Dhruv Jurel disappointed after missing a century, the gesture of his teammates won his heart. cricket news

Dhruv Jurel was the top performer for India with the bat on the third day of the fourth Test against England in Ranchi on Sunday, but the youngster was left disappointed when he missed out on scoring his first century. The wicketkeeper batsman looked in good form and played a determined innings against the English bowlers, but he was dismissed for 90 by Tom Hartley. He was clearly upset at missing out on the big milestone and Mohammed Siraj was quick to console him. However, the crowd cheered to acknowledge his strong innings and he even received a standing ovation from his teammates.

What a calm, composed and smart batting by the 23 year old boy..!!!
Some 90s are better than 100s, the team’s savior on tough occasions.
jiou dhruv jurelpic.twitter.com/tS5ibNH5BY

– It’sMeYogesh28 (@Natchezyonghart) 25 February 2024

Jurrell scored a maiden half-century as India put up an incredible fightback to reduce England’s first innings lead to 46 runs, but were all out for 307 at lunch on the third day.

After an innings of 46 in his first Test in Rajkot, Jurel played a career-best 90, showing that he can handle pressure with ease as India’s long search for a wicketkeeper-batsman appears to be over. Was staying.

After completing his half-century in 96 balls, the Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper-batsman quickly changed gears, and clean bowled the English spin duo of Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley.

Jurel took a single off Hartley to bring up his first half-century in Test cricket in an innings of supreme composure.

Later, Akash Deep made an entertaining partnership of 40 runs with Jurel for the ninth wicket in just 75 balls.

Dropped by Ollie Robinson on 59, Jurel hit consecutive fours and sixes off Bashir and took 90 from 149 balls, before left-arm spinner Hartley denied him a good century by clean bowling him with a faster ball.

England’s young off-spinner Shoaib Bashir also completed his first Test five-wicket haul by trapping Akash Deep by taking 5 wickets for 119 runs in his second Test.

Standing ovation for Dhruv Jurel from the Indian dressing room.#ENGvsIND #INDvsENG #dhruvajurel pic.twitter.com/75ZF3GqcGM

—𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗢𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀🇮🇳 (@Stroke0Genius41) 25 February 2024

Jurel found an able ally in Kuldeep Yadav, who scored 28 off 131 balls in an innings of utmost patience and determination as the duo added 76 valuable runs for the eighth wicket, reducing the deficit to under 100.

In a disappointing situation with overcast skies and no chance of sunshine, India were playing at 219 for 7 when the pair of Jurel and Kuldeep tried to recover with 134 runs remaining.

Kuldeep demonstrated brilliant application on a pitch with varying bounce and played those 131 balls not only with impeccable defense but also rotated the strike well.

England fast bowler Ollie Robinson attacked his legs while bowling around the stumps and took the ball away from him, but Kuldeep was strong in his defense and showed good judgment in leaving the balls.

His determined innings ultimately ended when James Anderson’s ball remained slightly low, took the bottom edge and slipped through his forward defense to destabilize the woodwork.

(With PTI inputs)