Ind vs Wi 1st Test: Indian wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel has made a new record in the first Test match against the West Indies. He has joined Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s club for taking the most catches behind the wicket.
Ind vs wi 1st test ahmedabad: The first Test match between India and West Indies is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Team India’s pan seems to be completely heavy. While bowling first, the Indian bowlers all out the West Indies batsmen for 162 runs. After that, at the end of the first day’s play, the Indian batsmen scored 121 runs losing two wickets. In this Test, Dhruv Jurael, who is holding wickets for India, has taken a new record. He has made a place in the list of veteran wicketkeepers like Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Dhruv Jurlel entered MS Dhoni’s club
Dhruv Jewel caught a total of four catches against the West Indies in Ahmedabad while keeping the wicket. He has become the seventh wicketkeeper for India to do so. With this, Jurael has joined the club of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former wicketkeeper of Team India. However, Dhoni and Nayan Mongia have a record of taking 5 wickets in an innings of a Test match for Team India. No wicketkeeper’s name has been associated with Dhoni in this list yet. Not only this, Mahi has shown this feat twice.
Indian wicketkeeper who took 4 catches in a Test innings
- Syed Kirmani: New Zealand (1976)
- Budhi Kundaran: Pakistan (1961)
- Dinesh Karthik: South Africa (2004)
- MS Dhoni: Sri Lanka (2009)
- Parthiv Patel: England (2016)
- Wriddhiman Saha: Sri Lanka (2017)
- Dhruv Jurael: West Indies (2025)
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Rishabh Pant was also left behind by Dhruv Juril
The name of Rishabh Pant, who followed Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s footsteps, was recorded in this list before Dhruv Jurlel. Pant caught three catches behind the wicket during the Mohali Test against Sri Lanka in 2022. Now his record has been left behind by Dhruv and has joined the four list. However, wicketkeeper Rishabh, who took 6 catches in a Test match, is the only one. Pant did this feat in the Adelaide Test against Australia 2018. However, he is not playing in Team India due to injury, due to which Dhruv has got a chance.
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