Overview

• TIME published its 2025 TIME100 Next list on October 1, and Jaiswal acknowledged the honor with a post saying it reminded him how far he has come and how far he wants to go.
• Jaiswal is the only cricketer selected for this year’s list, which highlights emerging figures shaping fields from culture to sport.
• His rise features a well-known backstory of leaving Uttar Pradesh for Mumbai at 11, selling street snacks, sleeping in a tent at Azad Maidan, and finding a mentor who became his legal guardian.
• He became the first Indian to surpass 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year before turning 23, debuting in 2023 with 171 against the West Indies and later earning a spot in the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2024 after 1,478 runs, including two double centuries versus England.
• The recognition arrives as he readies for India’s upcoming Test series against the West Indies.