"I was just thinking of taking the bowlers down": Yashasvi Jaiswal

The player of the series award winner Yashasavi Jaiswal on Saturday expressed that the reason behind his overwhelming success in the series against England is his carefree approach while opening the inningsThe prolific Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal ended the aeries with 712 runs including two hundreds and three fifties He averaged 80 and striking at 80 I was just thinking if I can take a bowler down I will take him down Thats the plan and there was no backing out said Jaiswal during the postseries presentationYashasvi also became the second Indian batsman to score 700 plus runs in a test series after legendary Sunil Gavaskar He stated that he wanted to keep his feet planted on the groundAlso Read IN PHOTOS IND vs ENG 5th Test Most fifers for India in Test CricketI really enjoyed the series I am trying to take it one game at a time and always thinking of how I can contribute to my team so that I can keep the team in a winning position he addedSkipper Rohit Sharma too reminded Jaiswal of the need to remain humble and focussed Hes got a long way to go but its amazing to be in this position When a guys got talent like that who can put pressure on the bowlers from the word go there will be lots of challenges going forward He is a tough guy and loves the challenges said RohitIndias spin wizard Kuldeep Yadav was adjudged player of the match for his sevenwicket haul and a nervous 30 down the batting lineup that helped the hosts stretch the lead in the fifth and final test against EnglandAlso Read IND vs ENG 5th Test India hammers England by innings and 64 runsYadav said that he was just trying to keep the ball on good length throughout his spells I just focus on keeping it on a good length and that is very important for a spinner in this format I was not thinking too much about what the batter was trying to do he saidWhen asked about his favourite dismissals from the series Yadav mentioned the wicket of Ben Stokes at Ranchi and Zak Crawley in the fifth test I really bowled well in Ranchi The wicket was slow and the way I used the drift over there was fantastic I liked the Stokes wicket in RanchiI also liked the Crawley wicket here Dharamsala that was a beautiful ball I really liked my rhythm he said Kuldeep bowled England captain Stokes with a delivery that spun in from offstump while righthander Crawley got castled by his stock ball that turned in sharply from the fifthstump line to disturb his stumpsRohit Sharma heaped praise on Kuldeeps work ethic Hes got a lot of potential and when the chips were down in the first innings here he bowled really well He came back and worked at NCA after his injury He is putting in a lot of effort and the most pleasing thing was his improved batting said RohitWith PTI Inputs