Yashasvi Jaiswal gets tips from Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin ahead of WTC final 2023 (ICC Instagram)
Yashasvi Jaiswal seen taking tips from Virat Kohli and shadow-batting with former Indian skipper ahead of WTC final 2023 against Australia
Yashasvi Jaiswal recently completed his first training session after being selected in Team India’s squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2023 as one of the standby players. Senior team with the likes of Mukesh Kumar and Suryakumar Yadav as a stand in pick.
After the batting session in the nets, Jaiswal got advice from former Indian skipper Virat Kohli as well as RR spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. The ICC shared a video of Jaiswal’s ‘first look’ in the nets, in which he can be seen learning from the best in the business.
After winning the Emerging Player of the Year award after scoring 625 runs in just 14 matches after the completion of the IPL 2023 season, the 21-year-old couldn’t help last season’s runners-up reach the playoffs but earned him a lot of fan following. .
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Several former cricketers backed the youngster to make his India debut soon and he didn’t have to wait too long for the opportunity.
Ruturaj Gaikwad informed the BCCI that he would not be able to join the team as he was getting married on June 3, thus making it difficult for the Chennai Super Kings opener, which opened doors for Jaiswal, who was signed I went. As a last minute replacement and she already had a UK visa.
Thus, Jaiswal flew to London along with skipper Rohit Sharma, and on Wednesday he completed his first net session and it would be fair to say that the youngster impressed one and all from the video shared by the ICC.
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The left-handed batsman tossed a few balls in the air and also got some tips from Ashwin. Later in the video, Kohli was also seen sharing some advice with the young opener and later, Jaiswal was seen shadow-batting, emulating Virat’s batting position.
Watch Yashasvi Jaiswal’s first training session with Team India as he gets tips from Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin:
While skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are expected to open for India in the WTC final, which will be played at the Oval in London from June 7-11, Jaiswal will surely be looking to spend some time with the seniors ahead of the marquee clash against Australia. Will benefit from ,