The left-handed opening batter of the Indian side, Yashasvi Jaiswal, has looked back at the verbal exchange with Australia’s opener, Sam Konstas, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 down under. The 23-year-old recalled that Konstas was consistently giving a barrage of words at him and looked to take on Nathan Lyon in the middle to release his anger.

Jaiswal also called Konstas weird, besides reckoning that he was scared while fielding at the silly point region in the ground. During a recent interaction on Mashable India’s ‘On The Bombay Journey’ show, Jaiswal revealed that Rohit Sharma, then Test captain, scolded him during that period.

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“When I was batting, he was giving it to me. He’s a bit weird. When I was batting, he was forcefully saying things to me. I got a bit angry and said, “Okay.” Nathan Lyon bowled a ball, and I gave it a whack. Actually, I hit him on purpose that day. Later, I was fielding at silly point and Steve Smith was lifting his bat, and I said, “Baap re.” It was a really flat wicket. That time, Rohit Sharma gave me some bamboo.” Jaiswal expressed during the fifth and final Test at Sydney.

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The 23-year-old, Yashasvi Jaiswal, has overall smashed 2209 runs in 46 innings of the red-ball format at an average of 50.20 and a strike rate of 66.21 with the help of six centuries and 12 half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 214 runs. In 82 FC innings, he has accumulated 4301 runs at an average of 55.85 with 15 centuries and 16 fifties at the best score of 265.

Yashasvi Jaiswal on his viral video with Rohit Sharma - "Me and Sam Konstans had a verbal fight after which Rohit bhaiya scolded me but it was just to teach me. His words inspire me and I really enjoy playing with him." pic.twitter.com/FHsgVqAoQH

— 𝐉𝐨𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 (@jod_insane) September 19, 2025

“Rohit bhai is at a different level. It is great fun being around him. With him, even when he says something, we learn a lot from his words, but we know he’s saying things for our own good. His words inspire me a lot.” Jaiswal addressed during the interaction.

“But for a few things, it feels really funny. Rishabh (Pant) was also laughing. It was a great incident. Whenever we sit together and that video gets played, everyone starts to smile.” The southpaw concluded.