Yashasvi Jaiswal's career challenges predicted by Allan Border: 'Will take a while for...'

Australia legend Allan Border, who lends his name to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being contested in the ongoing five-Test series, praised Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal as a "tough kid" with an inspiring life story. Border acknowledged that Jaiswal will face challenges, but highlighted the importance of how he responds to setbacks. "I like the backstory," Border remarked, emphasizing Jaiswal's resilience in overcoming adversity to earn a spot in the Test team of a nation with a population of 1.2 billion. The former Australia captain, known for his tough mentality, commended Jaiswal's remarkable talent and determination.

Border further said that Jaiswal has the advantage of still being a largely unknown quantity. The upcoming Boxing Day Test will just be the 18th of his career. "He'll have his moments because he's new. People haven't seen much of him. It'll take a while for bowlers to start working him out. He's going to be the sort of player who might go through a little (bad) patch, then work himself out and come back a better player. I think he's very good," Border said.

Jaiswal has scored a whopping 1600 runs in just 32 Test innings at an average of 53.33 with four centuries and eight half-centuries. Three of those centuries have come this year alone and the 161 in Perth was the lowest score of them all, with the other two being double hundreds. Jaiswal is also a dangerous T20 batter, having scored 2978 runs in 104 T20s at a strike rate of 150.25 with three centuries and 17 half-centuries. In T20 internationals, Jaiswal has scored 723 runs in 23 matches at a strike rate of 164.31 with one century and five half-centuries. The opener is yet to make his ODI debut but has an impressive record in List A cricket, having scored 1511 runs in 32 matches at an average of 53.96 with five centuries and seven half-centuries.