Dhruv Jurel
The Indian team is currently playing a T20 series against Afghanistan. Once this series ends, Team India will begin preparing for the Test series against England. The first game of this series is scheduled to be played on January 25th. Due to the points table of the World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​​​this series is very important for both teams. The Indian team announced its squad for this series on Friday. Where he gave new players a chance. As soon as he got a chance in Team India, this player played strong innings. This player is none other than Dhruv Jurel.
did wonders in this match
The England Lions team is on tour of India ahead of the India vs England Test series. There they will play four games against the Indian A team. This series began with a two-day game on January 12th. This game ended in a draw. This match between the two teams was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Where England Lions scored 233 runs on the first day of the match. In response, India A dominated play on the second day with a total score of 462/8. However, due to the short match days, the test match ended in a draw.
The game threw explosive innings
In this match, Dhruv Jurel, a new addition to the Indian team, grabbed the headlines with a half-century in 38 balls in the latter stages of the game. Jurel's quick innings included three sixes and five fours, taking India's run rate to over five. When the Indian team announced its squad for the upcoming Test series against England on Friday, the 22-year-old cricketer from Uttar Pradesh was selected. Jurel has been selected as the wicketkeeper along with KL Rahul and KS Bharat for the first two Test matches starting from January 25 in Hyderabad.
Might get a chance to debut
Jurel, who has excelled in List A and first-class cricket, came to the fore for the first time in IPL 2023. He has been an integral part of the Indian A team of late and scored a half-century against the South Africa A team last month. He continued this momentum by scoring a half-century against Kerala in the first match of Ranji Trophy 2024 and is now ready to rock the Indian team. Jurel was involved in the wicket against England Lions in front of KS Bharat which shows that the team management has faith in him. In such a situation, captain Rohit Sharma can give him a chance to debut against England.
India A XI: Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Rajat Patidar, Pradosh Paul, Sarfaraz Khan, Srikar Bharat, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Manav Suthar, Tushar Deshpande, Navdeep Saini, Akash Deep, Pulkit Narang, Vidyath Kawarappa.