Overview
- Jaiswal says Rohit Sharma told him roughly 15 days before the West Indies Test that he would play and that they would prepare together.
- In practice, after Jaiswal hit Ravindra Jadeja for a towering six, Sharma urged him to keep his shots along the ground and play with ease.
- Sharma repeatedly encouraged him to bat freely and, once set, to convert the start into a substantial score.
- Jaiswal scored 171 on debut in Dominica, a performance he links to that early communication and simple, steadying advice.
- He called Sharma an elder-brother figure and said time with seniors like Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya deepened his sense of responsibility to Indian cricket.