‘Jaiswal has it all’

Impressed with the maturity shown by Yashasvi Jaiswal West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara said the youngsterrsquos knock against Mumbai Indians was well put together as he perfectly balanced taking his time with shots while still maintaining a high strikerateJaiswal ended a barren run by his lofty standards with his first ton of this IPL to power Rajasthan Royals to a ninewicket win over MI hereldquoYeah beautiful But the fact of the matter is hersquos taking his time looking at the ball right from up at the back and hersquos playing cricketing shots Hersquos got all the stuff he doesnrsquot have to worry about itrdquo Lara said on Star Sports Cricket LiveBrian LaraJaiswal struck nine fours and seven sixes to make an unbeaten 104 from only 60 balls a knock which was replete with powerful shots on the leg side and crispy drivesldquoAnd when you do get on top of the bowlers thatrsquos when you take it back because thatrsquos what I love about YashasvildquoIt was well put together great cricketing shots hersquos managed throughout the innings and anyone knows if yoursquore chasing such a good total at Jaipur and you bounce through the innings yoursquore soon as going to get thereldquoSo hersquos shown a lot of responsibility a lot of maturity and Irsquom very happy to have him backrdquo Lara addedAlso ReadWaist of a wicketFifer for SandeepMedium pacer Sandeep Sharma starred with the ball for RR He wreaked havoc in the MI camp with the ongoing IPL seasonrsquos best bowling performancemdash5 for 18ldquoVery 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 middlerdquo he saidSharma had gone unsold at the auction two years ago RR signed him as a replacement for Prasidh Krishna and the 30yearold is repaying the faithldquoEvery 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 hersquos now repaying Rajasthan Royals for their belief in him he is a true professionalldquoIrsquove watched him over the years hersquos not expresspaced hersquos 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 hersquos just that consummate professional that every team likes to have in their ranksrdquo Lara saidCredit to skipper SanjuWith the win RR consolidated their top spot and inched closer to the playoffs and former Australia skipper Aaron Finch lauded Sanju Samsonrsquos leadership skill ldquoHersquos leading the side unbelievably well you can see how calm RR are when theyrsquore 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 theyrsquove been so clinical right throughout this IPL and a lot of credit has to go to Sanju for thatrdquo Finch said9No of fours struck by Jaiswal during his knock against MI7No of sixes smashed by Jaiswal en route his ton on MondayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever