WI vs INDYashasvi Jaiswal wasn't panicking at any stage, says Rohit Sharma after 1st Test win

By India Today Sports DeskIndia captain Rohit Sharma heaped praise on Yashasvi Jaiswal and said that the Indian debutant didn’t show any worry during his match-winning knock of 171 against the West Indies in the first Test.

Jaiswal starred with the bat for India as he became the first Indian batter to score 150 on his debut match in an overseas Test. The 21-year-old also stitched together a 229-run partnership with Rohit as the visitors scored 421/5 in their first innings before declaring in response to West Indies’ first innings score of 150.

R Ashwin would then run through the hosts in the second innings as India won the match by an innings and 141 runs to go 1-0 up in the series. Speaking at the post-match presentation, as quoted by Cricbuzz, Rohit said that getting the West Indies out cheaply in the first innings set the game up.

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“Every run you score for the country is important. I would like to start by saying it was a great effort with the ball. Getting them out for 150 set the game for us. We knew batting would get tough, it wasn’t easy to score runs. We knew we wanted to bat only once and bat long. Get over 400 runs and then came out and bowled really well,” said Rohit.

The Indian captain then praised Jaiswal and said the debutant batted sensibly and didn’t panic when his temperament was tested. Rohit said that he kept reminding Jaiswal that he belonged in international cricket and told him to enjoy the time in the middle.

“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. The chats were to remind him that ‘you belong here. You have done the hard yards, enjoy your time here’,” said Rohit.