REVEALED: How Rohit Sharma's intervention made Yashasvi Jaiswal make a crucial career decision

Yashasvi Jaiswal is one of India's next-gen superstars across all formats. Known for his attacking style of play and fearless attitude at the crease, Jaiswal has already made a name for himself in India's Test side, averaging 50-plus from 24 Tests with six hundreds and 12 fifties. Two of those tons came on India's recent tour of England which ended 2-2. In T20Is, Jaiswal's strike-rate is an astounding 164 from a sample size of 23 games and he has a century alongside five fifties to his name. The only drawback for him thus far is that Jaiswal has played just a solitary ODI game in his career. That should, of course, change with time as the senior players are phased out from the side.

 

While it all looks good for Jaiswal in international cricket, he was on the verge of a stunning domestic transfer from Mumbai to Goa earlier this year. Allegedly disappointed at not getting the required seniority in the side, the southpaw had readied the formalities for the move to Goa, also submitting an NOC request to the Mumbai Cricket Association. Jaiswal's exit seemed a near certainty as the MCA aren't known to be cold towards their players in such situations. Remember, Prithvi Shaw with a more controversial scenario got his NOC smoothly with no hassles at all. Therefore, Jaiswal's transfer seemed a done deal and that's when veteran Rohit Sharma intervened in this matter.

 

Rohit was captain when Jaiswal made his Test debut and the duo has shared immense rapport as an batting pair at the top of the order. Most importantly, Jaiswal has huge respect for Rohit, like most young players in India's setup. A source close to the MCA admitted to the Mumbai Mirror that Rohit's timely intervention made Jaiswal rethink his move and eventually, the 23-year-old reversed his stance of moving away from the Mumbai team.

 

“Rohit asked Yashasvi to stay on in Mumbai at this stage of his career," MCA president Ajinkya Naik said in his chat with Mumbai Mirror.

 

“He (Rohit) explained to Yashasvi that there was a lot of pride and prestige in playing for a team like Mumbai, which has won the Ranji Trophy a record 42 times."

 

“Rohit also told Yashasvi that he must not forget that it was because of Mumbai cricket that he got a platform to show his talent and go on to play for India, and he must be grateful to the city for that. It was here in Mumbai that he started playing cricket on the maidans and then was picked for all the age group teams of Mumbai," he added.

 

After having a constructive discussion with his senior teammate and former captain, Jaiswal decided to reverse his stance on leaving the Mumbai team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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