Legendary South African batter AB de Villiers heaped praises on younger Indian left-handed batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century on his worldwide debut towards West Indies within the first Test, calling him a “hot prospect for India in future”. Jaiswal on his debut had smashed a marvellous 171 towards the Windies and had a match-winning partnership with senior stars skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli that paved means for an innings win over the Windies in Dominica.

“The player who stood out for me was Yashasvi Jaiswal. Right at the top of the order, in his first Test, it does not happen every day that a youngster plays his first Test and scores a century. The first time I saw him play in the IPL, I knew there was something special about him. You could look at him and feel how much time he has to face the ball. He has a lot of time. He is a nice, tall left-hander, the pace is not going to bother him. He has got time to make decisions and play, both against pace and spin. He is a very talented youngster, a very hot prospect for the future for Team India and I am happy to see him score that century in that match,” mentioned de Villiers on his Youtube channel.

He turned the third participant from India to document a rating of 150 or extra on Test debut.

India batter Shikhar Dhawan holds the primary place within the desk along with his knock of 187 runs which got here towards Australia in Mohali in 2013. India skipper Rohit Sharma has been positioned within the second place along with his knock of 177 runs towards West Indies in Kolkata in 2013.

Jaiswal loved a profitable 12 months of white-ball cricket, hitting 625 runs within the 2023 IPL with a median of 48 and a strike charge of 163.61. He additionally hit one century and 5 fifties within the season. The left-hander has scored 2,016 runs in 16 first-class matches at a median of 84.00. Jaiswal scored 10 centuries and two fifties.

de Villiers additionally lauded Ravichandran Ashwin for his efficiency within the first Test, which noticed him finish with total figures of 12/131, together with 7/71 within the second innings.

“He has been unbelievable, not for one or two seasons. He recorded figures of 12/131. I faced him many times, and he always surprised me, impressed me. He has evolved his game over the years to make both left and right-handed batters really uncomfortable. This makes him the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) to some. Let him get a few more wickets, then we can surely call him the GOAT. What a bowler, what a match-winner for India.

India is leading the two-match Test series by 1-0. India will play the second Test at Port of Spain. .

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