Dhruv Jurel: Young wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant innings in the first innings of Team India in the Ranchi Test match. He scored 90 runs on 149 balls.
IND vs ENG 4th Test: The fourth match of the 5-match Test series between India and England is being played in Ranchi. In this match, England batted first and scored 353 runs. In response, Team India could score only 307 runs in its first innings. But in this innings, a brilliant inning was seen from the bat of young wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel. Even though he missed scoring a century, he has definitely won the hearts of the fans with his fighting innings.
Dhruv Jurel’s fighting innings in Ranchi Test
Dhruv Jurel has played a fighting innings at an important moment in the Ranchi Test. When he came out to bat, the Indian team was trailing by 192 runs after scoring 161 runs for 5 wickets. But Dhruv Jurel scored 90 off 149 balls in difficult conditions and helped India get closer to England’s total. During this innings, Dhruv Jurel hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. This is also the first half-century of his Test career. Earlier, he had played an inning of 46 runs in the Rajkot Test.
Made your place in this special list
As a wicketkeeper, Dhruv Jurel has come second in terms of scoring the most runs for India after the first two innings in the Test. He has scored 136 runs in the first two innings of his Test career. Vijay Manjrekar is at the forefront of this list. Vijay Manjrekar, as a wicketkeeper, had scored 161 runs after the first two innings in the Test.
Most runs by an Indian wicketkeeper in the first two innings in Tests
Vijay Manjrekar- 161 runs
Dhruv Jurel – 136 runs
Dilawar Hussain – 116 runs
KL Rahul – 105 runs
Nayan Mongia – 62 runs
Joined Dhoni-Pant’s club
Dhruv Jurel has become the 5th wicketkeeper batsman of India to miss a century after scoring 90 or more runs in Test. At the same time, Rishabh Pant has scored a century 6 times after scoring 90 or more runs in Tests. Whereas, this happened with MS Dhoni 5 times in his career.
Indian wicketkeepers who missed a century after scoring 90 or more runs (Test)
6 times – Rishabh Pant
5 times – MS Dhoni
1 time – Dhruv Jurel
1 time – Dinesh Karthik
1 time – Farooq Engineer