India swept New Zealand at home and now face a huge challenge in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Indian team is about to leave for Australia. The five-match Test series will begin in Perth on November 22 and the Indian team’s squad has been announced. It is believed that Rohit Sharma may miss the first Test of this series due to personal reasons, in which case the Indian team will have to find his replacement.
KL Rahul was a strong contender to be included as the opening batsman in the first Test, but he scored only 14 runs in two innings for India A. Rahul was out after scoring 10 runs in the second innings. KL got eliminated in the second game in a very strange way. The ball went between his legs and hit the stumps. In this way, his failure show also continued in Australia.
Indian batsmen fail in Australia
Abhimanyu Easwaran, India’s other contender to open the batting, was also found to be having trouble moving the ball. Abhimanyu Easwaran was available for 7 and 12 innings in the first unofficial Test. During the second unofficial test, his condition got worse. He scored 17 points in the first game, but in the second game he couldn’t even open his account. The same was true for the other batsmen in the match.
Dhruv Jurel has also been sent to Australia along with KL Rahul for the second unofficial Test so that both batsmen can get some experience on Australian pitches. Dhruv Yurel grabbed the opportunity with both hands and impressed with some brilliant batting in both innings. Barring Dhruv Jurel, almost the entire India A team struggled on Melbourne’s fast and dynamic pitch.
Dhruv Jurel shows enthusiasm
Dhruv Jurel was the only batsman who went out of his way to stay at the crease. After India A’s top order was shaken in the first innings, he took over and stayed at the crease for long periods of time, batting 186 balls. During this period, he had a golden opportunity to score a hundred but he could not get any batsman support from the other end. As a result, he had 20 points left in the game. He showed the same performance in the second game, scoring a staggering 68 runs. He faced 122 balls, including five fours.
It’s clear from these numbers that Dhruv Yurel has largely succeeded in getting a feel for Australia’s difficult and bouncy pitches. The question now is whether Dhruv Jurel will get a chance to make the eleven in the Perth Test or he will have to wait. However, considering the performance of KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan in the last series, Dhruv Jurel deserves to be batted at number six. After proving himself in Australia, his chances are better.
Akash Chopra also approved
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra also supported Dhruv Jurel. He said Dhruv Yurel was the only batsman who performed well in the first innings. He hit two sixes and scored 80 runs off 186 balls. India A was in danger of being eliminated with a score of 80-85, but they chased the score to 161 points. Dhruv Jurel has a chance to surpass Sarfaraz and KL Rahul and become India’s No. 6 batsman.
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