– Yashasvi Jaiswal was born on 28 December 2001 in Suriyawan, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh to a small hardware store owner.
– At the age of ten, he moved to Dadar, Mumbai, to receive cricket training at Azad Maidan. He didn’t have a place to stay there, so he slept in a dairy shop in return for low-grade work at Kalbadevi but was soon kicked out by the owner as he was unable to provide much time to his work in the shop due to cricket training.
– Having no place of his own, a Muslim United Club allowed him to sleep in a tent with Azad Maidan’s groundskeepers. He lived in that tent for three years, Jaiswal calls this tent as his home. During this time he struggled for food, often going to bed hungry after a tiring day.
– During his cricket training, he sold Panipuri to make ends meet. He would miss his family and cry, and even going to the toilet became an adventure as there was no toilet at the place where he stayed, and the toilet near his place used to get closed at night.
– Yashasvi Jaiswal about his struggling days ‘I will never forget those days of struggle. That made me tough and mentally strong. I was preparing myself that whenever I got a chance, I would score runs. I believe in myself, and I trust myself. I know only one person can help me, and it’s me. I need to focus on the process, be disciplined, eat good food, and do fitness all the time.’
– After living in tents for three years, Jaiswal’s cricketing talent was spotted in December 2013 by Jwala Singh, who ran a cricket academy in Santacruz. Singh took Jaiswal under his wing and provided him a place to stay, before becoming his legal guardian and obtaining his power of attorney.
– Jaiswal first came to the limelight in 2015 when he scored 319 not out and took 13/99 in a Giles Shield match, an all-round record in school cricket, which was recognized by the Limca Book of Records.
– Jaiswal was the highest run-scorer (318 runs) and player of the tournament at the Under-19 Asia Cup 2018 which India won.
– In December 2019, he was named in India’s squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He became the leading scorer in the tournament and scored a century against Pakistan in the semi-final.
– Jaiswal made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019. On 16 October 2019, he scored 203 runs off 154 balls in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Jharkhand and became the youngest double centurion in the history of List A cricket at 17 years, 292 days.
– In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals. Ja iswal made his maiden century in T20 cricket on 30 April 2023, scoring 124(62) against Mumbai Indians.
– Jaiswal hit the fastest half-century in the history of IPL in just 13 balls against KKR on 11 May 2023 surpassing the previous record jointly held by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins.
