Talented India youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal, who notched up a hundred on his Test debut, has opened up on how captain Rohit Sharma encouraged him before and during the Dominica Test. He also opined on the role of seniors like Rohit and Virat Kohli in his development as a batter and said that he would keep learning from them.

However, on Thursday, Jaiswal became the 17th Indian batter to smash a century on Test debut (143* off 350 balls). Jaiswal and captain Rohit added 229 for the first wicket as the visitors went to stumps at 312/2, replying to West Indies’ first-innings total of 150.  At a press conference following Day 2, he revealed how Rohit guided him.

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“I spoke a lot to Rohit while batting. He kept explaining to me how to bat on this wicket and where the runs would come. We had very good communication between us. Before the game also, he was talking to me, telling me ‘you have to do it’. So I kept thinking about that and how I should prepare mentally and score runs. So I think I’ve learnt a lot from this game and I’ll try to keep doing that going forward too,” Yashasvi Jaiswal said.

The youngster added that getting feedback from senior players makes a lot of difference as well. He has struck 14 fours so far during his stay out in the middle and stitched an unbroken 72 for the third wicket with Kohli (36* off 96) as well.

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“It makes a lot of difference when experienced players and legends of our team [like Rohit, Virat, Rahane] sit with you, talk to you… It makes a big difference because I keep learning from them,” Yashasvi Jaiswal concluded. “It feels really good. It was an emotional moment [getting 100]. My batting is still going on so the effort will be to play as long as possible for the team. This is the start of my career so I’ll strive to take that as long as possible too and see how focused and disciplined I can be going ahead.”