India's batting display came at its full and best on Day 2 of the first Test at Perth's Optus Stadium against Australian bowlers, and young Yashasvi Jaiswal indeed proved to be one of India's emerging talents. The left-handed opener's unbeaten 90 simply silenced critics and was given huge praise by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar. After an abject duck in the first innings, Jaiswal's association with KL Rahul has placed the visitors in a comfortable position. With an unbroken opening stand of 172 runs- India's highest in Australia since 2004-their merger has been heavily talked about in different quarters. Here is what Gavaskar said exclusively on Star Sports "This boy's is special, He really is special. Looking at where he's come from and the way he's been batting, the way he's been handling fame, it's not easy sometimes to handle fame. Against England, he scored more than 700 runs in five Test matches, two double-hundreds earlier in the year. And he looks so hungry for runs, which is what you want as a batter," Also Read | Watch: Travis Head Showers Praise on Jasprit Bumrah The brilliant left-handed top-order batsman was something India was desperately in need of, and Jaiswal has actually brought that into play. Gavaskar says that he is hungry to make runs and wants to perform for the country at the highest level. "A lot of us were told, get a hundred. I think he says, I want to get a 150 or 200. He's hungry for runs, and that's exactly what Indian cricket needs. A left-hander who at the top of the order can create problems for the bowlers, whether they're Australian, English, whatever, because he brings a completely different perspective. He likes to play his shots. He's not one of those really ultra-watchful batters. He'll play his shots. Some of the shots that he played off Mitchell Starc tell you the confidence that he has. So clearly, I think, Yashasvi Jaiswal, he has the cricketing world at his feet," he added.