Dhruv Jurel and KL Rahul had been the 2 early birds from India’s Check squad to reach in Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), with the BCCI reserving the 2 gamers early flights to get some match-practice within the second unofficial Check between the ‘A’ groups from the 2 nations. Whereas Rahul didn’t impress in these two innings, Jurel’s present turned the chance right into a declare for a spot within the eleven for the opening Check of the BGT in Perth.
With knocks of 80 and 68 whereas quick bowlers made life robust for the opposite Indian batsmen, Jurel impressed former Australia captain Tim Paine who sees no motive to not embody the teen as a specialist batsman for the Perth Check.
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Paine, who was Australia A’s coach within the match on the Melbourne Cricket Floor, mentioned Jurel’s 80 off 186 balls within the first innings was some of the “polished” knocks he has seen.
“I do not know in the event you noticed a lot of the highlights, however after seeing him bat – regardless that he is a wicket-keeper, from what I’ve seen on this tour and from India’s batting within the final couple of months, I might be staggered if he would not play,” Paine mentioned whereas speaking to the Australian radio station SEN on Tuesday.
“He scored one of many extra polished 80s I’ve seen, and we had been all sitting round as employees of Cricket Australia and thought, ‘Wow, this man can severely play!'”
Jurel’s position within the Indian squad as of now could be of a back-up for wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, however contemplating India are more likely to be with out captain Rohit Sharma in Perth and KL Rahul out of shape, head coach Gautam Gambhir may assume out of the field to have Jurel open with Yashasvi Jaiswal. If not that, he might nonetheless discover a place in India’s middle-order as a batsman alone.
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“He is 23 and he is performed three Check matches, however he regarded a category above all of his teammates, to be truthful, and dealt with the tempo and bounce very well, which may be uncommon for an Indian participant,” Paine added.
“Preserve a watch out for him this summer time. I believe he will impress quite a lot of Australian followers.”
Jurel first got here onto the Check scene in opposition to England earlier this 12 months for the match in Rajkot and impressed along with his 46-run knock. He got here near scoring a century within the subsequent match at Ranchi, the place he made 90.
Jurel’s nascent three-Check profession has seen him mixture 190 runs in 4 innings at a mean of 63.33. And along with his good present in Melbourne, it will not be a shock to see him bat in Perth as effectively in 10 days’ time.
“Regardless that it is going to be one other step up in opposition to the large three (Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood), it seems like he has the sport to play Check cricket,” Paine concluded.
