Yashasvi Jaiswal's poor form a major worry for Team India ahead of T20 World Cup | IPL 2024, RR vs PPBKS

Yashasvi Jaiswal came into the IPL on back of brilliant form and not only scored double hundreds for fun in the Test series against England but also played a couple of fiery knocks in the T20I series against Afghanistan.

However, he has been a mere shadow of himself in IPL 2024 as the Rajasthan Royals opening batter has failed to impress in 11 of the 13 knocks he has played so far.

Jaiswal has suddenly looked out of form and Wednesday was no different. The 22-year-old was out for a run-a-ball 4 against the Punjab Kings and failed to give the Royals a solid start yet again.

Sadly, that was the 4th time he was dismissed in the very-first over of the season of the IPL, which is the joint-most with Quinton de Kock.

His total runs of 348 in the season so far may not look that bad but it includes a hundred and a half-century. Just 2 good knocks in 13 innings cannot be justified by any means for a batter of his caliber.

Apart from those 2 knocks, Jaiswal has scored just 171 runs in 11 innings so far at a below-par average of 15.5.

It's a major worry for Team India, considering he is the first-choice opener along with Rohit Sharma for the T20 World Cup that starts right after IPL 2023.

What's even more concerning is that the Indian skipper himself is going through a lean patch has has scored just 52 runs in the last 6 innings.

While Rohit is left with just 1 more game, jaiswal will have a couple of games to strike form as Rajasthan has qualified for the playoffs.