IND vs ENG Test: How a slight change in technique and some 'scolding' from Zubin Bharucha helped Yashasvi Jaiswal bounce back
Mumbai:
Yashasvi started and ended the five-Test series in England with a bang — 101 in the first innings of the first Test at Leeds, and 118 in the second innings of the fifth and final Test at The Oval.
However, India's dashing opener
Yashasvi Jaiswal
endured an ordinary time in the period in between, scoring just two fifties across seven innings. Just as the critics were sharpening their knives, reminding everyone of how the 23-year-old had similarly tapered off after starting the Australia tour with a blazing hundred in the first Test at Perth, Jaiswal bounced back with a potentially match-winning knock.
Apparently, it was a timely conversation with his mentor Zubin Bharucha before he went out to bat in the second innings of the Oval Test that helped the Mumbai youngster rectify a few flaws that had crept into his game and rediscover his mojo.
Being someone whom Jaiswal has approached for all cricketing advice for the last five years, Bharucha knows the young southpaw's game inside out. While asking Jaiswal to slightly alter his trigger movement while facing the ball, the former Mumbai first-class batter didn't hesitate to give a piece of his mind, known as a 'bamboo' in popular Mumbai cricket parlance.
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He was doing a lot of things wrong. He was naturally a bit frustrated that he wasn't getting the runs after starting the series so well. I gave him a little 'bamboo' (scolding). I have that kind of relationship with him," Bharucha told TOI on Sunday. "Of course, you need a lot of luck when the ball is doing that much. A few of his catches were dropped, but it was fitting for all the luck he didn't have earlier (in the series).
And I guess the little bamboo helped," the seasoned coach added with a grin.
And what exactly was the 'bamboo' about? "Basically, I reminded him about how tough the journey was to get to this point and to remember all the things that got him here. I told him to go out and bat like a 'Dada' (dominate the opposition bowlers) and play some 'Khadoos' (gritty) cricket, a la Mumbai maidan style. I also advised him on how to manage all the constant noise that top cricketers have to deal with. Anyone can get carried away with the name and fame they get these days," Bharucha revealed.
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The slight technical advice Bharucha offered to Jaiswal was related to the left-handed opener's LBW dismissal for just two runs off English pacer Gus Atkinson in the first innings of the Oval Test, when Jaiswal played down the wrong line to a fuller, inswinging ball. Bharucha pointed out that Jaiswal was planting his front foot too early and keeping his bat angle too straight while doing so — a flaw that former India batter Ajay Jadeja had also noted while commentating on Sony Sports Network's Hindi broadcast.
"My advice to him was about not planting the front foot too early and ensuring the correct angles were maintained when the bowler went around the wicket," Bharucha shared. "It happens when you get a little anxious to get to the ball, especially when you're not scoring many runs. That's the first thing that happens and it creates the problem. If you notice, (Indian captain)
Shubman Gill
is consistently getting out in the same way," Bharucha pointed out.
"I noticed that he had stopped taking the bat toward the ball, which happens as a result of the front foot coming in the way. That stemmed from how he got out in the previous game — caught at first slip off
Chris Woakes
, turning the face of the bat. As the bat straightens toward the bowler from around the wicket and the ball keeps coming in, it becomes impossible to play the fuller inswinging ball. If you want to play with that bat alignment, then you have to start outside the leg stump — which Yashasvi did in the second innings — so the ball hitting the pads passes the leg stump.
In his first-innings dismissal, his bat was very straight, but there was no way it was going to hit the ball as it kept coming in,' Bharucha explained.
'In the second innings, he was adjusting to the fuller deliveries better and getting into a good position to meet them. Despite all this, you still need some luck, some courage, and some Mumbai-style Khadoos batting, which he displayed in abundance while scoring his sixth Test hundred,' Bharucha praised.
What was noticeable in the second innings of The Oval Test was that Jaiswal altered his stance a little bit, moving more toward the leg stump. That allowed him to play his favourite shot more often, accessing the area behind square on the off side for boundaries. Unleashing some ferocious cuts, a few even over the third man region, Jaiswal punished the English pacers for any width during his 164-ball knock, which was studded with 14 fours and two sixes.
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Outlining things, Bharucha said, 'From where we sit, it's not about the runs, but about how you're approaching it, your preparation, and working things out at that level (whether it's the front foot landing early or something else in the sequence that isn't working). If that's all in place in the preparation, then over time, the runs will come."
After the gruelling England series, Jaiswal is set to earn a well-deserved rest before turning up for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy.
'I think it would be the best preparation for the series (against West Indies) that follows the Duleep Trophy, given that there are no other matches after this Test. I believe he also wants to play. However, in an ideal world, you probably want to play a couple of matches and not more than that. Given how gruelling this series has been, and the fact that they've played some eight games on this tour, Test match cricket is super draining,' Bharucha observed.
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