Tejasvi Jaiswal, elder brother of star India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, was inside the data currently, having scored his maiden First-Class half-century inside the 4th spherical of the persevering with Ranji Trophy season. A southpaw, equivalent to his brother, Tejasvi scored 82 runs with the bat in his solely innings and picked a wicket inside the Ranji recreation for Tripura in direction of Baroda at Agartala. While Yashasvi is having enjoyable with life as an all-format India cricketer, having launched into his first Test tour of Australia, Tejasvi as quickly as wanted to cease cricket so that his brother would possibly receive his targets.
In a present interview, Tejasvi revealed that every him and Yashasvi had moved to Mumbai to pursue their targets, nonetheless only one would possibly afford to pursue the sport.
“I also wanted to play cricket, but the financial situation of our family was not good. Yashasvi was doing well… So by the end of 2013, I quit Mumbai and cricket and moved to Delhi, where a relative runs a shop,” Tejasvi suggested The Indian Express.
Tejasvi moreover recalled being accused of age fraud, and the accusations made his option to cease cricket in the meanwhile loads less complicated as he didn’t have to jeopardise Yashasvi’s possibilities.
“I played one game in the Harris Shield and picked up seven wickets. Then people started saying that I had an age-verification issue. I was benched for a year and a half. Yashasvi was doing extremely well and I didn’t want his prospects to be affected because of me. Anyway, Mumbai was too expensive for both of us. It was getting difficult for both of us to have two meals a day. At that point Jwala sir, Yashasvi’s coach, wasn’t in the picture yet,” he added.
Tejasvi, now 27, had left Mumbai on the age of 17 to work as a salesman. With the help of his earnings, Tejasvi moreover acquired his two sisters married, and would moreover ship pocket money to Jaiswal in Mumbai.
“By 2021, my sisters got married and Yashasvi got the IPL contract. Life eased for us after that,” Tejasvi insisted.
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