Playing solely his sixth Test, the 22-year-old’s sensational knock of 209 off 290 balls single-handedly powered India to 396 all out in 112 overs on the second day of the match.

Jaiswal’s accomplishment marked him as the primary Indian left-hander since Gambhir to attain a double hundred within the conventional format. Gambhir achieved the feat in 2008 towards Australia.

“I want to congratulate the youngster for his achievement but, more importantly, I want to tell everyone that let the young man play. We have seen in the past that in India we have a habit, especially the media, to overhype their achievements and give them tags and make them look like heroes,” Gambhir advised PTI throughout an interplay.

“The pressure of expectation gets the better of them and the players are not able to play their natural game. Let him grow and enjoy his cricket,” added Gambhir.

While Jaiswal has excelled with the bat up to now within the Test sequence, Shubman Gill and middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer have struggled for runs, and the 42-year-old cricketer-turned-politician backed the under-performing gamers, saying they need to be given extra time.

Both Gill and Iyer made promising begins within the second Test however didn’t convert them into substantial totals. Gill, who scored 34 within the first innings in Visakhapatnam, has not scored a of half-century in his final 9 Test innings, whereas Iyer too has been off-colour.

“We should give them time as they are quality players, and they have shown it in the past with their performance. That is why they are playing for India,” Gambhir mentioned.

It should be talked about that Iyer is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, a franchise the place the previous India opener has comeback because the Mentor for the subsequent version of Indian Premier League