was signed for Rs 2.4 crore (about US$ 338,000) by Rajasthan Royals.
The step up from tearing apart domestic bowlers and lording it over U-19 attacks wasn’t quite smooth, but hard work and long hours spent working on his technique and skills at the Royals academy when training opened up after Covid helped his confidence, Jaiswal said. In his first full Ranji Trophy season, 2021-22, he made three successive hundreds in Mumbai’s run to the final.
At Royals, where he was retained ahead of the 2022 season, Jaiswal has formed a fearsome opening combination with Jos Buttler. In the 2023 IPL, he set a new record for the fastest fifty in the tournament’s history, off just 13 balls.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1028 | 214* | 68.53 | 1467 | 70.07 | 3 | 4 | 108 | 29 | 9 | 0 |
| T20Is | 17 | 16 | 1 | 502 | 100 | 33.46 | 310 | 161.93 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 28 | 12 | 0 |
| FC | 24 | 42 | 4 | 2873 | 265 | 75.60 | 4201 | 68.38 | 12 | 6 | 335 | 53 | 22 | 0 |
| List A | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1511 | 203 | 53.96 | 1753 | 86.19 | 5 | 7 | 159 | 36 | 8 | 0 |
| T20s | 82 | 79 | 4 | 2322 | 124 | 30.96 | 1573 | 147.61 | 2 | 15 | 278 | 101 | 34 | 0 |
Bowling
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6.00 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 17 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11.00 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 24 | 4 | 54 | 34 | 0 | – | – | – | 3.77 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 32 | 13 | 285 | 257 | 7 | 2/31 | 2/31 | 36.71 | 5.41 | 40.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 82 | 4 | 19 | 41 | 0 | – | – | – | 12.94 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal IPL Auction Price History
Year | Price | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.40 Cr | Rajasthan |
| 2021 | 2.40 Cr | Rajasthan |
| 2022 | 4.00 Cr | Rajasthan |
| 2023 | 4.00 Cr | Rajasthan |
| 2024 | 4.00 Cr | Rajasthan |
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Social Media Accounts
| Yashasvi Jaiswal (@yashasvijaiswal28) | |
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Some Lesser-Known Facts About Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Yashasvi Jaiswal is an Indian cricket player from Uttar Pradesh. He came into the spotlight when he became the youngest player in the world to score a List A double century.
- He belongs to a financially weak family. His father used to run a small hardware store and wasn’t able to make ends meet.
- At the age of 11, Yashasvi decided to move to Mumbai to pursue his dream of playing for the Indian Cricket Team.
- His father did not stop him for leaving, as he was not able to feed his family of four, and their house did not have any space for another adult.
- Yashasvi only had an uncle staying in Mumbai, whom he hardly knew. His uncle stayed in Worli, but he wasn’t able to accommodate him as his house was too small. Hence, he got him a job at a dairy where he was allowed to work and sleep.
- Yashasvi used to attend school, and then practice cricket alone. Due to his tight schedule, he did not have any energy left at the end of the day, and he used to sleep when he was supposed to work. As a result, he was thrown out of the dairy as he only used to sleep.
- Thereafter, his uncle helped him secure a place in the Muslim United Cricket Club in Azad Maidan, Mumbai.Yashasvi Jaiswal at Azad Maidan
- It was after his admission to the club that he started to play regular cricket. He used to stay in the gardeners’ tent in the ground and sell fruits and pani-puri in the evening to make ends meet. However, in August 2023, in an interview, Jaiswal’s childhood coach Jwala Singh expressed his disappointment over Jaiswal’s story as a pani-puri seller. According to Jwala Singh, in the viral video of Yashasvi Jaiswal selling pani-puri, the person standing next to him was reported in the media to be Jaiswal’s father, which is not true. Jwala Singh said,
So as per the visuals, media claims that the man next to him is his father, but Jaiswal’s father has come to Mumbai only for work purpose just a few times from 2013 to 2022. And during this period, Jaiswal has stayed with me and my family. We have never treated him like a student but instead as our own child and given all the facilities. So, watching these fake stories on him selling pani-puri does disappoint me because only a part of it is true. When these types of stories go viral, as a coach and a father-figure, it does hurt.” - He would often go out to lunch with his friends at the cricket club and would ask them to bear the expenses for him.
- Once, while he was practising in the nets, the local coach, Jwala Singh, spotted him. Jwala Singh stated-
I was just standing behind the nets and it was a tricky wicket to bat on as every other player was struggling but when Yashasvi came in, he started hitting the ball cleanly. I was impressed and immediately talked to him.” - Singh talked to him and got to know that he used to stay in a tent with the gardener and groundsmen. He offered him a place to stay and also told him that he will take him under his wing.Yashasvi Jaiswal practising
- Yashasvi soon moved to Singh’s place, who took care of him, provided him with everything, and trained him every day. He also encouraged Yashasvi to take part in competitions.Yashasvi Jaiswal at Jwala Singh’s home
- He soon took part in the Harris Shield Tournament, which is a school tournament. He scored 319 not out and took 13/99. It was the highest ever in a school tournament. Soon, he found his name in the Limca Book of World Records, for the “Most Runs and Wickets in a school cricket match.”Yashasvi Jaiswal during a match
- He kept on playing and within a short period, he had scored 52 centuries and took more than 200 wickets.
- Yashasvi’s parents made Jwala Singh his legal guardian and also gave him the power of attorney, and the man responsible for all his decisions.Yashasvi Jaiswal with Jwala Singh
- Yashasvi soon got selected in the Mumbai Under-16 team, and eventually in India’s Under-19 team.Yashasvi Jaiswal (right) with Arjun Tendulkar
- He played for the Asia Cup in 2018 for India’s U-19 and his score of 85 runs helped him win the match, and also won the Man of the Match Award.Yashasvi Jaiswal receiving the Man of the Match Award
- After he was selected in the India U-19, he was sent to the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. Interestingly, his roommate at the camp was Sachin Tendulkar‘s son Arjun Tendulkar. After the NCA Camp ended, Yashasvi requested Arjun to meet his father, and his dream came true. He met Sachin in Mumbai and he gifted Yashasvi a signed bat.Yashasvi Jaiswal with the signed bat from Sachin Tendulkar
- On 16 October 2019, he scored a double hundred while playing for Mumbai against Jharkhand in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. It made him the youngest batsman ever in List A cricket to score a double century.
