Dhruv Jurel provided an update on Rishabh Pant’s right shoulder injury sustained during the second Test against Sri Lanka, while also reflecting on their crucial batting partnership and his own significant milestone.
IMAGE: Rishabh Pant receives medical attention after getting hit on the shoulder. Photograph: BCCI
Key Points
- India’s Rishabh Pant sustained a right shoulder injury during the second Test against Sri Lanka.
- Dhruv Jurel took over wicketkeeping duties in Pant’s absence and expressed hope for his quick recovery.
- Jurel highlighted Rishabh Pant’s valuable advice and aggressive batting style as beneficial to his own game.
- The partnership between Pant and Jurel contributed 112 runs for the seventh wicket.
- Dhruv Jurel achieved a significant milestone, becoming the second Indian to score a Test century at No. 7 or lower in Sri Lanka.
India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel said Rishabh Pant is being closely monitored by the team physio after suffering pain in his right shoulder, but expressed hope that the senior player will be fit to keep wickets on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Pant was dismissed for 63 on the second day after sharing a 112-run seventh-wicket partnership with Jurel. When Sri Lanka began their first innings after India declared at 503/9, Jurel took over the wicketkeeping duties in place of Pant.
Rishabh Pant’s Injury Status
“He has a hit on his right shoulder, and the physio is monitoring him closely. I kept today because he had some pain in his shoulder. Hopefully, he will be fit tomorrow,” Jurel told the media after the day’s play.
Jurel Credits Pant’s Influence
Jurel also spoke highly of Pant’s influence on his own game and said he regularly seeks advice from the experienced India wicketkeeper-batter.
“He is a terrific player. What he has done for India, like in Australia and England… so whenever he is in [the playing XI], I only seek advice because he has played so much cricket and he’s got experience. So I always ask him what I should do now, and it helped a lot,” he said.
The advice also proved valuable when the two batters were together in the middle, with Jurel saying Pant’s aggressive approach makes it easier for him to score runs at the other end.
“It makes my batting approach easy because when you are getting runs from one end like Pant is playing and playing all the shots, the bowler might think, “I don’t want to give runs to him,” so he just tries to make a mistake, and that’s where I get runs. So it’s easy to bat with him,” Jurel said.
Jurel himself had a memorable day, becoming only the second Indian batter after Hardik Pandya to score a Test century at No. 7 or lower in Sri Lanka.
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