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JE Sports Desk: India captain Rohit Sharma was full of praise for debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal who scored a match-winning hundred at Dominica. Rohit, who himself scored a hundred, praised Jaiswal for his patience on a track which was helping the spinners as the match progressed.

The Indian skipper shared some special words on the Test debutant Yasahsvi Jaiswal and said in the post-match presentation, "He has the talent, he has shown us in the past that he is ready. Came and batted sensibly. The temperament was also tested, at no stage he was panicking."

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Rohit, who also holds the experience of scoring a ton on his Test debut against the Windies a decade ago, said that all he told Jaiswal during their partnership was that he belonged at the Test level.

"In the middle, it was just about having a chat, letting him know, 'You belong here.' That is the most important thing, because when you're playing your first Test match, you kind of keep asking yourself whether you belong here or not, but my job from the other side was to just keep telling him, 'You've done all the hard yards, it's just about enjoying your time in the middle. Don't worry about the results, just enjoy your time, and if you do that the results will flow.," Rohit added.

He also went on to praise the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja after they outclassed the hosts batting set-up throughout the Test match.

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Ashwin made a roaring comeback after being dropped from the World Test Championship 2023 final squad against Australia. He made short work of West Indies batters on a deteriorating pitch which continued to offer extra spin and bounce to spinners.

Considering the pitch and the overall conditions, Rohit said that it is a "luxury" to have spinners like them who have the experience to perform in such conditions.

"The results speak for themselves, they have been doing it for a while. There isn't much to tell them, it is about giving them the freedom to express. The experience these guys have on pitches like this is always a luxury. Both Ash and Jadeja were superb, especially Ashwin for coming out and bowling this way was class," Rohit said.