Exclusive: Stunned By Yashasvi Jaiswal's Champions Trophy Snub, Coach Jwala Singh Recalls Rohit Sharma's Words

Yashasvi Jaiswal was a part of India's preliminary Champions Trophy 2025 squad but was later dropped.

One of the most promising young cricketers in the game, Yashasvi Jaiswal has rapidly grown into an all-format player for the Indian team. The left-handed opening batter made his ODI debut for India in the recently-concluded 3-match series against Englan. Though Jaiswal only played one game in the series, he is widely seen as one of the future cricketing superstars for the nation. Jaiswal was also selected for India's preliminary Champions Trophy squad but was later removed as the selectors wanted to make space for spinner Varun Chakravarthy's inclusion. 

Despite the drama-filled recent weeks, Jaiswal's coach Jwala Singh has high hopes for the exciting batting talent that the southpaw is. In an exclusive chat with NDTV, Yashasvi's coach opened up on his ward's rapid rise on the international stage, his exclusion from the Champions Trophy and also his leadership skills, which have made him a leadership candidate for the future.

It was only in 2023 that Yashasvi Jaiswal made his international debut. In less than 2 years he has become an all-format player. Considering how few all-format batters are there in the Indian team at present, his progress must really make you proud.

Yeah, I think I'm happy to see his progress since 2023 and the way he grew, scoring 100 in his Test debut and then later on with multiple records like two double-hundreds and scoring well in Australia. I think he has been a very good Test player as well as many good performances in T20 cricket and now he just got selected for the one-day team as well. So yes, I think the progress has been very satisfying and I always had trust and belief in his ability and that's why I really put a lot of energy into him and I'm very, very happy and satisfied with what I started many years back with the reason to make him, a world-class player that's on the way. So it makes me very, very proud and very, very happy.

Yashasvi made his ODI debut in the recently-concluded debut for England but the turn of events was such that couldn't get a longer rope. How do you see such an opportunity? Does it leave an unfulfilling feeling?