Rajasthan Royals squared off against five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians in the 42nd match of the ongoing edition of IPL 2023 yesterday. It was a high-scoring encounter that took place at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. While a couple of players from both teams played some crucial Knocks , Yashasvi Jaiswal was undoubtedly the standout performer of the match. The young southpaw opener smashed 124 runs off 62 balls and also became the 4th youngest IPL centurion in the process. Though this knock Couldn’t turn the match result in RR’s favor, Jaiswal received massive praise from the cricket fraternity and critics.
Rajasthan royals, While batting first managed to amass 212 runs on the board, which seemed to be a decent total at that point. As said before, Jaiswal was the lone warrior for RR, as no other batter managed to score more than 20 runs individually. Jaiswal, who is the current Orange Cap holder in this IPL, scored 58.49 % of the team’s total. In reply, Mumbai Indians didn’t start well as the birthday boy, Rohit Sharma, failed to impress with the bat. But Ishan Kishan and other middle-order batsmen continued to build partnerships and snatched the victory from RR with 3 balls to spare. Vice Captain Suryakumar Yadav (55) was the highest scorer For Mi in this successful runchase.
Post Match, After receiving the Man of the Match Award for his exemplary knock, Jaiswal revealed that he wants to work on his fitness and diet and become mentally strong. At the same time, he is not too worried about the results. This is exactly the same kind of mindset that former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had. Dhoni didn’t bother much about the outcome and worked hard to improve his fitness standards. He also achieved enormous success in every format of the game, both as a batsman and captain. Dhoni also recently lauded Jaiswal for his match-winning performance against CSK.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is the 4th youngest IPL centurion after Pandey, Pant and Padikkal. pic.twitter.com/Mugam9OVuN
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 30, 2023
Twitter users noticed this similarity of mindset between two cricketers. Here are a couple of reactions below :
Ye dhoni vala dialogue lgta h…thala influence on all youngsters ✨
— Rishabh (@goelrishabh53) April 30, 2023
MS Dhoni instantly came in my mind when i read this tweet ðŸ˜
— NotZEKROM (@RTC_ZeKrom) April 30, 2023
Very original words. Never heard this thought before 😀
— Jayesh Nair (@JayeshNair) May 1, 2023
If you admire someone with the same mentality you will surely get the prize.
— B U N N Y ! (@CRICEX19) April 30, 2023
Dhoni's thought process he is having
— Vibinraj (@vibin1021) May 1, 2023
