IPL 2024 | "It was well put together, great cricketing shots": Lara on Jaiswal

Brian Lara, Yashasvi Jaiswal (Pic: File Pic)

During the IPL 2024 match between Rajasthan Royal and Mumbai Indians, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a match-winning century. West Indies legend Brian Lara was impressed by the shots displayed by Jaiswal during the IPL 2024 match against MI.

Jaiswal scored his first century of the IPL 2024 to help his team beat MI at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium.

"Yeah, beautiful. But the fact of the matter is, he's taking his time, looking at the ball right from up at the back, and he's playing cricketing shots. He's got all the stuff, he doesn't have to worry about it," Lara said on Star Sports Cricket Live.

Opening the innings for Rajasthan, Jaiswal smashed an unbeaten 104 runs in just 60 balls including 9 fours and 7 sixes. He played several crispy strokes during his knock.

"And when you do get on top of the bowlers, that's when you take it back, because that's what I love about Yashasvi.

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"It was well put together, great cricketing shots, he's managed throughout the innings, and anyone knows, if you're chasing such a good total, at Jaipur and you bounce through the innings, you're soon as going to get there.

"So he's shown a lot of responsibility, a lot of maturity, and I'm very happy to have him back."
Medium pacer Sandeep Sharma starred with the ball of RR. He wreaked havoc in the MI camp with the ongoing IPL season's best bowling performance 5 for 18.

"Very, very big impact, and also mentioned the fact that he went unsold a couple of years ago, and came in as a replacement player, and this man is cherishing every moment he has out in the middle."

Sharma had gone unsold at the auction two years ago. RR signed him as a replacement for Prasidh Krishna and the 30-year-old is repaying the faith.

"Every cricketer in India wants to play in the IPL, and they want to play continuously, and that disappointment of not being selected in an IPL auction, he's now repaying Rajasthan Royals for their belief in him, he is a true professional.

"I've watched him over the years, he's not express-paced, he's not, you know, one of the boys that, you know, everyone talks about, but he gets the job done every time he goes out in the middle, and he's just that consummate professional that every team likes to have in their ranks," Lara said.

With the win, RR consolidated their top spot and inched closer to the IPL 2024 playoffs and former Australia skipper Aaron Finch lauded Sanju Samson's leadership skill.

"He's leading the side unbelievably well, you can see how calm RR are when they're under pressure. And the only game they lost was when they had that meltdown against GT right at the back end of the game, so they've been so clinical right throughout this IPL and a lot of credit has to go to Sanju for that," Finch said.

(With PTI Inputs)