From his Under-19 days, Yashasvi has come to embody fearlessness and a robust batting approach, to which he has also managed to add consistency, as his record in the IPL and in domestic cricket for Mumbai in the early 2020s shows.

Jaiswal went from rural Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai for cricket when he was twelve years old. To make pocket money, he sold pani puri and slept in tents. Two years later, Jaiswal’s career took off after a local coach named Jwala Singh saw him play at Azad Maidan and took him under his wing.

Jaiswal finished with scores of 113, 22, 122, 203, and 60 not out in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a 50-over domestic competition, held in October 2019. Rain ultimately forced Mumbai to withdraw from the competition. That cleared the path for a substantial payment when he signed a contract with the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 2.4 crore (about US$ 338,000) during the IPL.