In a shocking development, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has opted to change from Mumbai to Goa in domestic cricket. The 23-year-old, regarded as the country's best young batter, has received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) already. The move was very sudden, catching most people in Mumbai and IPL circles by surprise. Jaiswal obtained his NOC within approximately an hour. Sources indicate that the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has approached him with an offer of captaincy, a position he could not secure in Mumbai because of the availability of senior players such as Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer, who captain the team in red-ball and white-ball formats, respectively. Jaiswal was in Guwahati when he sent his request to MCA, getting ready to travel by flight to Chandigarh to play the Rajasthan Royals' upcoming IPL match against Punjab Kings on April 5. He apparently received his NOC even before he boarded the flight. According to ESPNcricinfo, Shambu Desai, the secretary of Goa Cricket Association (GCA) revealed that it was GCA who approached the southpaw as the young batter has quickly reached heights, not just in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals but also from India in all formats. Desai said: "We are developing a good squad for Goa and want to get the best talent available and hence we approached him (Jaiswal) recently." Also Read | IPL 2025 Pitch Controversies: Are Curators Ruining Home Advantage? Possible Reasons for Jaiswal's Exit Jaiswal told some officials of the MCA that the captaincy offer of Goa was one of the major factors behind his decision. But others feel he was also discontented with the team management of Mumbai. Jaiswal was once asked to leave the ground by skipper Ajinkya Rahane in a Ranji Trophy game, and this may have contributed to his frustration. There have been whispers about other unpublicized incidents that made him make this switch. Jaiswal is not the first Mumbai player to join Goa. A couple of seasons ago, Arjun Tendulkar also made a similar switch. Though Goa is a western state, it plays in the South Zone in BCCI’s zonal system. Jaiswal indebted to Mumbai cricket After the signing, Jaiswal recently had a conversation with The Indian Express, and expressed his gratitude to the Mumbai team for giving him his first chance to play cricket in a bigger stage. He also thanked the city, and said, “It was a very tough decision for me. Whatever I am today is because of Mumbai. The city has made me who I am, and all my life, I will be indebted to the MCA. Goa has thrown me a new opportunity and it has offered me a leadership role. My first goal will be to do well for India and whenever I’m not on national duty, I will be playing for Goa and try to make them go deep into the tournament. This was an (important) opportunity which came my way and I just took it." Since his Mumbai debut in 2019, Jaiswal has played 63 domestic games across all formats. In the Ranji Trophy, he has scored 863 runs at a strike rate of 53.93 with four centuries. In domestic one-day cricket, he has scored 1,296 runs at an average of 58.9 with five centuries, including a double hundred. In T20s, he has scored 648 runs at a strike rate of 136.42. He has also played for India in 19 Tests, a single ODI, and 23 T20Is. With this new switch to Goa now, he will be hoping to start afresh and play a greater leadership role in domestic cricket, which will further help him to put himself as a leadership contender for Rajasthan Royals as well.