Ex-India Star Picks “Most Impressive Aspect” Of Dhruv Jurel’s Maiden Test Knock | Cricket News

Star batter Dhruv Jurel began his Test cricket profession on a promising word. The right-handed batter is among the many two debutants for India within the third Test towards England in Rajkot. Jurel scored 46 runs off 104 balls in his maiden Test innings earlier than dropping his wicket to England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed. While Jurel missed his half-century by a small margin, former India opener Parthiv Patel was left impressed with the best way he performed. The ex-India southpaw even picked the “most interesting aspect” of the debutant’s efficiency on Day 2 of the Rajkot Test.

“(Ravichandran) Ashwin has been playing for a long time. But, I was very impressed with the way Dhruv Jurel batted. He took his time, he looked assured, he seems to trust his defence, he is not playing with hard hands and he is allowing the ball to come to him,” Parthiv Patel stated on JioCinema as quoted by India Today.

“The most impressive aspect of his batting in the first session was the way he handled Mark Wood. He showed he is capable of playing pace in different ways. At the start he was cautious, but when the fielder was not positioned behind the square, we saw the upper cut come out. When Mark Wood tried bodyline bowling, Dhruv Jurel was getting into good positions, leaving the ball well and looked in complete control,” he added.

Talking concerning the sport, opener Ben Duckett smashed a century to guide England’s attacking reply of 207 for two on Friday after Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin reached 500 Test wickets within the sport.

The left-handed Duckett reached his third Test hundred in 88 balls as England reached 207 for two to chop their deficit after they bowled out India for 445 on day two in Rajkot.

Duckett, on 133, and Joe Root, on 9, had been batting at shut of play. The vacationers nonetheless path India by 238 runs.

Ashwin took down Crawley after tea for his five hundredth Test wicket, changing into solely the ninth worldwide bowler and second Indian after Anil Kumble (619) to succeed in the milestone.

(With AFP Inputs)