Yashasvi Jaiswal Biography: Early Life, Cricketing Career, and Records.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal is an international cricketer who represents India in all three formats (T20I, Test, and ODI). In domestic tournaments, he has represented Mumbai and Goa in first-class cricket. He also plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Jaiswal is known for his aggressive batting style as an opener. His journey from a street vendor to an international cricketer is truly inspiring. Jaiswal’s consistent performances in domestic and franchise cricket have laid the foundation for his career and earned recognition for his selection to the Indian national team.
| Full name | Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal |
| Born | 28 December 2001 |
| Place | Suriyawan, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Jersey No | 64 |
| Batting Style | Left-handed |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm leg break |
| Playing Role | Opening batter |
| Mother’s Name | Kanchan Jaiswal |
| Father’s Name | Bhupendra Jaiswal |
| National side | India (2023–present) |
| IPL | Rajasthan Royals |
| ODI debut | 6 February 2025 vs England |
| T20I debut | 8 August 2023 vs West Indies |
| Test Debut | 12 July 2023 vs West Indies |
Early Life
Yashasvi Jaiswal was born on 28 December 2001 in Suriyawan, Bhadohi district, Uttar Pradesh. He was the youngest of four siblings in a modest middle-class family. His father, Bhupendra Jaiswal, owns a small hardware store, and his mother, Kanchan Jaiswal, is a homemaker.
At the age of 10, Jaiswal moved to Mumbai to receive better cricket coaching.
He stayed in a tent at Azad Maidan for nearly three years while undergoing training.
To manage his expenses, he sold panipuri to earn money.
However, he also faced extreme poverty, hunger, and unstable living conditions while balancing his practice.
In 2013, Jaiswal joined Jwala Singh’s cricket academy in Santacruz. Jwala Singh provided him with shelter, coaching, and mentorship, and later became his legal guardian.
Thereafter, Yashasvi Jaiswal excelled in various domestic matches and franchise cricket and was later selected for the national team.
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Domestic Carrer
Yashasvi Jaiswal made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy on 7 January 2019. He then made his List A debut in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on 28 September 2019.
In his debut season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored a remarkable 203 runs off 154 balls against Jharkhand, becoming the youngest cricketer to score a double century in List A cricket history at just 17 years and 292 days.
Following his performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he was selected for India B in the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.
In first-class cricket, Jaiswal has scored over 3,700 runs in 36 matches, including 13 centuries and 12 fifties.
He represented the Mumbai team in domestic cricket from 2018 to 2024 and later moved to the Goa team in 2025. His consistent performances in domestic cricket were a major factor in his selection to the Indian Test team in 2023.
International Cricket
Yashasvi Jaiswal made his Test debut for India on 12 July 2023 against the West Indies. In his very first match, he scored a century (171 runs) in the first innings.
He then made his T20I debut on 8 August 2023, also against the West Indies, and scored an impressive 84 off 51 balls in the debut series.
In January 2024, he scored his first double century (209 runs) in a Test match against England, becoming the third-youngest Indian to achieve this milestone. Remarkably, he scored another double century in the following Test match, becoming only the third Indian cricketer to hit double centuries in consecutive Test matches.
Jaiswal was the highest run-scorer for India in that Test series, amassing over 700 runs.
He was also part of the Indian squad for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup but did not play in any matches.
Later, he participated in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024–25 and finished as India’s highest run-scorer, with 391 runs at an average of 43.44.
Then, he made his ODI debut on 6 February 2025 against England, scoring 15 runs off 22 balls in his first match.
IPL Carrer
In 2020, Rajasthan Royals (RR) bought Yashasvi Jaiswal in the IPL auction, but he did not get a chance to play during that season.
IPL 2021 season, he scored his maiden IPL fifty against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In the 2022 season, he had a poor start in the first three matches and was subsequently dropped for the next six games.
The 2023 season marked Jaiswal’s breakthrough, as he scored his first IPL century — 124 off 62 balls — against the Mumbai Indians. He also recorded the fastest fifty in IPL history, reaching the milestone in just 13 balls against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
In the 2024 season, he continued to impress with consistent performances, including a brilliant unbeaten 104 against the Mumbai Indians.
As a result, in the ongoing IPL 2025 season, he was retained by RR for ₹18 crore. He is performing well and is currently one of the top run-scorers of the season.
Batting Career Summary
| Format | M | Inn | Runs | BF | HS | Avg | SR | NO | 4s | 6s | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Test | 19 | 36 | 1798 | 2738 | 214 | 52.88 | 65.67 | 2 | 207 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| ODI | 1 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 68.19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 | 23 | 22 | 723 | 440 | 100 | 36.15 | 164.32 | 2 | 82 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| IPL | 62 | 62 | 2033 | 1346 | 124 | 34.46 | 151.05 | 3 | 239 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
