Brian Lara believes Yashasvi Jaiswal will ‘do well’ in Australia’s Test tour

“Obviously, the pitches in Australia are a bit different. But if you take your mind, and if you take this strength that you have, you will play good cricket in any conditions,” Lara said on the sidelines of the match. event in Mumbai on Tuesday. “I expect to see him do well.”

Jaiswal has had a sensational start as India’s opener in the longest format, having amassed 1217 runs in 11 Tests at an average of 64.05 since making his West Indies debut in July 2023. However, the challenge of the first tour of going to Australia has been shown. too strong for many in the past, but Lara believes that Jaiswal can overcome it as long as he keeps a strong mind.

“With the IPL, you have international players coming – and you feed your players a different level of competition, which is great. So I don’t think he (Jaiswal) has much to do technically. I just think mentally [he has to adjust]: going home, [and] playing against Australia; Australia, on its coast, is a different animal.”

“First of all, they are on the left,” said Lara. “They are very young, and they play the game with style [that is] very attacking, very stylish. It’s great to see them grow stronger.”

Abhishek, 24, played 11 matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2023, with Lara as head coach, before having a big 2024 campaign that saw him in the Indian T20I program after winning the T20 World Cup. He is part of India’s squad against Bangladesh in the current T20I series, where Jaiswal has been rested, as the Test team prepares for the three-match series against New Zealand starting on October 16.

India then play the longest format on the tour of Australia, starting with the first Test in Perth from 22 November.