“Expect To See Him…”: Yashasvi Jaiswal receives big advice from West Indies legend
India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is equipped to “play in any conditions” but will need to make some mental adjustments for the upcoming tour of Australia, Brian Lara said.
The legendary Brian Lara said on Tuesday that India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is ready to “play in any conditions” but will need to make some mental adjustments for the upcoming trip of Australia. Jaiswal has established himself as a key member of the Test team, scoring 929 runs at 66.35 in only eight matches this year, with two hundreds and six fifties putting him on track to be India’s greatest run-scorer by 2024. “He can play in any conditions. I saw him in the Caribbean. Obviously, the pitches in Australia change slightly, but with your strength, you’ll be able to play well in all conditions.
“I expect to see him do well,” Lara told the reporters at the International Masters League’s debut.The West Indies great stated that Jaiswal will need to make some mental adjustments in order to sustain his success Down Under.
“I think the adjustment is upstairs,” Lara remarked, pointing to his head when asked if the Indian opener would have to make any changes.
“The adjustment is your capacity to support your talent under any conditions. I say this with a grain of salt because circumstances in India have changed.
“With the IPL, you have foreign players coming. You’re giving your players a new level of competitiveness, which is fantastic, so I don’t believe there’s much he needs to do technically,” he continued.
“I simply think that mentally, traveling away from home and playing against Australia on their soil is a different beast. But I feel the Indian squad that I’ve seen travel to Australia in recent years is capable of winning,” he remarked.
While the former West Indies captain praised India’s aggressive attempt to forcing a result in the rain-soaked Kanpur Test against Bangladesh in order to earn World Test Championship points, Lara also stated that such a conclusion is not always attainable.
“(It was) not just (about) the points. It’s a situation where India knows that they have the advantage in terms of being the better playing team against Bangladesh, and they’ve got to put themselves,” he said.
“They’ve got to give themselves the opportunity. I love the way that they went about it in such a short space of time to put Bangladesh under pressure. The performance by India with the bat was always to put Bangladesh under pressure.” “Test cricket is about attrition. Not every single day you’re going to have 2-3 days washed out. I want to see a lot of games going into the fourth and the fifth day. I want to see batters holding on, battling if they have to battle. Bowlers being as disciplined as possible.” “That Test match was a Test match where India felt that they have an opportunity to win. But it’s not going to happen that way all the time,” said Lara.
