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The day promising batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a ton on his Test debut against the West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica on Thursday, his family, 13,700 kilometres away in Thane, was busy shifting to their new five-bedroom flat, settling the movers and packers, setting up the house and buying household stuff.
It was certainly a new beginning for the 21-year-old soutpaw, who slept in tents, sold panipuris, climbed trees to watch IPL games. He was once even refused entry into Azad Maidan nets.
Yashasvi scored a marathon 171 to help India win the first Test match against West Indies by an innings and 141 run. However, his mind was in Mumbai. Yashasvi didn’t want to return to the rented two-bedroom in Santa Cruz, where the family has been staying for the last two years.
“Yashasvi kept telling us, ‘please shift soon, I don’t want to stay in this house’. Even during the Test match, he would ask about our shifting plans. All his life, he had just one wish, to have his own house. You know how he has come up, he understands the importance of a roof over his head, especially in Mumbai,” said his brother Yashasvi during an interview.
