Yashasvi Jaiswal Gifts Bat To Fan Ravi, Gets 'Future Of Indian Cricket' Compliment
Star India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal met his visually impaired fan Ravi at Edgbaston, fulfilling Ravi's dream.
Star India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on Saturday, July 5, met his big fan, Ravi, a visually impaired child, who has been travelling to India's games and urged to meet his favourite Yashasvi during the Headingley Test. Although he couldn't meet him then, his dream came true on Saturday at Edgbaston.
India Test skipper Shubman Gill 's insatiable appetite for runs resulted in a second hundred of the match as India set an impossible 608-run target, throwing down the gauntlet to England's Bazballers, who were staring down the barrel going into day five of the second Test in Edgbaston.
Gill (161 off 162 balls) turned himself into a virtual 'Run Machine', smashing his third century in four innings after his epic 269 in the first essay.
'Hello Ravi, how are you?" Jaiswal asked in a video posted by BCCI. 'I am great, thanks," Ravi replied. 'I am Yashasvi, nice to meet you," Jaiswal said.
Meet 12-year old Ravi – He is blind but an avid cricket follower 🫡He had one wish – to meet Yashasvi Jaiswal and his wish came true this morning at Edgbaston 🫶🏼🥹 #TeamIndia | #ENGvIND | @ybj_19 pic.twitter.com/ykvZU5aQ0m
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 5, 2025
'Lovely to meet you too. Well done on your 87 in the first year, and I thought you played nicely for that 28 in the second," Ravi added.
'Thank you very much, that's very kind, thank you so much a and I don't know why I'm nervous to meet you," Jaiswal said.
'I think we need a lot of runs, of course. We will try our best, I feel, and I have a gift for you, my bat. I would like you to keep it and just have it as my memory. It's amazing to see you and meet you, it's very lovely to be here with you," Jaiswal said.
'Thanks so much, I can't wait to have your bat because you're a brilliant cricketer," Ravi gushed.
The other contributions in the second innings came from Ravindra Jadeja (69 not out), Rishabh Pant (65) and KL Rahul (55) as India declared their second innings at 427 for six.
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