Jurel probably looked the best of all the Indian batters on show during Tuesday's practice session ©Getty
""Khel le, Khel le... (keep playing, keep playing)" . The rain had already started to get heavier, but Virat Kohli was in no mood to stop batting. Nor was he keen on letting Dhruv Jurel leave either, as he urged the stylish right-hander to stay put batting.
Kohli had been in there for over 40 minutes by then and had faced the first group of seamers led by Prasidh Krishna. He'd then moved to the adjoining net to take on Mukesh Kumar and the rest, as the rain started pelting down. Wiping his bat on his pants in between facing deliveries, Kohli soldiered on, and so did Jurel, before both had to bail out, sticking their equipment under their shirts. While a lot of attention was focused on Kohli, as he went through his routines, pulling off exquisite drives in between plays and misses, Jurel probably looked the best of all the Indian batters on show on Tuesday (November 19) morning.
And if anything, the 23-year-old from Uttar Pradesh should have been the one hogging the spotlight at the Optus Stadium, three days out from the opening Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy series. Jurel had impressed with the bat across both innings at the MCG
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