Impressed by the maturity shown by Yashasvi Jaiswal, West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara said that the youngster’s innings against Mumbai Indians was well played as he did his best in taking his time with the shots while maintaining a high strike-rate. Kind of a balance was struck. Jaiswal ended a barren run with his lofty standards with his maiden century in this IPL to lead Rajasthan Royals to a nine-wicket win over MI.

“Yes, beautiful. But the truth is that he is taking his time, seeing the ball right back, and he is playing cricketing shots. He has all the things, he doesn’t have to worry about it Hai Lara said on Star Sports Cricket Live.

Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 104 off just 60 balls with the help of nine fours and seven sixes, an innings that was full of powerful shots and crisp drives down the leg side.

“And when you get over the bowlers, you get it back, because that’s what I like about Yashasvi. It was well put together, great cricketing shots, he managed that throughout the innings, And anyone knows, if you’re chasing such a good score in Jaipur and you keep the innings going, you’ll get there soon enough,” Lara said.

“So he’s shown a lot of responsibility, a lot of maturity, and I’m very happy to have him back.”

The two had an emotional meeting after the game.

Look who came running to Brian Lara after his match-winning 100. pic.twitter.com/BvuLweLolG

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Medium pacer Sandeep Sharma did wonders for RR. He wreaked havoc in the MI camp by taking 5 wickets for 18 runs in the current IPL season.

“Very, very big impact, and also mentioned the fact that he was unsold a few years ago, and came in as a replacement player, and this guy is missing every moment he has been out in the middle. ” Sharma was not sold in the auction two years ago. RR signed him as a replacement for the legendary Krishna and the 30-year-old is repaying the faith.

“Every cricketer in India wants to play in the IPL, and they want to play consistently, and because of the disappointment of not being picked in the IPL auction, he is now repaying the Rajasthan Royals for their faith in him, he is a true professional.

“I’ve watched him over the years, he’s not expressive, you know, he’s one of those guys that, you know, everybody talks about, but he gets the job done every time he goes out in the middle. Takes it, and he’s exactly the kind of professional every team likes to have,” Lara said.

With the win, RR consolidated their top spot and moved closer to the playoffs and former Australia captain Aaron Finch lauded Sanju Samson’s leadership skills.

“He is leading the team incredibly well, you can see how calm he is when RR are under pressure. And the only game they lost was against GT right at the back of the game “It’s been absolutely perfect throughout this IPL and a lot of credit for that goes to Sanju,” Finch said.