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Jaiswal Revives Rohit’s Viral Fielding Advice Ahead of Sri Lanka Tests
Yashasvi Jaiswal has recalled a viral Rohit Sharma dressing-room moment in an Instagram post as India train for their two-Test series against Sri Lanka. Sharing pictures from a close-in fielding session, Jaiswal…
The Story in Brief
Yashasvi Jaiswal has recalled a viral Rohit Sharma dressing-room moment in an Instagram post as India train for their two-Test series against Sri Lanka. Sharing pictures from a close-in fielding session, Jaiswal wrote, “Because once a legend said, ‘jab tak khelega nahi, tab tak uthneka nahi’.”
The post referred to the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, when Jaiswal briefly stood up at forward silly point before Steve Smith completed a shot. Rohit, then India’s captain, was heard on the stump microphone telling him to stay down until the ball was played. The Times of India reports that India’s Shubman Gill-led team has begun training in Colombo. Jaiswal is expected to open with KL Rahul in the first Test at Galle on August 15.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy reading is that this was either a manufactured social-media stunt or proof of a perfect mentor relationship. It was neither. Jaiswal simply reused a funny, well-documented stump-mic exchange while India prepared for a real series. Rohit’s influence on a younger batter may be genuine, but Instagram captions do not measure form. The useful test is Jaiswal’s first-innings score and his fielding discipline in Galle.
Sources (2): freepressjournal.in, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
