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Playing an aggressive brand of cricket, Yashasvi Jaiswal<\/a> has already hit two double hundreds in his nascent career and the young India opener says though Test cricket is “tough” he believes in making it big after getting a start. The left-handed attacking opener scored unbeaten 214 off 236 balls to steer India to a commanding 430 for 4 declared in their second innings, setting England a mammoth target of 557 runs. It was his second double hundred in just six matches, having made his debut against the West Indies in July 2023.<\/p>\n Jaiswal also entered the record books by hitting the highest number of sixes (12) by an Indian in a Test innings in the Rajkot Test that India won by a massive 434-run margin.<\/p>\n “Test cricket is hard, but I thought that when I’m in there, I need to give my 100 per cent,” Jaiswal said after India took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.<\/p>\n “I’m just trying. Whenever I’m set, I try to make it big. Because in Test cricket you never know, when you’re playing well you have to make it big.”<\/p>\n Analysing his double century, Jaiswal said he just tried to play session by session and also had to overcome a back problem en route the knock.<\/p>\n “It was pretty difficult for me because initially I wasn’t getting runs. So had to play the session, and get set. That’s when I felt I could score runs.<\/p>\n “After a while my back was not good. I didn’t want to go out (of the field) but since it was too much, I went out. Today when I came, I wanted to make sure that I take the game forward and bat till the end,” he said.<\/p>\n The left-hander said as an opener his job is to give the team a good start.<\/p>\n “I felt there was something in the wicket and the ball was hard. For me, it is important for me to give teams a good start so it was important for me to play long,” Jaiswal said.<\/p>\n “I tell myself whenever I get set, I need to score well because you can get out anytime. My seniors have said to make it count.”<\/p>\n He was also motivated by the knocks of skipper Rohit Sharma<\/a> and Ravindra Jadeja<\/a> in the first innings.<\/p>\n “The way Rohit (Sharma) bhai and (Ravindra Jadeja) Jaddu bhai played, that motivated me a lot. Their passion determined me to play session by session. I thought inside the dugout that when I go out there I should also make it count,” Jaiswal said.<\/p>\n The fourth Test of the series will be played at Ranchi from February 23.<\/p>\n (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n