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Who doesn’t know Yashasvi Jaiswal today? The youngster has impressed in a very short time. Jaiswal has scored a lot in the Test series recently Australia. On the young opener’s recent performances, his boyhood coach Jawara Singh An exclusive chat with Cricket Times. In the meantime, he gave his thoughts on his journey and Jaiswal’s recent performance and mentioned Prithvi Shawis currently going through a bad phase. Below are some excerpts from the conversation.
Q: You are currently coaching young boys in Mumbai and you are from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. How was the journey from UP to Mumbai? Where does it all begin?
Singh: You see, I was very young when I first arrived in Gorakhpur. I have good academic performance. In 1992, the World Cup was underway, India Already defeated Pakistan. i once read Sachin Tendulkar and Ramakant Akilekar My husband and I are also interested in professional cricket.
I read magazines like Cricket Samraat where I saw Sachin’s name. I felt I had to make a name for myself in the cricketing world as well. Then I played in Gorakhpur for a while because my father gave me a cricket kit. But I was told I wouldn’t get many opportunities there. People often say that if you stay here, nothing will happen, so I decided to come to Mumbai. I came to Mumbai in 1995. My journey was very difficult from the beginning. When I came to Bombay, my father brought me here. The situation in Mumbai is very different – in Gorakhpur we lived in a big house, but in Mumbai three or four people lived in a small room. My journey of struggle begins here.
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Q: How do you identify talent in players?
Singh: Our academy is large and we offer coaching at different levels. We have 40 to 45 coaches and about 50 to 60 staff for different levels of players. However, I personally focus more on the kids whose attitude, effort and dedication I see to the game. Take Jaiswal for example. I was so impressed by his determination and dedication that I helped him move forward.
Q: Jaiswal was bowled out for nil in the first innings of the Perth Test, and speculation began about whether the youngster would be able to perform well in Australia. What were your thoughts then?
Singh: I think I have a lot of confidence in him in the past and in the future because some players are able to adapt to situations very quickly and understand the game very well. I think Yashasvi has that art, he understands the game, he stays in the moment, he has all those things. As well as his skills, he also had mental toughness, so I knew from the start he would score runs in Australia as well.
Q: There was a lot of talk about Jaiswal’s confidence after he sled Starc in the second innings of the first Test and said the ball was coming slowly. What do you think about this? Do you think his game and mentality have changed?
Singh: If you see, a player can dominate so much in the IPL, then firstly it means that he has the skills and confidence, only the latest Indian team can go to Australia and cause trouble for the Australian bowlers. This is India today. When India went to Australia in the past, the Australian media often put mental pressure on us and made the players bear a little pressure, but now since intense pulsed light Come and all the world class bowlers are coming to India so our batsmen also know very well who bowls what and that’s why if you look at all the players today they are very fair and Yashasvi has been scoring runs everywhere. His confidence is very high and I think the way he’s showing intention is a good thing but I will say again, your process is very important, saying something to someone is a matter of time frame but then you have to execute .
Q: There has been a lot of discussion about Prithvi Shaw lately. The young player who was once called the next Sachin was not picked by any team in the Indian team or even in the IPL. He remains unsold at auction. Where did this young player go wrong?
Singh: Prithvi Shaw was and is a very talented player. He was my first player to play in the Under-19 World Cup. He came to me in 2015 and stayed with me until the World Cup. I worked a lot on his game and his mental state, and I was very excited when he went to the Under-19 World Cup, but to be honest, I haven’t seen him since 2017 and look at his physical condition, when When I saw his performance, I never saw him again. Pictures, I was very surprised.
Today, I saw his fitness, his body language and I feel very sad that this player is being labeled as the “next Sachin”. As a coach, I’m disappointed because he’s not as good as he should be. Something must have gone wrong and I still hope he can work hard and get back into the game in the future. I think he can still come back, but for that he needs discipline, focus and picking himself up again.
