India Test opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a big call, leaving Mumbai to play domestic cricket for Goa in the upcoming season.
The 23-year-old left-hander asked the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for a No Objection Certificate (NOC), citing personal reasons.
"He has sought an NOC from us and has cited that the reason for his move to Goa as personal," an MCA source said as quoted to the Indian Express.
Notably, Jaiswal was replaced by Varun Chakaravarthy in India’s Champions Trophy 2025 squad.
Yashasvi Jaiswal's Domestic Career for Mumbai
This ends his time with Mumbai, where he grew into one of India’s top young players. He started with Mumbai at the Under-19 level, showing off his big-hitting skills. He debuted in first-class cricket for them in January 2019 against Chhattisgarh at the Wankhede Stadium. He has scored 3,712 first-class runs in 36 matches with 12 hundreds, averaging 60.85.
In the 2019 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he smashed 203 runs off 154 balls against Jharkhand, becoming the youngest player to hit a List A double hundred. That put him on the map, leading to his Test debut against the West Indies in 2023.
Now, Jaiswal is heading to Goa, a team that just moved up to the Ranji Trophy Elite Division after winning the Plate Group final versus Nagaland recently. The MCA agreed to let him go, and Goa Cricket Association (GCA) secretary Shamba Naik Dessai said they are talking to Jaiswal.
"We have spoken to him, and he will play for Goa in the coming season. The paperwork is yet to be completed, but we have agreed to bring him on board," Dessai said as quoted to Sportstar.
Others like Arjun Tendulkar and Siddhesh Lad have left Mumbai for Goa before, but Jaiswal’s move is different. He is a big name already. His final game for Mumbai was in January 2025 against Jammu & Kashmir, where he scored 4 and 26.
Meanwhile, Jaiswal is spending his time at Rajasthan Royals (RR), playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. In three innings so far in the season, the southpaw has managed to score only 34 runs at an underwhelming average and strike-rate of 11.33 and 106.25, respectively.
