A sea of change seems to be happening in the Indian sports scene in general. Not only are newer talents emerging with elan, but they are also ready to exhibit their abilities in a stunning way to make everyone believe that ‘India can also do it’ at the highest level of sports. Without a doubt, it was that javelin exponent Neeraj Chopra who set the tone with his imperious show at the international level, his world champion success and the Olympic champion tag being the priceless crowns that don his proud head. That has seemingly inspired Indian sportspersons in general across all sporting disciplines.

As always, it is cricket which brings to the fore this truth in an inspiring way. Cricket may not be an Olympic subject yet, but perhaps the most followed sport in the country, particularly, so now the shorter version of the sport has caught the imagination of people, young and old. The influence of the slam-bang style of play is very much visible now in Test cricket too with the ongoing India-England series reflecting this in the most exciting way. This has also brought to the fore a new set of players who are not only too eager to shed any signs of diffidence that one normally associates with someone new to the scene but also jumping out and daring to take the fight to the rival end! None exemplified this better than this Mumbai young man, the 23-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Indian cricket has been seeing a flood of new talents waiting to get........

© Mathrubhumi English