Yashasvi Jaiswal

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Yashasvi Jaiswal is an Indian cricket player from Uttar Pradesh. He came into the spotlight when he became the youngest player in the world to score a List A double century.He belongs to a financially weak family. His father used to run a small hardware store and wasnt able to make ends meet.At the age of 11, Yashasvi decided to move to Mumbai to pursue his dream of playing for the Indian Cricket Team.His father did not stop him for leaving, as he was not able to feed his family of four, and their house did not have any space for another adult.Yashasvi only had an uncle staying in Mumbai, whom he hardly knew. His uncle stayed in Worli, but he wasnt able to accommodate him as his house was too small. Hence, he got him a job at a dairy where he was allowed to work and sleep.Yashasvi used to attend school, and then practice cricket alone. Due to his tight schedule, he did not have any energy left at the end of the day, and he used to sleep when he was supposed to work. As a result, he was thrown out of the dairy as he only used to sleep.Thereafter, his uncle helped him secure a place in the Muslim United Cricket Club in Azad Maidan, Mumbai. Yashasvi Jaiswal at Azad Maidan.It was after his admission to the club that he started to play regular cricket. He used to stay in the gardeners tent in the ground and sell fruits and pani-puri in the evening to make ends meet.He would often go out to lunch with his friends at the cricket club and would ask them to bear the expenses for him.Once, while he was practising in the nets, the local coach, Jwala Singh, spotted him. Jwala Singh stated- I was just standing behind the nets and it was a tricky wicket to bat on as every other player was struggling but when Yashasvi came in, he started hitting the ball cleanly. I was impressed and immediately talked to him..