Yashasvi Jaiswal expresses his admiration for Word’s Best T20 batter

Yashasvi Jaiswal is one of the upcoming stars of Indian cricket. Jaiswal came into the limelight after becoming the youngest player to score a double hundred in List A cricket in 2019. He was one of the highest run-getters in the U19 World Cup 2020 in South Africa. Thereafter, he was picked by the Rajasthan franchise for the Indian T20 League the same year and has been part of the team, since.

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Meanwhile, in an interview, the left-hander spoke about England wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler. Buttler, who had a tremendous season with the bat in the Indian T20 League 2022. The right-hander scored 863 runs in 17 games including four hundreds, equaling Virat Kohli's record of four hundreds in 2016. The former India U19 player stated that Buttler is a legend and an amazing person.

The Uttar Pradesh-born player revealed that he played chess with the 2019 World Cup winner and won on all occasions. The former added that the Englishman is a star player in the team and it is fun to bat with him. The opening batter further said that Buttler makes batting look easy and knows how to handle pressure.

"Jos Buttler is a legend. He is an amazing person. He is a very good human being. I have played a number of games of chess against him and won on all occasions. He is our star batsman. It is fun to bat with him, share the dressing room with him and talk to him. He knows how to handle pressure. He makes batting look so easy," Jaiswal said in an interview with The Times Of India.

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The 2008 winners had a great campaign in the 15th season of the cash-rich league. They went on to play the final but couldn't win the trophy. This was the first time since 2008 when the Pink Brigade played the final. At that time, they beat Chennai under the leadership of Late Shane Warne, who died early this year.