NEW DELHI: Man of the match Dhruv Jurel, who made his debut within the earlier win in Rajkot, made a mark for himself in simply two Exams he performed for India, enjoying a pivotal function in India’s sequence win in opposition to England in Ranchi on Monday.
Jurel, 23, turned the match on its head along with his 90 after he lifted India from 177-7 of their first innings to 307 on day three.
India received the fourth Take a look at by 5 wickets after they pulled off a difficult chase of 192 on day 4 in Ranchi, with wicketkeeper-batsman Jurel (39) and Shubman Gill (52) in an unbeaten stand of 72.
India had slipped to 120-5, however Jurel and Shubman remained calm because the hosts took an unassailable 3-1 lead within the five-match sequence after dropping the opener.
The rising Indian star took to social media platform X, talking his coronary heart out by thanking skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid for exhibiting religion in him.
‘Thanks Rohit bhaiya, Rahul sir for believing on this boy,” Jurel posted on X.
India have remained Take a look at cricket‘s most tourist-unfriendly vacation spot for over a decade and even England’s gung-ho ‘Bazball’ strategy couldn’t change that actuality on Monday.
India’s five-wicket victory on a spiteful observe in Ranchi was not likely a cakewalk, due to England’s never-say-die spin assault.
With this win, Rohit’s group additionally consolidated their second place, behind New Zealand, within the World Take a look at Championship standings.
This was India’s seventeenth consecutive Take a look at sequence win at dwelling, the place they haven’t misplaced a sequence since an Alastair Prepare dinner-led England bested them in 2012.