India star opener Yashasvi Jaiswal revealed that the way in which veteran gamers Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja performed within the first innings towards England motivated him to do higher. In the third Test between two cricketing giants in Rajkot noticed Jaiswal eliminated for a rating of 10 by Mark Wood. From that time, skipper Rohit and skilled all-rounder Jadeja drove India’s innings to a herculean whole of 445. Rohit struck 131 whereas Jadeja scored his fourth Test ton to propel India to a dominant place. Jaiswal who witnessed the spectacle from the dressing room was motivated to go huge within the second innings.

“The way Rohit bhai and Jaddu bhai played in the first innings, motivated me a lot. Because the passion was there, the talk was there, they were determined to play session by session and when I was inside [the dressing room] I kept thinking that when I go there I have to make it count,” Jaiswal stated as quoted from ICC.

“The way they were talking about the game, the way they motivated us, I think it’s incredible to see them putting a lot of effort,” Jaiswal added.

Jaiswal performed an unbeaten knock of 214* runs which was laced by 14 fours and 12 sixes. He constructed an unbeaten partnership of 172 runs together with Sarfaraz Khan, who performed an unbeaten knock of 68* runs with the assistance of six boundaries and three sixes.

The 22-year-old mirrored on his journey, the significance of working arduous and stated, “In India, when you grow up, you work really hard for each and everything. Even when getting the bus you have to work really hard to get on the bus. You have to work really hard to get to the train and auto and everything and I have done that since my childhood and I know how important every innings is and that’s why I work hard in my [practice] sessions and every innings counts for me and my team.”

“That is my biggest motivation to play for my country and I just make sure that whenever I’m there I need to give my 100 per cent and then enjoy. As a cricketer, I always go with the emotion. Sometimes I do well and sometimes I don’t. The way they come and the way they talk about cricket and all other things, I think it’s been incredible and I’m really enjoying it,” he added.

India have now a 2-1 lead within the five-match sequence following their record-breaking 434-run victory in Rajkot. Both groups will now sq. off within the fourth Test on February 23 on the JSCA International Stadium Complex n Ranchi.

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