Dear Yashasvi Jaiswal,
It’s a big day for you tomorrow, in fact the biggest. There will be bigger challenges for you, for sure but making your Test debut, as a cricketer, nothing, I repeat, nothing gets bigger than that. Obviously people would be expecting you to do everything that even Houdini failed. That is the craze of Indian cricket and to be honest, that is pretty unrealistic.
Irrespective of the opposition, things can get very tricky out in the middle. The first and foremost thing that you should do is to shut out the white noise. It is your special moment and ensure that you are living the most of it. Yashasvi Jaiswal, it is your call to glory and no one else should be telling you that what must be done.
It has been a long journey Yashasvi Jasiwal and it will continue to be even longer. From the very depths of despair to donning the Indian jersey, it has been a crazy ride. This moment that you are about to live tomorrow, it is a dream for many.
Just ensure that irrespective of how many runs you get, you do what you do the best. You go out in the center, fearlessly, you take your bat up and you battle. You battle with all your might. That is what sets apart. Even if the world comes to a standstill, your will to survive shouldn’t stop.
Remember that it is not going to be easy. Nothing in Indian cricket is easy. It is all a challenge that would give you nightmares and yet you should not simply let go. Every moment would feel like that you should have let the voices in your head win. But then there is a voice in your heart too and you should listen to it more than anyone else.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, have the blessing of a gazillion cricket fans and the Gods will be with you only if you believe. From the very dirt, you have arrived all shiny and glistening and this war that you have already half won is a blazing testimony to your never giving up attitude. Don’t let that go.
Believe in yourself like we believe in you. This world is going to be yours and its time that you own it. Wishing you all the best, Yashasvi Jaiswal. Bat as if your entire existence depended on it.
Yours sincerely,
An admirer of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s talent
