Rajasthan Royals (RR) played their second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. While they again faced a batting collapse, concerns continued to rise over the form of young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal.
After managing just a single run off five balls in RR's opening game against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Jaiswal showed some improvement against KKR, scoring 29 off 24 balls, including two fours and two sixes. However, his slow start to the season has not gone unnoticed, with fans and critics taking to social media to discuss his performance.
While some expressed genuine concern over his batting form, others were quick to troll the 23-year-old.?Interestingly, Yashasvi Jaiswal reached the milestone of 3,000 T20 runs in this game. He also smashed 200 fours and counting.
Many compared him to the likes of Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, and even his RR captain, Sanju Samson¡ªplayers who are also in contention for a spot in India's squad for the T20 World Cup 2026, especially for the opening position.
Fans took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to share their thoughts.?
One user wrote:?"Yashasvi Jaiswal in IPL 2025¡ª1 off 5 in the first game, 29 off 24 in the second. Imagine the hate if someone like Gill or Ruturaj played like this. But he's a permanent T20I opener because he has one century against Nepal."
Some also questioned his consistency, with one stating: "He has failed in IPL 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, and now in 2025. Unreal consistency!"
As the tournament progresses, Jaiswal will be under pressure to regain his form and silence the critics.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy?
Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma?
Impact Subs: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka.?
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