Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brother in IPL 2025 Auction: 5 interesting facts about Tripura batter Tejasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal is one of the top cricketing talents in the world right now. The youngster has made a name for himself with his magnificent performances for Team India and Rajasthan Royals.

Thanks to his fantastic batting skills, Yashasvi recently received a mega ₹18 crore deal from the Royals ahead of the IPL 2025 Auction. He will continue donning the RR jersey this season, and there is a chance that the Rajasthan team may feature two Jaiswals in the upcoming IPL tournament.

Yashasvi's elder brother Tejasvi Jaiswal has registered for the IPL 2025 Auction. It will be interesting to see if RR or any other franchise shows interest in Tejasvi's services.

As not many fans have heard about Tejasvi before, we present five things you should know about Yashasvi Jaiswal's brother.

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#1 Tejasvi Jaiswal initially sacrificed his cricketing dream for Yashasvi

Many fans would know that Yashasvi Jaiswal comes from a poor family and struggled to make ends meet before he became a popular cricketer.

His elder brother Tejasvi also had a lot of interest in cricket but gave up on his dreams initially because he knew because of the family's financial background, only one of the two brothers could take the risk of giving it all to cricket.

Tejasvi would work as a salesman, selling lights in Delhi's south extension. He would send a part of his earnings to Yashasvi.

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#2 Tejasvi Jaiswal decided to prioritize family responsibilities over cricket in 2014

Tejasvi decided to pause his journey as a cricketer in 2014 because he felt he could earn better from another job and make more money for his family. Thus, he stopped playing cricket in 2014, shifting his focus to another profession.

During his break from cricket, Tejasvi was also involved in an age-fraud controversy. However, all things related to that controversy have been sorted out now.

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#3 Age difference between Yashasvi Jaiswal and his brother

Tejasvi was born on March 2, 1997, in Bhadohi. Yashasvi, meanwhile, was born on December 28, 2001, in the same city of Uttar Pradesh.

The age gap between Tejasvi and Yashavi is almost five years. Although Yashasvi is almost five years younger than Tejasvi, he made his Ranji Trophy debut five years before his elder brother.

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#4 Tejasvi Jaiswal made his Ranji Trophy debut last month

Tejasvi Jaiswal received his maiden Ranji Trophy cap on October 18, 2024. Although Tejasvi is from Uttar Pradesh and his brother Yashasvi plays for Mumbai, Tejasvi has decided to play domestic cricket for Tripura.

He got a place in Tripura's playing XI for their match against Meghalaya at Shillong. Yashasvi posted a clip of Tejasvi receiving his first Ranji cap on his Instagram profile.

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#5 Tejasvi Jaiswal is a pace-bowling all-rounder

Pace-bowling all-rounders have always been in demand in IPL, and Yashasvi Jaiswal's brother Tejasvi belongs to the same category. He bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace.

In the four first-class matches he has played so far, Tejasvi has scored 136 runs and picked up one wicket. He scored a brilliant 82 while playing against Krunal Pandya's Baroda in Agartala. In the same match, Tejasvi took his maiden first-class wicket by dismissing Jyotsnil Singh caught behind.