'I am happy to...' - Yashasvi Jaiswal extends his gratitude to skipper Hardik Pandya after impressive performance in 4th T20I against West Indies

Young Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal impressed everyone with his sensational performance in the fourth T20I of the five-match series against West Indies. He smashed 84 runs off just 51 balls with 11 boundaries and three sixes. He guided his team to a mammoth victory by nine wickets by easily chasing down the target of 179 runs in 17 overs.

The left-handed batter stitched a strong partnership of 165 runs for the first wicket with his opening partner Shubman Gill. Later, Jaiswal won the ‘Player of the Match award for his match-defining knock in favour of India.

I try to play how the team needs and how I can express myself - Yashasvi Jaiswal

Furthermore, the 21-year-old batter also extended his gratitude to skipper Hardik Pandya and Indian management for investing trust in his approach.

"It is not easy; I am happy to go out there and express myself. I would like to thank the support staff and Hardik Bhai, they have shown faith. That shows so much impact on my mind. I try to play how the team needs and how I can express myself towards the plan. I try to score quickly, how many shots I can play in the powerplay and put my team in a nice shape. Reading the wicket, reading the situation, how I can take the game deep everything is important. My intent is always to score runs," said Jaiswal during the post-match presentation.

"I have played a lot of balls against them (Jason Holder and Obed McCoy in the IPL), helped me to read them. It (partnership with Shubman Gill) was really amazing the way we were talking and the way we were taking singles and understanding each other. He batted really well. The way he was rotating the strike, it is really important to build the partnership. I want to thank everyone for coming here and supporting us in this heat. Thank you so much," he added.

Now, the men in blue have levelled the five-match T20I series by 2-2 as the series decider is set to be played at the Central Broward Stadium in Florida on the 13^th of August.