Tejasvi Jaiswal, elder brother of star India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, was within the information not too long ago, 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 Check tour of Australia, Tejasvi as soon as needed to give up 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 state of affairs of our household was not good. Yashasvi was doing nicely… So by the top of 2013, I give up Mumbai and cricket and moved to Delhi, the place a relative runs a store,” Tejasvi informed The Indian Express.
Tejasvi additionally recalled being accused of age fraud, and the accusations made his determination to give up cricket at the moment a lot simpler as he did not wish to jeopardise Yashasvi’s possibilities.
“I performed one recreation within the Harris Defend and picked up seven wickets. Then individuals began saying that I had an age-verification subject. I used to be benched for a yr and a half. Yashasvi was doing extraordinarily nicely 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 tough 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 received his two sisters married, and would additionally ship pocket cash to Jaiswal in Mumbai.
“By 2021, my sisters received married and Yashasvi received the IPL contract. Life eased for us after that,” Tejasvi insisted.
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