Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif applauded 25-year-old Indian batter Dhruv Jurel, stating that one might pay for a ticket to watch him bat in the future as well. His comments came after the second Test of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, played in Colombo, which eventually ended in a draw. However, Jurel smashed a stunning hundred and remained unbeaten on 115 off 177 balls, hitting nine fours and two sixes in India’s first innings as well.

Speaking during a discussion on his YouTube channel (Mohammad Kaif), he said: “He is a very organised batter. You don’t usually get such organised batters who punch off the back foot and play the pull shot. There was something special about that batting. He is the kind of batter where, in the future, even though he is only at the beginning of his career, you might actually pay for a ticket just to go and watch him bat.”

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“I found him to be such an organised batter. There is some elegance in his batting, where it is the pull, the cut, the punch, jumping down the track against the spinner and hitting him. And considering the phase he was in, the pressure he was under, the way he batted and scored runs was impressive,” he again added.

However, Mohammad Kaif also applauded Dhruv Jurel for his fielding, praising him for taking some good catches and taking up the duties behind the stumps after Rishabh Pant got injured. He also wondered how Jurel prepared for all of this as well.

“You can talk about his fielding as well. He was taking catches at square leg. He is a wicketkeeper, but he was taking catches in the field. I was wondering how he would have prepared for all of this because, as a wicketkeeper, he was suddenly told, ‘You go and field at square leg.’ Then you have to prepare yourself for fielding. Rishabh Pant got injured, so you have to keep wickets,” Mohammad Kaif concluded.