Jaiswal nominated for ICC Emerging Player of the Year

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New Delhi. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rachin Ravindra, Phoebe Lichfield and Lauren Bell have earned ICC Emerging Player of the Year nominations for 2023 while, in the men’s category, Ravindra and Jaiswal are joined by Gerald Coetzee and Dilshan Madushanka. At the same time, in the Phoebe and women’s category, along with Lauren, the names of Marufa actor and Darcy Carter are in the list.

Jaiswal made his Test debut against the West Indies in July and the left-handed opening batsman made the most of the opportunity, scoring 171 with 16 fours and a six in Dominica and earning player of the match accolades.

Jaiswal became the 17th Indian player to score a century on Test debut and the seventh Indian player to achieve this feat away from home.

His opening partnership of 229 runs with captain Rohit Sharma is also the second highest partnership for India in Test matches in the West Indies. He added 57 and 38 runs in the second Test of the Trinidad tour, the half-century of which was a 139-run opening partnership with Rohit. Was made in.

Jaiswal made his T20 debut in the West Indies and despite a poor performance in his first match, he scored an unbeaten 84 off just 51 balls in the fourth T20 at Lauderhill, Miami, USA.

He scored 100 (49) against Nepal in India’s gold medal-winning campaign at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, before scoring half-centuries against Australia (53 off 25 balls) and 60 (41) against South Africa.

Although he is yet to get his ODI debut, he may get his chance in 2024 after entering the international scene in 2023.

–IANS

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