U19 World Cup 2020: Virender Sehwag praises Yashasvi Jaiswal's journey to the top

Yashasvi Jaiswal is having a fantastic Under-19 World Cup so far and his best knock came in the semi-final against Pakistan where he scored an unbeaten 105* and helped India beat Pakistan by 10 wickets to enter their third straight Under-19 World Cup final.

Jaiswal has had a very inspiring journey to becoming a cricketer. Born in a very humble family in Uttar Pradesh, Jaiswal has sold Pani Puri, worked in a dairy and did several part-time jobs in the past to bear his expenses and moved to Mumbai with a dream of playing for India.

Getting moved by such an inspiring story, former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag tweeted a photo of Yashasvi Jaiswal with his father at a Pani Puri stall and captioned it with 'mehnat.com'.

Sehwag praised Jaiswal's efforts and was deeply touched by the hard work that he has done to reach this point.

https://t.co/dgOoCQcoNI pic.twitter.com/mFAasXd2Bx

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 5, 2020

Jaiswal accepted the Player of the Match award with grace and the way in which he spoke in the post-match presentation showed how much focused he was. To him the team's win came first and that is exactly what one expects from a disciple of the great Rahul Dravid.

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Jaiswal said,

“It is a dream come true for me. Really happy with what I did for my country, I can’t express it in words. I’ll never forget that I scored a hundred in the World Cup against Pakistan.

“It is just the start though, I have to work really hard in the future as well.”