Batting at the No. Young Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel etched his name into the record books on Day 2 of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Ground in Colombo on Monday. 7 spot, the 25-year-old Jurel scored an unbeaten 115 off 177 balls (9 fours, 2 sixes) to become only the second Indian to register a Test century from No. 7 or lower on Sri Lankan soil.
Jurel’s knock also stands as the highest score by an Indian batting at No. India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna Sri Lanka: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, and Asitha Fernando The first player to achieve the feat was Hardik Pandya, who smashed 108 at Pallekele in 2017. 7 or lower in Tests in Sri Lanka, surpassing Pandya’s effort.
