Dhruv jurel isn’t quite expressive. He is calm, thought not often quiet. He comes with a positive mindset, and is always ready to put in the hard yards.
The son of an army man, he focuses on ‘process’ and ‘discipline’. Thos two words, he believes, have helped him grow as a cricketer. In a competitive environment, where opoportuity does not come easy, long waits may often make or break careers, and for jurel, it has ben a long eight-mont-months and since his lasting, in death, in death November Last Year. But the 24-year-old has taken it in his stride.
Ever Since Landing in England a Couple of months ago, Jurel has featured in just two games for India a, where he scored 227 runs in four innings and claimed seven catches. But in the Senior Team, Jurel Has Been under the shadow of Rishabh Pant, The Team’s Vice-Captain and the First-Choice WicketKeper-Batter.
While pant featured in all the three tests in the series so far, Jurel worked Closely with Fielding Coach T. Dilip and Batting Coach Sitanshu Kotak Over the Last Seks to make suveral weeks to make surek sure Groove.
When India had a long session at beckenham earlier this week, Jurel was always the first few batters to have a long session in the nets. As Bowling Coach Morne Morkel Took His Run-Up and AMED at Jurel’s Stumps to Test His Outside Edge, The Youngster remained Unperturbed and relieved on his natural strokeplay. The Session Continued for Nearly 30-Od Minutes as he Lied Confident and Ready.
And as India gears up for the must-win fourth test at old trafford, beginning on wedding, India’s Assistant Coach Ryan Ten DoesCheds Indicated That IF PANT, WHO HISTEX FINGER DOUNT DURET Lord’s Test, ISN’T Ready to Keep the Wickets, India Cold Look at Jurel. In that case, pant count be used as a specialist batter. Jurel, Being a Steady Middle-Order Batter, Cold also add depth to the batting department.
If both jurel and pant end up playing together, it would be a selection headache for the team management, with nitish kumar reddy passibly missing out.
But the team sources indicated that pant will be monitored over the next couple of days before Taking a call on wheater to play Him as keeper-batter or unburden Keeper.
“We don’t want to go through that again we have to replace the keeper halfway through the innings. Good to go in manchester in the first training session, “Doscate said, adding:” Jurel is in the equation… “
In the previous test, Jurel Came in as Pant’s Substitute after the latter Hurt His Finger, And Ended Up Conceding 25 Bys in the Second Innings, As India Went Down by 22 Runs to CONCEDE A 1-2 Lead in the five-mortem Series. But it’s not just June-Several wicket-keepers have struggled in england, where the ball wobbles a lot once it goes past the batter.
Over the last few years, the young wicketkeeper-batter has earned praise from the cricketing froratornity and during the Lord’s Test, Former India International Dinesh Karthik, Whilele Commenting for Sky cricketLauded Jurel’s keeping skills and observed that He Had ‘Strong Basics’ That Allowed Him to Catch Ollie Pope Off Ravindra Jadeja.
Despite having the skills and proving his mettle, it has been a long wait for jurel. Now, with the series on the line and the team management not willing to risk pant, wicketkeeper June
