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Dhruv Jurel Set To Replace Rishabh Pant In Manchester? New Video Makes Big Reveal

Dhruv Jurel Set To Replace Rishabh Pant In Manchester? New Video Makes Big Reveal

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Jurel has been India's second-choice keeper-batter ever since his Test debut last year against England at home.
India are in Manchester, gearing up for the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford, which begins July 23. The defeat at Lord's has put them in a precarious situation as they can't afford to lose any of the remaining Test matches. Moreover, the doubt looms over the participation of vice-captain Rishabh Pant, who has been nursing a finger injury.
Pant injured his finger while keeping wickets in the first innings of the Lord's Test. He left the field and didn't put back the keeping gloves thereafter. Though he batted across innings and even got a fifty, Dhruv Jurel stepped in for him behind the stumps.
Dhruv Jurel In Line
The injury in the Lord's Test raised question marks over Pant's participation in the fourth Test. Meanwhile, on Sunday, Jurel worked intensively with fielding coach T Dilip. ESPN Cricinfo shared the video of the session, sparking further doubts over Pant's availability for the must-win game in Manchester later this week.
However, if assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeshcate is to be believed, then Pant will be fit on time to don the keeping gloves again. Speaking to reporters in Manchester after India's first practice session on Thursday, Doeschate said that Pant will bat before the match, but the team management is being cautious with his finger injury.
'He will bat in Manchester before the Test. I don't think you're going to keep Rishabh out of the Test no matter what. He batted with quite a lot of pain in the third Test, and it's only going to get easier on his finger," Ten Doeschate said.
'Keeping is the last part of the process. We need to make sure that he can keep—we don't want to go through that again where we have to replace the keeper halfway through an inning," he added.
Shastri Issues Warning
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised India against playing Rishabh Pant in the fourth Test if he can't keep wickets.
'I don't think he should go in as a specialist batter if he can't keep because he will have to field," Shastri said on the ICC review podcast.
'If he fields, that will be worse. With the gloves, at least there is some protection. Without gloves, if he gets something that stings in there, then it won't be very good. It'll only worsen the injury," he added.
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July 19, 2025, 19:48 IST
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