Gautam Gambhir and Yashasvi Jaiswal (AFP Photo)
Jaiswal scored 17 and 5 in the first unofficial Test. However, he bounced back with an unbeaten 155 in the second innings. Former India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has questioned India’s decision to keep Yashasvi Jaiswal out of the ODI team. He feels it is difficult to understand why a batter with so much talent and hunger to score runs is not getting a regular place in the side. The former India assistant coach went a step further and described Jaiswal’s absence from the ODI team as ridiculous. “It’s ridiculous. But also just to be clear, you know, I wasn’t the batting coach, so I didn’t have that direct access to players in terms of working that closely with them. It was so I’d chip in here and there and maybe complement what the batting coach and the head coach were saying. But yeah, certainly very, very hungry, works very, very hard. One of those strange situations where he’s actually not a great netter,” he added. He had a difficult start in the second match, getting out for a duck in the first innings. The focus will now shift to the two-Test series between India and New Zealand. Both teams will look to secure a place in next year’s World Test Championship final.
There are some players we were chatting about yesterday who aren’t in the team.