Chopra also called Jaiswal a future Indian team superstar.
Jaiswal couldn’t do much in his T20I debut in Guyana, but in his second outing, he hammered 84* in 51 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes to his name, adding 165 runs for the opening wicket with Shubman Gill (77), as India chased down 179-run target with 9 wickets in hand.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra was all praise for the 21-year-old batter and called him a ‘future superstar’.
“It has to be noted that he has played only 4 games for India but has already won a couple of ‘Player of the Match’ Awards. He bagged the first one after a great Test debut where he scored a hundred. He was out cheaply on his T20I debut but then returned strong, scored his maiden fifty, carried the bat, and won the game for India. Mark my words, ‘We are looking at a future superstar’,” Chopra said in his latest YouTube video.
“‘Star nahi, superstar hai ye (Not just a star but a superstar he is), and you will see him playing for India in all three formats. He has got an array of shots, a great temperament, and most importantly, he is a hard-working guy,” he added.
Furthermore, Chopra spoke of Jaiswal’s hard work and revealed, as told by Robin Uthappa, that the youngster had trained for 7 hours straight in the nets and practiced the switch hit almost 800 times.
“He started training at 1 PM and continued till 8 PM in the night during which he practiced the switch hit nearly 800 times in the nets. The outside world only gets to see the end product but it takes relentless hard work for a cricketer to be at a certain level,” Chopra revealed.
After leveling the series 2-2, India will be back in the decider on Sunday at the same venue.