Indian cricketer, Yashasvi Jaiswal (b. 2001), was in kinship and informal foster care as a child.

Mumbai cricket coach Jawala Singh met a young Yashasvi Jaiswal when Yashasvi was only about 12 years of age, was living in a tent and wanting to play cricket. The boy had travelled with his father 2 years previously from his hometown of Suriyawan to visit Mumbai and ended up staying because of cricket. He lived first with an uncle and then moved into the groundsman’s tent at a sports ground with 22 cricket pitches.

Yashasvi moved into Singh’s house in 2013 and the cricket coach built up the boy’s confidence through hours of practice at the nets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal made his international debut in the first Test of the Indian team against the West Indies in July 2023. He scored double centuries in two consecutive test matches against England in a 5-match Test series in 2024 and 161 against Australia in the Perth 2024 Test Series.