In one corner of his home in Agra, Dhruv Jurel has put up a wall-mounted glass cabinet to keep his trophies and medals. Each of those shiny trinkets boasts of milestones achieved in his cricketing journey and has a story to tell. But none of them would have existed today had it not been for…
Indian wicket-keeper batter Dhruv Jurel scored his first Test hundred during his side’s series opener against West Indies in Ahmedabad on Friday. Jurel got to his hundred on the second day of the Test with a four against West Indies skipper Roston Chase off the 190th delivery he faced in the innings. The 24-year-old walked…
Futures, vacancies, and subplots within the Indian Test squad were the main talking points when India A hosted Australia A for two four-day games in Lucknow. For some, like KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Dhruv Jurel, the series was primarily about valuable game time. For others, it was an audition — a…
During the first four-day game between India A and Australia A at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow last week, Dhruv Jurel once again underlined his temperament and adaptability. His timely 140 had not only kept India A afloat in a drawn game but also reinforced the belief among the selectors that he is ready…
Rishabh Pant has been advised six weeks’ rest because of a toe fracture, which essentially means he could be ruled out of the remainder of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series between England and India. On Wednesday, Pant was hit on the foot while trying to reverse sweep a yorker from Chris Woakes. The ball took an…
Dhruv Jurel isn’t quite expressive. He is calm, though not often quiet. He comes with a positive mindset, and is always ready to put in the hard yards. The son of an army man, he focuses on ‘process’ and ‘discipline’. Those two words, he believes, have helped him grow as a cricketer. In a competitive…