FROM BEING HOMELESS, SELLING PAANI PURI TO BREAKING CRICKET RECORDS - U19 INDIAN CRICKETER YASHASVI JAISWAL'S INSPIRING STORY!

Indian List A cricketer Yashasvi Jaiswal broke a 44-year-old record and became the youngest player to score a double ton in List A cricket. He played for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

He scored 203 off of 154 balls and drove his team to win the match by 38 runs. He is from Uttar PRadesh and he moved to Mumbai when he was 11 years after decided to join cricket.

“Finding a place to stay was the hard part. I used to sleep in a dairy in Kalbadevi but they asked me to move out as I couldn’t help them much with the daily work. My parents requested my uncle to help me. I stayed at his place for a few days but it wasn’t big enough so he too had to ask me to find a different place,” Hindustan Times quoted him recalling his past days.

“I was staying in a tent alright but I had no money to buy food. So I started selling paani puri during Ram Leela. I also did scoring, became a ball boy even when I was not asked to. Basically, I did everything through which I could earn money.” He stayed in a tent of The Muslim United Club for 3 years where his uncle found him a place.

A local coach named Jwala Singh decided to train him and let him stay at his house. “You are talking about mental pressure in cricket? I have faced it daily in my life for years. Those have made me strong. Scoring runs is not important. I know I will score and take wickets. For me, whether I get the next meal or not, that’s important.” He says that if he keeps the present good, his future will be good.