# Yashasvi Jaiswal aims to take up wicketkeeping for India 2026-10-08T11:52:32+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Yashasvi Jaiswal is training to become a wicketkeeper for Mumbai and the Indian cricket team. Mumbai captain Siddhesh Lad confirmed the development on Thursday, 8 October, ahead of the Ranji Trophy opener against Chandigarh on 11 October at the Wankhede Stadium. Jaiswal posted a video of himself keeping gloves on Instagram. Lad said the 24-year-old Test opener is serious about adding the role. Jaiswal has not played a T20I since July 2024 and has only six ODI caps. He will play for India-A against New Zealand-A from 24 October before the senior tour of New Zealand later in October. Lad said Jaiswal adds value beyond runs and will play only one Ranji match this season. Former captain Shardul Thakur is unavailable and Ajinkya Rahane has retired from all cricket. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both outlets report the same development from the same press conference, giving uniform coverage of Yashasvi Jaiswal's wicketkeeping ambition. Times Now leads with his bilateral exile as context, naming the 18-month T20I gap and ODI bench role, which frames the move as a career necessity. India Today places Jaiswal's existing leg-spin alongside the keeping work, framing the effort as a skill expansion rather than a response to being dropped. Neither outlet questions whether a full-time frontline batter should take on keeping's workload. The concrete next step is Mumbai's Ranji Trophy opener against Chandigarh on 11 October, which will test how serious the attempt is. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 1 neutral, 1 sensationalist - timesnownews.com (sensationalist) Frames move as reaction to white-ball exile - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Frames move as voluntary skill expansion This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Board of Control for Cricket in India, India national cricket team, Mumbai cricket team, Ranji Trophy, Siddhesh Lad, Yashasvi Jaiswal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/yashasvi-jaiswal-aims-to-take-up-wicketkeeping-for-india/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/yashasvi-jaiswal-aims-to-take-up-wicketkeeping-for-india/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/