Yashasvi Jaiswal’s childhood coach Jwala Singh was a central figure in the player’s development long before he achieved international fame as a capable batter. Singh was instrumental to Jaiswal’s development from Mumbai’s maidans to become one of India’s hottest batting prodigies in recent years.
Jaiswal is now a reliable top-order batter for India in Test cricket and other formats, and a set of interviews featured his childhood coach to describe how he rose to fame.
Conversations over a series of interviews and exclusive media chats gave Singh enough opportunities to describe how Jaiswal’s early development shaped his career.
Jaiswal’s Early Years, Accommodation, and Social Media Ban Imposed by Singh
Coach Jwala Singh told interviewers during a recent chat that a young Yashasvi spent 9 years under his wing. The coach reveals that Jaiswal stayed at his residence throughout this period until he was ready to enter into cricket stardom:
“Yashasvi met me in December 2013 and he stayed with me till January 2022. During that time, I always advised him to not use any social media. I told him that, ‘you have to perform in that way where mainstream media will come and show you rather you show yourself. If you do something extraordinary, they will talk about you,’” coach Singh said during an interview.
“I always used to tell him that a lot of unnecessary people would come into your life and that would distract you. Now he uses social media on some occasions, but when I used to look after him, I built his attitude like that,” he added.
I advised him to not rush things as they come – Jaiswal’s childhood coach reveals
Coach Singh believes Jaiswal’s development into a reliable player has more to do with the time he spent training the youngster:
“I always tell him that staying in present is very important. If you do well today, there is tomorrow. I feel the habit which came early of age, is what Yashasvi has kept and that has helped him. I always told him to take one tournament, one game and one ball at a time, breaking it into three parts. One thing at a time makes more sense and that was my mantra to him. He has developed some good habits and that is helping him to make runs. I hope he stays in present and be consistent in what he is doing,” the coach said.
I always encouraged Jaiswal to score big hits as a player – coach Singh claims
“When he (Jaiswal) was a kid, I always told him to score big to represent Mumbai. To play for Mumbai, a fifty or a century won’t work, only a double hundred or a big century will catch the eye. That is my formula as a coach and I am happy that Yashasvi is thinking in that way. That is what I taught him, to think long rather than short.”
Singh Claims “Nothing Called Poverty” Affected Jaiswal as He Rubbishes Panipuri Story
Some gossip blogs claimed Yashasvi and his father were Panipuri sellers before the cricketer became famous. However, the youngster’s coach faulted these stories with facts regarding Jaiswal’s upbringing under his watch:
“Sometimes I feel disappointed because people say he and his father was a Panipuri seller. From December 17, 2013 to January 12, 2022 he stayed at my house with my family. There was nothing called poverty in his life at that time. Before that when he used to stay at a tent in Azad Maidan, he did some things back then. But his father was never a Panipuri seller,” the coach revealed during the interview session.
“I am his guardian” – coach Singh spills facts during latest interview
False reports that Jaiswal was a petty trader prompted Singh to make the cricketer’s early life clear during a series of interviews:
“I am his legal guardian and have the Power of Attorney through his parents. He stayed with me as my son. So I get hurt when people say he used to sell Panipuri. This is absolutely false. He stayed at a good place in Santa Cruz. He got facilities and we invested a lot of time, money and energy on him.”
Coach Singh added that it would have been impossible for Jaiswal to develop into a world-class player if he had no access to standard training facilities:
“You need advanced facilities to be an Indian player, and he got that. So many people think they will sell panipuri and play for India, which is completely misguiding. So this sensationalism needs to be stopped,” he said.
“He is playing because of his hard work, talent, destiny and god’s grace. But when he stayed with me, there was no poverty in his life,” the coach concluded.
