Former Pakistan national cricket team bowler Danish Kaneria has lavished high praise on India national cricket team’s left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, 22, and tagged him as the combination of batting greats from India: Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag.
Jaiswal has taken the cricket world by storm with his exceptional batting performance in his short international career. He has become one of the best youngsters in world cricket and has consistently scored runs for the Indian National Cricket Team.
Jaiswal has made a huge impact for India in Tests and T20Is and his inclusion in the ODI team is not far away. The young batsman has become a permanent member of the team in both the Test and T20I teams and he is likely to represent the team in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and the United States.
He is currently participating in the five-match Test series against the England national cricket team at home. In the first Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 80 and 15, but unfortunately, India faced a defeat in the match.
Yashasvi Jaiswal improved her performance after the first game and scored a sensational double century in the second Test and followed it up with another double century in the third Test. However, in both matches he was unlucky as he failed to win the Man of the Match award. So far, Yashasvi Jaiswal has amassed 545 runs in 6 innings at an astonishing average of 109.00.
In a video shared on his official YouTube channel, Danish Kaneria said that Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal is a combination of Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag. He said:
“Yashasvi Jaiswal is a combination of Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag. He is like a left-handed version of Virender Sehwag. James Anderson is one of the best fast bowlers and has taken close to 700 wickets. He’s been there for years. He made a plan to trap Jaiswal, but that boy understood the game and destroyed the trap.”
Sarfaraz Khan had been knocking on the doors of selectors for a long time – Danish Kaneria
Kaneria also spoke about middle-order batsman Sarfaraz Khan, who debuted in the Rajkot Test. Denmark’s Kaneria said that Sarfaraz showed his authority with his brilliant performance in the match. Notably, Sarfaraz Khan smashed a half-century in both innings and became the fourth Indian in history to achieve that feat.
“Sarfaraz Khan had been knocking on the doors of selectors for a long time and when he finally got the opportunity, he put his authority into play. He showed the type of cricket he plays. It was one of the best entries; “It was brilliant.”
The Indian national cricket team is currently leading 2-1 in the five-match Test series against the England national cricket team and the fourth Test match will be played from February 23 at the JSCA International Stadium complex. in Ranchi.
India have made a significant change to the squad for the fourth Test as Jasprit Bumrah was released to manage his workload while star batsman KL Rahul was ruled out of the match in a major setback for India. Rahul is also a doubt for the fifth Test.
