‘I won't be too surprised if he scores 200 as well’ - Aakash Chopra lauds Yashasvi Jaiswal after latter’s maiden Test ton

Yashasvi Jaiswal has been the talk of the town after the youngster managed to smash a century against West Indies on Test debut. The cricketer was batting on 40* at Stumps on Day 1, and on the following day, he played some brilliant cricket to join an elite list of cricketers who have managed to hit the three-figure mark on their Test debut.

Speaking about his incredible knock, former cricketer Aakash Chopra lauded the 21-year-old and stated that he can very well aim for his 200 as Jaiswal knows how to convert a century into a double century. Analysing his game, Chopra added that the UP-born cricketer was not shy to take risks but also knows the method to play retro Test cricket.

“Let's talk about Yashasvi Jaiswal first and the way he played. He is already playing on 143, and I won't be too surprised if he scores 200 as well because this player knows how to convert hundreds into double hundreds. He showed both aspects of his game. He can take risks - use his feet, play the reverse sweep, he has the might to do that - but he can give himself time as well and stay at the wicket for a long time. So this player also knows the method to play retro Test cricket,” Chopra said in a video shared on his YouTube channel.

Jaiswal can be a long-term prospect: Chopra

The 45-year-old mentioned that taking risks is now in the DNA of young cricketers, and thus, he wasn’t much surprised to see Jaiswal playing reverse sweep in Test cricket. He added that even though the opener has a modern-day mindset but his conservative approach too was on display on Day 2.

“What tells us more about Yashasvi Jaiswal? Does that reverse sweep define him or the time he was giving himself, where he was defending and was standing in the middle when runs were not getting scored for a long time? I personally feel that the modern-day cricketer has it in his DNA to play big shots, to take risks, they easily play unconventional shots. So that reverse sweep shows his mentality for sure but the second day's play showed me that he can be a long-term prospect,” Chopra said.