In this exclusive interview, Arif Hussain, Yashasvi Jaiswal's childhood coach, shares unforgettable memories and insights about nurturing the young cricket star. In conversation with Avinash Sharma, Arif reveals the challenges they faced in Bhadohi while building a cricket academy and fostering Yashasvi's talent. Discover the determination and dedication that shaped Yashasvi's journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of India's brightest young cricketers. Don’t miss this inspiring story of mentorship and perseverance!
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00:00In 2007, a guy from KSSB comes to us.
00:06He has made a lot of runs.
00:08I think he had made 50 runs before playing in the U-16s.
00:16So we started working for him day and night.
00:22The biggest thing is that he is fearless.
00:24Okay?
00:24He is fearless.
00:25Yes.
00:26He is so young.
00:27He can hit the ball beautifully.
00:29It's not just his hard work.
00:30His roots are very different.
00:32Namaskar! You are watching One India.
00:34I am Abhinav Sharma.
00:35A few days ago, when the Indian cricket team won the T20 World Cup,
00:42there was an interesting incident.
00:44When Shivam Dubey went to meet PM Modi,
00:48he asked him to come to Bhaduriwala.
00:50The people of Bhaduriwala were shocked to hear this.
00:55How does the PM know that I am from Bhaduriwala?
00:57Even you may not know where Bhaduriwala is.
01:02Let me tell you that Bhaduriwala is a small district of Purvanchal.
01:07Earlier, it used to be a part of Mirzapur.
01:09Later, it was cut and divided into Mirzapur and Bhaduriwala.
01:13Even if people want to go to Bhaduriwala,
01:15Bhaduriwala is known for its carpet industry.
01:19But Bhaduriwala is known for two more reasons.
01:22One is Shivam Dubey and the other is his teammate, Yashaswi Jaiswal.
01:28He has become the opener of the test team of the Indian cricket team.
01:32We can see that he is playing for the Indian team in the Kanpur test.
01:36And here in Kanpur, we have his childhood coach, Arif Hussain.
01:41And everyone knows the story of how he trained with Jawahar Singh.
01:48Everyone knows the story of Azad Maidan.
01:50But let's go back in time and ask what Yashaswi Jaiswal was before Azad Maidan.
01:57Where did Arif and his academy get the idea to carve this diamond?
02:04Because when you find a diamond, it is not a diamond.
02:07You have to carve it.
02:08And to carve it, you need a pair of eyes, which Arif Hussain had.
02:13And Yashaswi Jaiswal comes from such an area where cricket is not so popular.
02:19People have to believe that if Yashaswi Jaiswal was not playing from Mumbai,
02:26no one would have recognized him.
02:28Because there is no lack of talent in this country.
02:30But getting opportunities is a big thing.
02:34And he got those opportunities after going to Mumbai.
02:37But before that, Arif and his team had a solid foundation.
02:43So, Arif, first of all, thank you for joining us.
02:48You are welcome.
02:49The first question is, when did you spot Yashaswi Jaiswal?
02:57And from that small area where cricket is not so popular.
03:03It is a crazy thing.
03:04But if we talk about infrastructure,
03:06because I myself come from Mirzapur.
03:08And I also know what the state is like in Purvanchal.
03:10What are the conditions like for cricket and sports infrastructure.
03:14When Yashaswi Jaiswal was spreading his wings.
03:18Cricket was played in Bhadoi.
03:21But there was no academy.
03:24So, I came to cricket in 1904.
03:28I got involved.
03:30I started playing cricket in 2001.
03:35In 2001, I asked myself a question.
03:39Arif, there are many kids who are more talented than me.
03:43But they can't play cricket.
03:45So, what should be the way for them to play cricket?
03:50So, I heard about an academy.
03:52Cricket Academy.
03:55So, I started a small cricket academy.
04:00It is in Sevasarai Mitra College.
04:02It was in 2001.
04:03So, I selected a place for net practice.
04:07And I brought the net.
04:09The story behind it is that
04:11I sold some Liptus trees from my house.
04:16After that, I arranged the nets.
04:19And then I came to Junod.
04:20So, after going for 2-3 days,
04:23I realized that the ball was not working properly.
04:26I needed a new ball.
04:28I didn't have a budget.
04:30So, I brought a ball from the ASG club for the first time.
04:33So, the academy kept on running.
04:38I started meeting people.
04:42I used to tell them about my dream.
04:45I wanted an academy in Bhadoi.
04:46And I wanted to play cricket in India.
04:48I used to tell people about it.
04:49There are many witnesses.
04:50I met a lot of people.
04:53They all are taking names.
04:56It was not hard for me.
04:58I had to work hard.
05:00So, I asked myself
05:02how else can talented kids play cricket.
05:05So, I started the academy.
05:07I couldn't find time to practice.
05:11I had a dream.
05:13I wanted to learn how to play cricket.
05:15So, we worked day and night for it.
05:19In 2004, we started in a good way. We got a big ground.
05:29There was an academy going on in 2007.
05:33Around that time, a boy comes to the academy.
05:37He is an SSV.
05:39He got admission and started practicing.
05:43Before going for years, when I looked at him,
05:49I saw a different shine.
05:51The biggest thing is that he was fearless.
05:55At such a young age, he was able to hit the ball very well.
06:00He was able to face all the bowlers of my academy at a very young age.
06:06Looking at all these things, I felt that he is a different talent.
06:11Something can be done on him.
06:13There are trials in the U.P.
06:16Under-14 trials.
06:18I went to Green Park, Kanpur.
06:20I tried till the final round.
06:22If I didn't get selected, I think for the first time in the final,
06:26some kid went to my academy till the final round.
06:29I remember that.
06:31We were happy that someone would play.
06:35Someone from the U.P. is going to play.
06:37What year was this?
06:39It was after 2010.
06:41So, what happens is that he gets eliminated in the final round.
06:46We got disappointed when we got to know about it.
06:51We talked to the management.
06:53We decided to take him to Mumbai.
06:55We had heard about Mumbai.
06:57Cricket is played there.
06:59Kids get a chance.
07:01Talent gets a chance.
07:03We knew about it.
07:05He was sent to Mumbai in 2010.
07:10My academy is in Azad Maidan.
07:12So, your academy is in Azad Maidan.
07:15What was it like there?
07:17How did you travel?
07:20I used to stay there.
07:22There is a place called Madanpura.
07:24I used to stay there and run my academy.
07:26Running an academy in Mumbai is very easy.
07:29You can easily get nets there.
07:32In the beginning, my best friend was Javed.
07:36He runs a club called Muslim United.
07:40He gave me a free offer to practice with my kids.
07:46So, I started practicing from there.
07:50This decision is for any young player.
07:53Especially for parents.
07:55You don't belong to a well-to-do family.
07:59It must not have been easy for you.
08:01Everyone knows about the tents.
08:03You stayed at your relative's house for a while.
08:06But you couldn't stay there for a long time.
08:09When I went there for the first time,
08:11I rented a flat in Nala Sopara.
08:13I stayed there for a few months.
08:16After that, there was a movement in Mumbai.
08:20The academy was closed for a few years.
08:23Everyone came home.
08:25When I went there again,
08:27I went to my relative's house.
08:29I stayed there for a few days.
08:31I usually stay in India.
08:33After that, I went to my friend's house.
08:37After that, I went to Jwala Singh's house.
08:39When we talk about his childhood,
08:45when he was training under you,
08:47what was different about him
08:50that he was able to run a long race?
08:52I had a goal from the beginning.
08:55If you have talent in your childhood,
08:57you should get a chance in the team.
08:59At a very young age,
09:01we started giving him a chance in the senior team.
09:03I have his picture.
09:05He started playing in the senior team.
09:07We used to see his talent.
09:10He used to play in the leg-spin team.
09:12I used to sit in his place in the leg-spin team.
09:14We used to play together.
09:16He didn't come up and play?
09:18At that time, the tournaments in the village
09:21were 12 overs and 8 overs.
09:23He didn't have that much strength.
09:25He used to play in the leg-spin team.
09:29He used to play like that.
09:31He used to play like that?
09:33Yes, but now he doesn't have the power
09:35to play like that.
09:40Let's move forward in time.
09:42When he started playing in Mumbai,
09:46what changes did you see during that time?
09:50Did you prepare the foundation?
09:52A lot of things have changed since Uttar Pradesh.
09:56We used to give him chances in the senior team.
09:58We used to motivate him.
10:01He had become a leader in the game.
10:06When you go to Mumbai,
10:08you see the school cricket in Mumbai.
10:11The cricket that was played here,
10:13the public pressure, big matches.
10:16Those things are very easy in Mumbai.
10:19According to that,
10:22he made a lot of runs there.
10:24I think before playing under-16,
10:27he scored around 50 runs.
10:32But when a young player,
10:34a kid who is staying away from home,
10:37has to prove himself there,
10:40you don't have the resources,
10:43you don't have the money,
10:45how did you motivate him?
10:47We were struggling.
10:49I didn't have the money to give him treatment.
10:54When I closed the academy there,
10:56he had to stay in the tent.
10:58I used to come and go to the tent.
11:00After that, we used to talk.
11:02Once he was very upset.
11:04I told him that there are a lot of players here.
11:09I told him,
11:11this is like a coconut tree,
11:13it will keep growing.
11:15I had an idea,
11:17what is talent and what is a player.
11:19I told him this,
11:21and within 2 years,
11:23he was at the top of his age group.
11:26In 2014, you posted a Facebook post.
11:28Tell us about that.
11:30I had a feeling.
11:32I showed it to other people.
11:34I used to talk to people,
11:36this kid is good,
11:37give him some stuff.
11:39Sponsor him.
11:41Give him a place to stay.
11:43People used to react,
11:45they used to say,
11:47let's go, let's go.
11:49But at the right time,
11:51Jwala Singh supported him.
11:53This is the truth.
11:55When you had a lot of money,
11:59did you have to crowdfund?
12:01Yes, I used to meet people.
12:03I used to tell them,
12:05I want to play in India.
12:07I used to come to Ishmetan.
12:09People supported me a lot.
12:11When I started playing,
12:13I met a lot of people from Mumbai.
12:15They supported me.
12:17This mission continued.
12:19The mission is still going on.
12:21This is for the mission.
12:25What do you think about
12:27the arrival of a player like Yash Shasmi?
12:29This is a place where
12:31the resources are limited.
12:33There are a lot of shortcomings.
12:35There is a lot of work going on in the infrastructure.
12:37Gradually, there will be
12:39more academies and stadiums.
12:41There is an international stadium
12:43being built there.
12:45Maybe with his arrival,
12:47things and facilities can improve.
12:49Overall, if we talk about
12:51a player who will play for India,
12:53Yash Shasmi Jaiswal
12:55will be the most famous.
12:57What will be the difference?
12:59Look, our environment
13:01has become very big.
13:03In 2001-02,
13:05there was one academy.
13:07Today, there are about 10 academies.
13:09No doubt, a lot of good players
13:11are playing.
13:13They are trying.
13:15In the coming time,
13:17it is possible that more kids
13:19will come to India.
13:21If two kids can play from one house,
13:23then four kids can play from one house.
13:25If we talk about two kids from one house,
13:27Yash Shasmi's brother Tejasvi
13:29also plays cricket.
13:31If we talk about him now,
13:33we will see him in the coming season.
13:35Tejasvi is
13:37100%
13:39my product.
13:41He is a performance player.
13:43He also speaks.
13:45He is a 100%
13:47trademark player.
13:49Yash Shasmi has a lot of
13:51fans.
13:53No doubt, he doesn't make any player
13:55one. There are a lot of people
13:57who help him.
13:59I would like to request the BCCI
14:01that you should know
14:03where the player has come from,
14:05what is his condition,
14:07what struggles he has gone through.
14:09You should also help such academies.
14:11As we can see,
14:13this year,
14:15the 20th league has started in UP.
14:17What is the representation
14:19from your academy?
14:21This year,
14:23a kid has been left behind.
14:25He has not played.
14:27I hope that in the coming time,
14:29he will play in this league.
14:31What is the relationship
14:33between you and Yash Shasmi?
14:35You were talking about his family.
14:37What is the relationship
14:39between you and Yash Shasmi Jaiswal?
14:41He is still at that level.
14:43I don't want to go further.
14:45I want him to play well.
14:47I want him to play well.
14:49I want him to play well.
14:51I want him to play well.
14:53I want him to play well.
14:55Yash Shasmi,
14:57let's talk about a game.
14:59He can play any shot.
15:01But which shot
15:03do you like the most?
15:05Full or Spare Cut.
15:07Is there any reason for that?
15:09He is from a family.
15:11What do you mean by family?
15:13His elder brother is also from a family.
15:15He is from a family.
15:17Full or Spare Cut.
15:21He is from a family.
15:23Let's hope that he will not be limited
15:25to his family.
15:27The young players from Purvanchal,
15:29their representation
15:31has increased in UP Cricket.
15:33It has increased in International Cricket.
15:35These are the people
15:37who are behind success.
15:39People know very little about them.
15:41Let's keep in touch with them.