Delhi: Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has given a big statement about Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is struggling with the form. He warned the left -handed Indian opener to focus on cricket again and love this game, otherwise his condition may be like Prithvi Shaw, who was considered the next superstar of Indian cricket at one time, but is now running out of the team.
This young batsmen, who came into the discussion with tremendous performance in 2023, are now facing criticism due to the flop show in IPL 2025. Leaving an innings of 67 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), his bat has been calm in the remaining matches. Jaiswal, who was once a troubleshooter for Rajasthan Royals (RR), is now struggling to perform in accordance with his reputation. In such a situation, Basit has described the reason for this poor form of Jaiswal, his ‘lack of focus’.
Basit said on his YouTube channel, “His stomach is full. Yashaswi is no longer paying attention to cricket. This is my open message: Cricket can make a lot of cry. Look at Prithvi Shaw. Love cricket and bring back the passion.”
Given the glut of emerging young talents in India, Basit Ali believes that after winning the T20 World Cup in 2024, it was a perfect decision of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to retire from this format.
Basit said, “Rohit and Virat took the right decision. I first felt that Virat should not have retired, but now it seems that he did it right. India has many players.”
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