'Yashasvi Jaiswal is a quick learner': Sunil Gavaskar after youngster's double century in second India vs England Test

Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was pleased with the way how Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his maiden Test double century during the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam. After missing out on a century in the first Test in Hyderabad, Jaiswal made sure he would not miss out in the second, going onto play a magnificent knock of 209, playing a pivotal part in India’s 106 win. Gavaskar said that Jaiswal was a quick learner. Jaiswal made his senior India debut in July last year against West Indies and began in stunning fashion by scoring 171 in the first innings of the first Test in Dominica. “Yashasvi Jaiswal showed he is a quick learner by making sure he didn’t miss out on a hundred as he did in the first Test match by scoring a magnificent double century in the second Test. India certainly needed someone to hold the innings together with a big century as once again most of the other batters got going like they did in the first Test and then gifted their wickets away,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day. Read | Yashasvi Jaiswal reveals conversation with Sachin Tendulkar after making double hundred in 2nd IND vs ENG Test Jaiswal scored a huge chunk of India’s total of 396 in the first innings of the second Test, with other other ten batters aggregating for only 185 runs combined apart from two extras. Gavaskar opined that due to the advent of the T20 format, the temperament of the batters seems to have been affected in a significant way. “With the advent of T20 cricket and the need there to play unexpected shots, the temperament of the batters can sometimes be badly affected. The thinking that they can play an unorthodox shot and get away with it regularly can and does get them out. Test cricket is a five-day format and while most Test matches finish well within that and often with a day or so to spare, as was seen by the unforgettable innings from Ollie Pope and now from young Jaiswal, there is scope to play a match-defining and game-changing innings,” added Gavaskar. The five-match Test series is level at 1-1. The third Test will be played in Rajkot from 15 February.