Yashasvi Jaiswal has been in the news for various reasons in the recent few days and all he and RR needed from him was for his bat to do the talking. He had 34 runs in 3 innings before this game against PBKS and it was about time he flicked the switch. Read Also | Yashasvi Jaiswal Leaves Mumbai, Set to Captain Goa in Domestic Cricket He has indeed done so with a calm and composed half-century, off 40 balls, it is his slowest fifty in his IPL career 9 balls slower than his next-slowest which came in 31 balls against MI in 2024 but this will do his confidence a world of good as the left-handed opener got to his 10th half-century in IPL with a boundary down the ground off Chahal, his ex-teammate. First fifty of the season! 💗 pic.twitter.com/3HZy7S74Sw — Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 5, 2025 Jaiswal stitched an 89-run opening stand with his skipper Sanju Samson before the latter was dismissed by Lockie Ferguson on 38 but Jaiswal has been able to kick on and get to his fifty and will now be hoping to make it big as RR look to post a big total at a venue which has not seen any matches played in this year's IPL yet. Also Read | Who is Yudhvir Singh Charak? The J&K pacer who makes his debut for RR today Jaiswal has looked more and more like his old self as his innings has gone on. He started off slowly and was 4* off 8 at one stage and was looking scratchy before he finally connected a swipe over mid-on off Arshdeep in the third over. In the very next over, Jaiswal cut loose as he dispatched Jansen for back-to-back sixes and that really got him going. Ferguson was the next man into the attack and by now Jaiswal had found his touch as he cleared his front leg and thumped him for his third maximum in no time.