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Former England captain Alastair Cook has all appreciation for India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, that racked up a stunning 161 in India’s enormous win versus Australia within the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, calling him a “class player” whereas moreover admired the self-confidence of the kid for sledging pacerMitchell Starc During the 2nd day play of the preliminary Test in Perth, Jaiswal took a dig at Starc, claiming,”You are coming too sluggish at me” The left-arm fast bowler, had a smile on his face whereas strolling again to his mark.
“We’ve seen his celebration enough here, but it’s more enjoyable against Australia than England, certainly. And sledging Mitchell Starc, saying at a certain stage, I think he wasn’t on 100, he wasn’t on anything on a major score, but he’s telling him you’re bowling slow,” Cook said on TNT Sports.
“And I’ve faced Mitchell Starc and he certainly doesn’t bowl slow. And if he was bowling slow, I’d keep my mouth shut and not wind him up, but have the confidence to do that as a 22-year-old.”
Jaiswal at the moment has 1280 runs in 12 Test matches this 12 months. He is the second-highest run-getter in Test this 12 months behind Joe Root, that has 1338 go to his identify in 15 fits.
“I think he scored the most runs as any Indian player up to after 15 Test matches at the top of the order, which I’ll keep saying it, no one else believes me, it’s the hardest place to bat. What a classy player he is,” Cook included.
Jaiswal requires 283 runs previous to completion of 2024 to finish up being India’s best run-getter in a fiscal 12 months. Batting glorious Sachin Tendulkar holds the doc of racking up one of the Test runs in a solitary fiscal 12 months with an total of 1562 runs in 14 Test matches in 2010.
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