Australia November 28, 2024 (Punjab Khabarnama Bureau)– Yashasvi Jaiswal’s dream year continued as he marked his first Test in Australia with an imperious 161 in the second innings and former India head coach Rahul Dravid feels that the youngster can only get better from here. Jaiswal had fallen for a duck in the first innings but he followed up with an innings in which he went through the gears almost effortlessly.
The 22-year-old’s knock played a crucial role in India winning the Test by a whopping 295 runs. They thus became the first team to beat Australia in a Test at the Perth Stadium. “Jaiswal has been going from strength to strength. It’s hard to imagine that a year and a half ago he made his debut in the West Indies. It’s not long ago that he actually started,” said Dravid on Star Sports.
Dravid was India’s head coach when Jaiswal made his international debut in the first Test against the West Indies in Dominica. Jaiswal smashed 171 runs off 387 balls in that match in a 229-run opening partnership with captain Rohit Sharma and a 110-run partnership with Virat Kohli. While Dravid stepped down as India’s head coach after leading the team to the T20 World Cup title this year, he will continue working with Jaiswal in the IPL. Dravid is head coach of the Rajasthan Royals for whom Jaiswal plays.
‘He is only going to keep getting better and better’
Dravid said that the fact that Jaiswal played a match-winning knock in his first-ever Test in Australia is unique. “To go to Australia, to play in Perth, and in your first Test match, get a hundred in Australian soil, I don’t think many people have been able to do that. I’m sure someone like him, with his hunger, his desire, his drive, he is only going to keep getting better and better,” said Dravid.