These days the Indian cricket team is on a tour of Sri Lanka, where the first test match between the two teams is to be played at Galle ground from Saturday. Before this match, there are vigorous discussions going on in the Indian camp regarding the composition of the playing eleven. Especially for young wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel, this tour seems to be quite challenging. Due to the recent changes in the team's squad and Jurel's poor performance in the last few matches, his place in the final eleven is not considered safe. In such a situation, Jurel does not want to leave any stone unturned and while sweating in the scorching heat of Galle, he has also taken special batting tips from senior player KL Rahul. Poor form and struggle against spinners are a big concern. Dhruv Jurel, who made headlines by playing a brilliant century against the West Indies at the ground in Ahmedabad in October last year, has remained silent since then. If we look at his last few innings in Test cricket, his performance has been very disappointing. During this period, only small scores like 44, 6, 14, 13, 0, 2 and 19 runs have come from his bat. What is even more worrying than these figures is that out of those seven innings, he was made his victim by spin bowlers five times. On the pitches of Galle where this match is to be held, the Sri Lankan spin attack is being led by the experienced Prabhat Jayasuriya, in front of whom it will not be easy for any Indian batsman. This is why Jurel has turned to KL Rahul to improve his technique, who practiced on special pitches before this tour. Pressure on Jurel increased due to entry of Sarfaraz Khan. Another big reason behind the increasing troubles of Dhruv Jurel is the entry of star batsman Sarfaraz Khan in the Indian Test squad. Sarfaraz has been included in the team after Sai Sudarshan was ruled out of the Sri Lanka series due to injury, which is directly a big warning for Jurel. Sarfaraz Khan plays very aggressively at the crease against spin bowlers and is adept at scoring runs using sweep, reverse sweep, and legs. On the contrary, Jurel is often seen waiting for the spinners' mistakes at the crease. Jurel has also worked hard on his wicketkeeping and slip fielding during the practice sessions, but he will need to make immediate changes to his batting style to cement his place in the playing eleven. India can field with three left-arm spinners in the Galle Test. On the other hand, Indian team's bowling coach Morne Morkel has indicated during the press conference on Thursday that considering the circumstances of the Galle Test, the Indian team can field with three left-arm spinners on the field. The team has Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar and experienced Ravindra Jadeja as bowling options, who have different variations in bowling and amazing ability to take wickets. According to Morkel, Kuldeep tricks the batsmen with his wrist magic, Jadeja creates pressure with his precise line-length and Suthar is an excellent alternative to traditional left-arm spin. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see what India's bowling combination will be on the challenging pitches of Sri Lanka.
