India batter opens up on the heartwarming reason behind his rutheless sledge that made Mitchell Starc chuckle

Yashasvi Jaiswal enjoyed a weekend to remember as he proved a pivotal component in India's mammoth 295-run victory against Australia on Monday.

Despite being dismissed for no runs in India's first innings, Jaiswal proved a force to be reckoned with, as the 22-year-old opener slogged Australia's bowlers to rack up a landmark score of 161 runs.

The left-hander, who had caused chaos against England earlier this year in Visakhapatnam and Rajkot, with back-to-back double centuries came 39 runs shy of making his third double century after just 15 Test appearances.

Alongside ex-captain Virat Kohli, who also ended his long wait for a century, Jaiswal helped power India to a huge 534-run lead at the end of their innings, which Australia could not return from.

His rise to the top of Test cricket is an inspiring one, with Jaiswal having grown up in the slums of Mumbai as a child and had often gone to bed without dinner.

He had also lived in a tent for three years and grew up dreaming of facing cricketing greats like Mitchell Starc.

Yashasvi Jaiswal enjoyed a weekend to remember as he proved a pivotal component in India's mammoth 295-run victory against Australia on Monday

There was a humerous moment during India's second innings where the 22-year-old appeared to sledge his hero Mitchell Starc, telling him to 'bowl faster'

Starc appeared to grin and let out a little giggle to himself following the India opener's comment

But this weekend he came face-to-face with one of his heroes and didn't think twice about wanting to make his presence known on the wicket.

With India 72-0 up in the second innings, Jaiswal had shouted to Starc: 'It's coming too slow,' after he had fended away one of the Aussie bowler's pacey deliveries.

Starc, who took three wickets during the match, couldn't help but return a chuckle and a smile to the India opener.

But when asked to lift the lid on why he chose that sledge in particular, Jaiswal said: 'I felt at that moment (that was the case), that’s all.'

While he was eventually caught out by Steve Smith, off a delivery from Starc's namesake Mitchell Marsh, Jaiswal opened up on how it had been his dream to face Starc.

'When I was a small kid, I was seeing Starc bowling, so I wanted to go and face it and enjoy his bowling,' he added.

'He bowled really well, and he was bowling really quick.'

Speaking on his sensational ton, Jaiswal said that this one was particularly special.

Jaiswal proved a force to be reckoned with, as the 22-year-old opener slogged Australia's bowlers to rack up a landmark score of 161 runs

'I think for me, all the centuries are amazing,' he said. 'But yeah, this will be special, because I really wanted to do it.

'I worked so hard for it in every practice session. I wanted to score runs here in Australia, so I really enjoyed it.'

Australia will now go back to the drawing board with 11 days coming until both sides square off again in Adelaide.

Questions have mounted over the performances of Australia's batters but the Baggy Greens captain claimed that changes to the XI would be 'unlikely'.

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