'The way Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja played..’: Yashasvi Jaiswal on what motivated him to score double century

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Yashasvi Jaiswal has revealed the reason for his brilliant second double century in the ongoing India vs England test match series. After India defeated England by 434 runs, Yashavi Jaiswal in a post-match conversation with the official broadcasters said ,"The way Rohit Sharma bhai and Ravindra Jadeja bhai played in first innings, it’s motivates me to do well. The way they played and scored runs in difficult situations is incredible to see".

"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. "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." 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. "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. "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. Earlier, India secured a 556-run second innings lead, declaring their second innings at 430/4. Following skipper Rohit's early fall for just 19 runs, young batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill steadied the ship for India with a 155-run partnership for the second wicket, which ended after Jaiswal retired hurt for 104.