'His sacrifices paid off' - Fans react as Yashasvi Jaiswal reveals his father's emotional reaction upon hearing about Team India selection

Young Indian uncapped player Yashasvi Jaiswal has been picked in the Test squad of Team India for the upcoming West Indies tour. India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, will take on the Caribbean side in the two-match Test series starting from the 12^th of July next month. Jaiswal is considered as the possible number three for India in the future.

Coming back to his selection in the national squad, Jaiswal made a revelation about his father’s first reaction following the news of his son's selection in Team India.

“My father started crying when he got to know I'm selected for India,” said Jaiswal to PTI.

Following this statement from Jaiswal, Indian cricket fans came up with multiple reactions on the social media platform Twitter. Fans also appreciated the youngster for performing up to the expectations in the Indian Premier League 2023.

Here’s how fans reacted:

His sacrifices paid off...
YASHASVI you made your father proud...
Best of luck for future 🤞

— 𝕽𝖎𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗✨💫 (@Risingstar_45) June 23, 2023

Make it count kiddo ✨

— Tamasha (@whysodumbasss) June 23, 2023

Proud moment for his father

— Dhoni Bhakt (@MsDhoni396260) June 23, 2023

True Inspiration. From no where to the top!

— Cricket Enthusiast (@tarunreddyoo7) June 23, 2023

Yashasvi Jaiswal : A real gem to Indian Cricket

— Shiva 🙋 (@_realshivansh) June 23, 2023

💝 You 💪 deserve 👏 it 💝💪👏

— Ritish Gotam (@RitishGotam) June 23, 2023

More way to go.. Hope he will get chance in odi team soon.

— Ravi (@Ravi37503261) June 23, 2023

Happy for this guy 👏

— Vishvajit😼 (@RutuEra7) June 23, 2023

He'll smile after watching his son scoring lots of runs for India

— Dhoni Popa (@DhoniPopa) June 23, 2023

Speaking of the young Southpaw’s performances in the Indian Premier League; he appeared in 14 innings of the 14 matches for Rajasthan Royals in the tournament. In these matches, he scored 625 runs with a commendable average of 48.07 including a century and five half-centuries to his name.

He ended up being the fifth-highest run-scorer in the 16^th edition of the tournament. He was praised for his performance by a lot of former cricketers and experts in the game. Interestingly, Jaiswal got his maiden Test call for India only within a few weeks of the conclusion of the Indian Premier League 2023.

Here’s a look at India’s squad for Tests against West Indies:

Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, and Navdeep Saini.

Here’s a look at India’s squad for ODIs against West Indies:

Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Shardul Thakur, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, and Mukesh Kumar.