A month after opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal asked for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to switch from Mumbai to Goa, the Indian opener took a U-turn.
The 23-year-old has now written an email to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to withdraw his NOC and said he is available to represent Mumbai for the next domestic season.
“I the undersigned would request your goodself to consider my request in withdrawing my NOC given to me as I had some family plans in shifting to Goa which for now has been curtailed ! So I sincerely request MCA to allow me to play for Mumbai this season ! I have not submitted the NOC to BCCI nor to Goa Cricket Association,” Jaiswal wrote in email to MCA, assessed by The Indian Express.
The MCA hasn’t taken any decision yet.
In April, Jaiswal had taken MCA officials by surprise when he sought an NOC to move to Goa. Jaiswal had cited personal reasons behind the reason to shift base. Goa had qualified for the knock-out stage of the Ranji Trophy. If Jaiswal had gone ahead with his plan to represent Goa, he would have followed the likes of Arjun Tendulkar and Siddhesh Lad, this generation Mumbai players who have also represented Goa.
The India opener, who has had a splendid start to his Test career and was the best Indian batsman during the last Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia with a hundred and two half-centuries, said getting a leadership role with Goa was the reason for making the switch.
“Goa has thrown me a new opportunity and has offered me a leadership role. My first goal will be to do well for India and whenever I’m not on national duty, I will be playing for Goa and try to make them go deep into the tournament. This was an (important) opportunity which came my way and I just took it,” Jaiswal had told The Indian Express.
Jaiswal had moved from Suriyawan in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi to Mumbai at the age of 11 to pursue cricket. He has represented India since his Under-19 days and burst onto the scene with a double century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy a few seasons ago. It was his exploits for Mumbai that got him on the national selectors’ radar and a contract with the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
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During the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he amassed 391 runs in five Tests at an average of 43.44.