IPL 2025: Is move to Goa Ranji team affecting performance of Yashasvi Jaiswal?

Explosive opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has left the Mumbai team and joined Goa for the 2025-26 session. As per reports in some sections of media, a tiff with captain Rahane and the team management was the reason behind Jaiswal's move to Goa.

Former India Star's Response

In response, former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer reckoned that Jaiswal shouldn’t be eyeing to play Ranji Trophy and he should instead focus on playing all three formats of the game for India.

Jaffer also feels that Jaiswal shouldn’t have left Mumbai no matter what Goa was offering. According to the former India opener, the southpaw was too young to move from one team to another.

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Jaffer is also of the view that Jaiswal's move from Mumbai to Goa could be playing on his head and that is indirectly affecting his form in the IPL.

"I’m sure  that the move is playing on his mind. Because that has been happening in this week or two. But yes, runs from him is very, very vital for Rajasthan Royals. He’s looking a little bit off-colour by trying too hard, trying too hard, too early," said Jaiswal.

Jaiswal in IPL 2025

Notably, Jaiswal managed to finally rediscover his form in Rajasthan Royals' game against PBKS on Saturday. Prior to his 67-run knock, which also happened to be his slowest half century in IPL, he had registered scores of 1, 29 and 4.