- Dhruv Jurel: Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel has strengthened his claim for the Border Gavaskar Trophy by batting brilliantly in the second unofficial Test match against Australia A.
Dhruv Jurel: There is little time left for the Border Gavaskar Trophy to begin between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) .Team India will soon leave for Australia tour and will start this 5 match test series on the ground of Perth from 22 November. KL Rahul along with wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel were sent from the Indian team before the Border Gavaskar Trophy to acclimatize to the Australian conditions. Jurel thrashed the bowlers as soon as he reached Australia, while Rahul, who was struggling with poor form, failed in his first test in Australia.
Dhruv Jurel hit a brilliant half-century
The second unofficial Test match is being played between Australia A and India A at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In this match, Dhruv Jurel got a place in the playing 11 in place of Ishan Kishan . Grabbing this opportunity with both hands, Jurel played an innings of 80 runs against Australia A in the first innings of the second unofficial Test. He scored 80 runs facing 186 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Although he may have missed out on scoring a century, his innings was very important.
Spread your fire before Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Team India will start the five-match Test series against Australia from November 22. Dhruv Jurel is a part of the Indian squad for this series . Due to Rishabh Pant being in the team, his place in the playing 11 was not considered certain. But after this innings, Jurel can make a place in the playing 11 as a batsman. Because KL Rahul, who was a part of India A with him, also failed in the first innings against Australia A.
Indian batsmen kneel down against Australia A
Talking about the second unofficial test match being played between India A and Australia A, once again the disappointing performance of Team India’s batsmen continues. The Indian batsmen fell to the knees in front of the fast bowlers of the Kangaroo team. Apart from Dhruv Jurel, no batsman could play a big innings. Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudarshan and Tanush Kotian returned to the pavilion without opening their account. Australia’s fast bowler Scott Boland took 6 wickets, due to which India A could score only 161 runs in the first innings.