- By Vishal Pushkar
- Sun, 13 Aug 2023 08:47 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Notching up his maiden T20 half century in international cricket, Yashasvi Jaiswal announced his arrival as he remained unbeaten (84* off 51) till the end in a 179-run chase here at Lauderhill, Florida on Saturday. Shubman Gill and Jaiswal combined power and timing to hit sizzling shots and find boundaries easily against a listless West Indies bowling line-up in their mammoth 165-run opening stand.
In the post match presentation, Jaiswal revealed that his intent is to always score runs and to score them quickly, specially during powerplay.
"Of course (playing international cricket) is not easy but I just love to go out and enjoy myself. I would love to thank Hardik bhai and the support staff, the way they have spoken really had an impact. I have faced them (Holder and McCoy) many times so I can read them well," Jaiswal said.
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"I just try to play how the team needs and how I can express myself. I just think of how quickly I can score and how many runs I can get in the powerplay. Of course, reading the wicket and reading the situation (is important), but my intent is always to score runs. It was really amazing (to bat with Gill) and knew which bowlers to take on," added Jaiswal in the post-match presentation ceremony, upon receiving the Player of the Match award.
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The association of 165 runs between Gill and Jaiswal is also the joint-highest opening wicket partnership for India in men's T20Is, tied with the pair of K.L. Rahul and Rohit Sharma, who had the same amount of runs in their opening stand against Sri Lanka in December 2017.
"Brilliant. As we've seen, there's no doubt in their skillset. They just needed to spend some time between the wickets. Going forward we have to take more responsibility as a batting group and support the bowlers. I've always believed bowlers win matches. Yashasvi and Shubman were brilliant. Very pleasing to see," said India captain Hardik Pandya.