Tejasvi Jaiswal, elder brother of star India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, was within the information just lately, having scored his maiden First-Class half-century within the 4th spherical of the continuing Ranji Trophy season. A southpaw, similar to his brother, Tejasvi scored 82 runs with the bat in his solely innings and picked a wicket within the Ranji recreation for Tripura in opposition to Baroda at Agartala. Whereas Yashasvi is having fun with life as an all-format India cricketer, having launched into his first Take a look at tour of Australia, Tejasvi as soon as needed to stop cricket in order that his brother might obtain his goals.
In a latest interview, Tejasvi revealed that each him and Yashasvi had moved to Mumbai to pursue their goals, however just one might afford to pursue the game.
“I additionally needed to play cricket, however the monetary scenario of our household was not good. Yashasvi was doing properly… So by the top of 2013, I stop Mumbai and cricket and moved to Delhi, the place a relative runs a store,” Tejasvi advised The Indian Categorical.
Tejasvi additionally recalled being accused of age fraud, and the accusations made his determination to stop cricket at the moment a lot simpler as he did not wish to jeopardise Yashasvi’s probabilities.
“I performed one recreation within the Harris Defend and picked up seven wickets. Then individuals began saying that I had an age-verification concern. I used to be benched for a yr and a half. Yashasvi was doing extraordinarily properly and I did not need his prospects to be affected due to me. Anyway, Mumbai was too costly for each of us. It was getting troublesome for each of us to have two meals a day. At that time Jwala sir, Yashasvi’s coach, wasn’t within the image but,” he added.
Tejasvi, now 27, had left Mumbai on the age of 17 to work as a salesman. With the assistance of his earnings, Tejasvi additionally obtained his two sisters married, and would additionally ship pocket cash to Jaiswal in Mumbai.
“By 2021, my sisters obtained married and Yashasvi obtained the IPL contract. Life eased for us after that,” Tejasvi insisted.
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