Jurel in India's crown
Updated On: 26 February, 2024 07:13 AM IST | Ranchi | Sandipan Banerjee
India wicketkeeper-batter’s fighting 90 on crumbling pitch restricts England’s lead to just 46 before spinners Ashwin (5-51), Kuldeep (4-22) strike; hosts 40 for no loss, chasing 192 for victory
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India’s Dhruv Jurel (right) en route his 90 on Day Three of the fourth Test against England in Ranchi yesterday. Pic/AFP
In a compelling day of Test cricket, Team India turned the game on its head on Sunday to put themselves on the driver’s seat for an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. From beginning the day 134 runs behind England’s 353 on a tricky pitch with just three wickets in hand in the first innings, Rohit Sharma & Co reached 40 for no loss at stumps, chasing 192 in the fourth innings with two full days remaining.
Playing in his second Test, 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel was the architect of this turnaround. Batting with the tail, the youngster scored a delicate 90, his maiden Test fifty (and first by a wicketkeeper in this series), to push his side to 300-plus (307 all out) which, at one point on Day 2 evening, with the hosts tottering at 177 for 7, seemed improbable. Jurel, who made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2021-22 domestic season and had only one First-Class hundred (249 as an opener against Nagaland) prior to his Test selection, showed a lot of maturity and plenty of fight during this rescue act.
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