When everyone’s scoring runs, he doesn’t. And when no one else is scoring, he stays quiet too. Team India fans by now have decoded the pattern. We’re talking about Yashasvi Jaiswal, who seems to live by one mantra: start a series with a bang, spark sky-high hopes, and then personally extinguish them.
The England Test series followed this exact script. He kicked things off with a commanding century in the first Test, then backed it up with a solid 87 in the first innings of the second. At that point, it felt like the summer of Jaiswal had arrived. But what followed was a harsh nosedive: 28, 13, 0, 58, 0, 2. That's not just inconsistency—it’s a full-blown identity crisis with the bat.
When the Lord’s Test handed him a golden chance to be the match-winner, he threw it away with a rash shot and got out for a duck. In Manchester, where almost every other batter contributed in the second innings, Jaiswal failed again. And at The Oval, he looked completely at sea, managing just 2 before walking back.
The alarming part? This isn’t new. We saw the same trend in the Australia series. He lit up the first Test with a brilliant 161, only to disappear for the remaining eight innings without another century.
The numbers confirm what the eyes are seeing: Jaiswal has now registered 8 single-digit scores in his last 20 Test innings. In the 19 innings before that? Not even one. That’s a worrying shift from fearless to fragile.
Indian fans are still holding on to the belief that Jaiswal will one day piece it all together—not just cameos of brilliance, but a full-series performance. Until then, we’re trapped in a loop: wild excitement after the opener, followed by heartbreak as the series unfolds.
Let’s just say, we’re all going to be watching the first Test of the next series with bated breath. Fingers crossed.
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