WTC Final: Yashasvi Jaiswal to join India squad as stand-by

Promising batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has been added to the Indian squad for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final against formidable Australia to be played at Oval in England starting from June 7.

As per reports, Jaiswal has been added as a stand-by in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad who would be getting married on June 3. Jaiswal has been rewarded for his impressive show in IPL 2023. Playing for Rajasthan Royals (RR), the prolific southpaw has scored a total of 625 runs in 14 innings including one century and five fifties.

The 21-year-old emerging batter is yet to make his debut for India. However, he has brilliant first-class cricket records. He has amassed 1845 runs in 15 matches with an average of 80.21 in domestic cricket. He has also hit nine hundreds, and two fifties.

Jaiswal has impressed fans and experts with his brilliant batting in IPL 2023. Several experts including Sunil Gavaskar and Harbhajan Sigh had batted for Jaiswal’s immediate inclusion in the Indian team.

Notably, the India team has left for England to play in the WTC Final in batches.  Team India was a WTC finalist in 2021, but they lost to New Zealand.