Jwala Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s childhood coach, provided clarification on rumors that the Indian and Rajasthan Royals player sold panipuri in his formative years. Jaiswal has recently generated a lot of buzz due to his outstanding bat performances and enormous attention.
While the flamboyant southpaw has worked extremely hard and made significant progress to win a call-up from the national team, his humble beginnings as a panipuri vendor on the streets of Mumbai have gone viral online.
The batsman’s childhood coach Jwala Singh, however, expressed his dismay over the widely circulated report of the cricketer selling panipuri on the streets in a recent interview. The coach went on to discuss Jaiswal’s cricket career, the difficulties he encountered as a result of financial obligations, and the reality behind the social media images that went viral.
‘Watching these fake panipuri stories disappoint me’ – Yashasvi Jaiswal’s coach Jwala Singh
“Yashasvi Jaiswal met me in 2013 while staying in Azad Maidan’s tent and didn’t have much financial support. Though his father worked very hard to keep the family running, there were certain limits. So, in the Azad Maidan Ground, there would be Pani-Puri trolleys that would turn up and Jaiswal would go in a friendly manner, speak with them and at times sell a few panipuri’s to earn 20-25 rupees,” Jwala Singh told in an interview with Ishan Sharma on ‘Cric Crak’.
“So as per the visuals, media claims that the man next to him is his father, but Jaiswal’s father has come to Mumbai only for work purpose just a few times from 2013 to 2022. And during this period, Jaiswal has stayed with me and my family. We have never treated him like a student but instead as our own child and given all the facilities. So, watching these fake stories on him selling pani-puri does disappoint me because only a part of it is true. When these types of stories go viral, as a coach and a father-figure, it does hurt,” explained Jwala Singh.
Jwala Singh went on to say that although his family provided for Jaiswal as if he were their “own child,” the false rumors that were being spread had devastated them.
“On social media, a photo and a video went viral which shows Jaiswal standing next to a pani-puri guy claiming that he is his father. In 2018, when he was selected for the U-19’s for the first time, one of the TV channels had approached me, insisting on taking visuals of Jaiswal selling pani-puri. I was disappointed but the channel requested by saying that it is ‘normal’ and took the visuals anyway,” he added.
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