Just days after Dhruv Jurel placed on a stellar efficiency in Ranchi, the place he adjudged the Player of the Match in India’s five-wicket win towards England, sparking comparisons with the legendary MS Dhoni, the teenager gave vibes of the nice gloveman when he rightly predicted the way by which Ollie Pope could be dismissed on Day 1 of the fifth and last match of the collection towards Ben Stokes and his males.
Dhruv Jurel rightly predicted the way of Ollie Pope’s dismissal in fifth Test
It occurred within the twenty sixth over of the match after England opted to bowl first towards India. Jurel, having observed Pope’s stance within the earlier supply towards Kuldeep Yadav in that over, shouted from behind the stumps: “Yeh badhega aage (he will step out),” implying that the batter will shimmy down the monitor to counter the spin.
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Pope did simply the identical. Against the googly from Kuldeep, pitched on a size shorter than anticipated, Pope stepped out, however the supply ripped previous the skin edge, leaving Jurel with sufficient time to finish the dismissal. It was an enormous dismissal for India on the stroke of lunch, decreasing England to 2 down for 100, the place each the wickets have been picked by the leg-spinner.
Former India captain Anil Kumble was among the many few veteran cricketers who had in contrast Jurel to Dhoni after his match-winning knock of 90 within the first innings in Ranchi. Kumble, in response to a question on whether or not India ought to retain Jurel because the keeper-batter after Rishabh Pant returns to the Test facet, reckoned that the teenager has all of the credentials to match Dhoni’s data as he was impressed with Jurel’s composed batting method even underneath strain.
“Oh yes, there’s Rishabh Pant. We don’t know of course when he comes, comes back whenever that happens. Sooner hopefully for Rishabh. But otherwise, yes, he certainly has all the credentials to get to where MS (Dhoni) reached in his career. But he’s shown that he’s not just shown the temperament of his technique to defence but even when he’s attacking. Even in that first innings he was very assured he went after and then hit those big sixes when he was batting with the tail and hats off even behind the stumps,” Kumble had informed Jio Cinema.
Post lunch in Dharamsala, Kuldeep picked three extra wickets, whereas Ravichandran Ashwin, taking part in his a centesimal Test for India, picked 4 others because the hosts folded England for simply 218 runs.
India already sealed the collection 3-1 with a win in Ranchi final week.
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