Former Australia skipper Tim Paine has backed younger wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel and believes that the latter could possibly be very helpful to the Indian facet within the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy towards Australia. Jurel has solely performed three matches and was primarily included in India’s touring occasion for the five-match Take a look at sequence in Australia as a backup for normal keeper Rishabh Pant, the 23-year-old impressed throughout a latest match for India A towards Australia A in Melbourne.
Jurel caught the attention of Paine when he appeared composed contributing scores of 80 and 68 batting at No.6 within the low-scoring MCG contest and the previous Australia captain – who coached Australia A within the match – thinks the right-hander will play as a specialist batter within the opening Take a look at of the summer time in Perth.
“I do not know when you noticed a lot of the highlights, however after seeing him bat (towards Australia A) – although he is a wicket-keeper, from what I’ve seen on this tour and from India’s batting within the final couple of months, I would be staggered if he would not play. He scored one of many extra polished 80s I’ve seen, and we have been all sitting round as workers of Cricket Australia and thought, ‘Wow, this man can significantly play’,” Paine instructed Australian radio station SEN on Tuesday as quoted by the ICC.
Jurel made his Take a look at debut towards England in Rajkot earlier this yr, claiming a catch and a stumping when deputising for Pant whereas additionally contributing 46 runs with the bat after coming in at No.8 through the complete India victory.
A composed innings of 90 adopted within the ensuing Take a look at in Ranchi, with Jurel averaging a powerful 63.33 from three Take a look at appearances towards England earlier this yr.
Paine is aware of that Jurel will face a step up at school if chosen to play the essential ICC World Take a look at Championship conflict towards Australia, however thinks he’s as much as the problem and will likely be suited by the quick situations anticipated in Perth.
“He is 23 and he is performed three Take a look at matches, however he appeared a category above all of his teammates, to be truthful, and dealt with the tempo and bounce rather well, which may be uncommon for an Indian participant,” the previous right-hand batter stated.
“Hold an eye fixed out for him this summer time. I believe he will impress lots of Australian followers. Regardless that it will be one other step up towards the massive three (Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood), he appears to be like like he has the sport to play Take a look at cricket,” the 39-year-old added.
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