Ranji Trophy: I trust myself to do well whenever I go out there: Yashasvi Jaiswal

Having
scored
a
hundred
in
the
quarterfinals
and
two
tons
in
semifinals,
Jaiswal
was
looking
set
for
his
fourth
century
before
Madhya
Pradesh
seamer
Anubhav
Agarwal
snapped
him
for
78
in
the
opening
day
of
the
Rani
Trophy
final
here
on
Wednesday.

“Yes,
I’m
a
bit
sad
about
it,
but
this
is
cricket.
You
have
to
experience
both
the
good
and
the
bad
(part),
and
that’s
something
I’ve
learnt
by
now,”
Jaiswal
said
after
the
day’s
play.
“Because
in
cricket,
things
won’t
go
how
you
want
(things
to
go),
but
I’m
trying
my
best
to
improve
myself
as
a
cricketer
and
as
a
human
being,”
he
said.

Jaiswal,
during
the
IPL,
was
dropped
after
the
first
few
games
but
made
a
comeback
in
the
Royals’ playing
XI
in
the
second
half,
scoring
couple
of
impressive
half-tons.
Ditto
in
Ranji
Trophy,
where
he
was
dropped
at
the
group
league
stage
and
then
came
back
with
a
bang
from
the
quarterfinals,
scoring
nearly
500
runs.

“The
same
thing
happened
there
in
IPL.
I
got
three
games,
was
out,
and
came
back
(into
the
side)
after
seven
games.
But
through
all
these
gaps,
I
had
it
in
my
mind
that
I
need
to
work
hard
and
be
disciplined
all
the
time,” Jaiswal
said.

He
said
during
a
lean
phase,
it
is
only
hard
work
that
pays
off.
“Working
(hard)
every
day
is
important,
because
then
I’ll
become
consistent.
When
I
was
dropped
from
playing
XI
in
IPL,
every
day
I
was
working
with
Zubin
sir
(Zubin
Bharucha,
director
of
cricket
at
RR)
and
training
really
well
with
support
staffs
like
Raj
Muni
and
Yogesh.
Zubin
sir
was
keeping
me
motivated
all
the
time,”
he
spoke
with
loads
of
gratitude.

While
a
Ranji
Trophy
final
is
a
very
different
game
from
other
matches,
the
stylish
left-hander
said
he
has
strong
belief
of
doing
well
in
pressure
situations.
“A
final
is
different
because
you’ve
a
very
different
mindset.
People
who
are
close
to
me
say
so
much
stuff,
because
they
want
me
to
do
well.
They
put
pressure,
of
course.
To
be
honest,
I’m
happy
to
take
that
pressure,
I
enjoy
it,”
the
affable
youngster
said.

“I
go
out
with
that
mindset
that
I
will
do
it.
I
trust
and
believe
myself,
that
whenever
I
go
out
there,
I’ll
do
well,”
he
said
in
a
confident
tone.

That
he
is
a
good
student
of
the
game
was
evident
when
he
spoke
about
how
he
and
his
skipper
Prithvi
Shaw
understood
the
trick
by
MP
team,
which
showed
that
they
would
start
with
a
pacer
and
then
brought
in
left-arm
spinner
Kumar
Kartikeya.

“Of
course,
we
knew
that
he
(Kartikeya)
would
bowl
the
first
over.
They
were
playing
some
trick,
like
trying
some
stuff
to
mentally
disintegrate
us,
which
I’ve
seen
them
doing
earlier,”
he
said.

“For
example,
the
keeper
goes
far
back
and
the
fast
bowler
walks
up
to
the
run-up
but
all
along
we
knew
that
Kartikeya
is
going
to
bowl
because
Shaw
bhai
told
me
about
it.
We
were
literally
ready.

“We
didn’t
want
them
to
think
that
we
were
not
prepared.
We
had
prepared
enough.
Whoever
was
going
to
bowl,
I
didn’t
care.
I
just
needed
to
watch
the
ball,”
Jaiswal
said.