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Who doesn’t know Yashasvi Jaiswal today? This young player has impressed in a very short time. Jaiswal has recently scored a ton of runs in the Test series against Australia. In relation to the recent career of the young first, his childhood coach Jwala Singh engaged in an exclusive conversation with Cricket Times. During this, he gave his opinion about his trip and Jaiswal’s recent performance and also mentioned Prithvi Shawwhich is currently going through a bad phase. Here are some excerpts from the conversation.
Question: You are currently coaching young boys in Mumbai and hail from Gorakhpur in UP. How was the journey from UP to Mumbai? Where did it all begin?
Singh: See, I was very young when I started in Gorakhpur. I was very good at studies. In 1992, the World Cup was underway, and India had defeated Pakistan. I used to read about Sachin Tendulkar i Ramakant Achrekar Sir and I also got interested in playing cricket at professional level.
I read magazines like Cricket Samraat where I saw Sachin’s name. I felt that I too had to make a name for myself in cricket. Then I played a bit in Gorakhpur because my father gifted me a cricket team. But I was warned that I wouldn’t have many opportunities there. People said that if you stay here, nothing will happen, so I decided to come to Mumbai. I came to Mumbai in 1995. My journey was very difficult from the beginning. When I reached Bombay, my father took me. The conditions in Bombay were very different: in Gorakhpur we lived in a big house, but in Bombay three or four people lived in a small room. My journey full of struggle started from here.
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Question: How do you recognize talent in players?
Singh: Our academy is quite large and we offer training at different levels. We have 40-45 coaches and 50-60 staff members for different levels of players. However, I personally focus on those children in whom I see attitude, work and dedication to the game. Take the example of Jaiswal. I was impressed by his determination and dedication, so I helped him get ahead.
Question: Jaiswal was out for zero in the first innings of the Perth Test, after which speculations started whether this young player could play well in Australia or not, what was going through your mind at that time?
Singh: I think I was and will be very confident about him because there are players who adapt quickly to the situation and understand the game well. I think Yashasvi has that art, he understands the game, he stays in the present and he has all those things. Along with skill, he also has mental toughness, so I knew from the start that he would also score runs in Australia.
Question: In the second innings of the first Test, Jaiswal sledged Starc saying the ball was coming slow, after which much was said about Jaiswal’s confidence. How do you see this thing? Do you think there has been a change in his game and mentality?
Singh: If you see, a player who can dominate so much in IPL, first it means he has skill and confidence and only the last Indian team can go to Australia and upset the Australian bowlers. This is India today. There used to be a time when India would go to Australia and the Australian media would put mental pressure on us so that the players would be under a bit of pressure, but now that IPL It has come, all the world class bowlers come to India due to which our batsmen also have a good idea of who is playing what, that’s why if you look at all the players today, they are very fair and Yashasvi has been scoring runs. everywhere His confidence is very high and I think the way he showed intent is a good thing, but I will say again that your process is very important, telling someone something is a matter of time, but then you have to act .
Question: There is a lot of talk about Prithvi Shaw these days. The young player who was once called the next Sachin was not picked by any team in the Indian team even in IPL. It remained unsold at auction. Where did this young player go wrong?
Singh: Prithvi Shaw was and is a very talented player. He is my first player to play in the U19 World Cup. He came to me in 2015 and was with me until the World Cup. I worked a lot on his game, his mental state and I was very excited when he played the U19 World Cup, but honestly, I haven’t seen him after 2017 to see how he looks physically and when I see his picture, i am very surprised
Today I see his fitness, his body language and I feel very sad that this player has been given the tag of Next Sachin. As a coach, I’m disappointed that he’s not at the level he deserved. Something must have gone wrong and I still hope he works hard and gets back on his game in the future. I think he can still come back, but for that he needs discipline, focus and recovery.
