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From being homeless and selling snacks on the streets to finance his cricketing ambitions, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal<\/strong> has now become the toast of India with a Test double century against England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 22-year-old turned an overnight 179 into his first double ton with 209 on Saturday in the second match of the high-profile series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Jaiswal, an attacking left-hand batsman, burst into the consciousness of his cricket-mad country with a stellar showing in the Indian Premier League.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals in the 2019 IPL auction and last season made one half of a fearsome opening pair with England's white-ball captain Jos Buttler, amassing 625 runs with a strike-rate of more than 163.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

His 171 on his Test debut against the West Indies last year turned heads with a gruelling 387 deliveries in Dominica over more than eight hours at the crease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

His latest knock has left the cricketing world in awe of the youngster.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen called Jaiswal "a superstar" on commentary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"You beauty, your bat has become a magic wand," India opener Shikhar Dhawan wrote on social media platform X.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Rewriting cricket history, one milestone at a time!" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Commentator Aakash Chopra said Friday that Jaiswal's stats on converting fifties into hundreds had for the time being put him "even above Sir Don Bradman".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Jaiswal struck his 11th first-class ton over 21 matches to single-handedly drive the innings for India, where the next best knock was 34.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He had always harboured ambitions to play for India and moved to the financial capital Mumbai to chase his dream at just 11 years old, and without his parents.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I used to sleep in a dairy and then stayed at my uncle's place but it wasn't big enough and he asked me to find a different place," Jaiswal told AFP in an interview in 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I then started to stay in a tent near Azad Maidan" -- a field considered the birthplace of cricket in India -- "and would play cricket there during the day".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In between he sold popular street snacks to make enough money to pay for his own meals, supplementing a side hustle in cricket scoring and ball fetching in club games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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