With Rishabh Pant beside him, Dhruv Jurel finds his own voice

Before the Sri Lanka series, Dhruv Jurel had gone eight innings without a 50-plus score, with questions being raised over his game against spin.

He responded with 51 in the first Test and followed it with his second Test hundred, taking his series tally to 173 runs at an average of 86.5.

The Indian team management has backed Jurel as a specialist middle-order batter even when he is not required to keep wickets.