Dhruv Jurel revealed the secret of 'Tattoo Celebration' after his century, told why he got 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' written on his hand?

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IND vs SL: Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel scored a brilliant century in the Colombo Test being played against Sri Lanka. With this century he has also made a big record in his name. Let us tell you that Jurel has now become only the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in a Test against Sri Lanka, while he is the first Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score a century on Sri Lankan soil. At the same time, after scoring a century, Dhruv Jurel was seen celebrating in a special way. Actually, he showed a tattoo made on his hand, on which 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' was written. Now after the end of the second day's play, Dhruv Jurel has revealed a very emotional reason behind this unique celebration and tattoo.

Dhruv Jurel reveals the reason behind 'Tattoo Celebration'

After the end of play on the second day of the Colombo Test, Dhruv Jurel came to the press conference, where the journalists asked him about his 'Tattoo Celebration', on which 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' was written. On this Jurel said, 'My grandfather was a farmer and my father was a soldier. These are my roots, where I come from, and I don't want to forget them. So that celebration was for my father and grandfather.

Great partnership of 112 runs between Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant

On the second day of the second Test match being played against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo, Team India lost 5 wickets in the first innings at the score of 296 runs, after which Dhruv Jurel came to bat at number 7. After this Saransh Jain was out after scoring 6 runs. Then on the first day, Rishabh Pant, who had retired due to injury, came out to bat again. After this, there was a brilliant partnership of 112 runs for the 7th wicket between the two Indian wicketkeepers.

Dhruv Jurel played an unbeaten inning of 115 runs.

However, after this Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 63 runs, but Jurel kept Team India's innings under control and took the score beyond 500, after which Team India declared its first innings at the score of 503 runs for 9 wickets. During this, Dhruv Jurel scored a brilliant century. He completed his century in 171 balls. Jurel played an unbeaten inning of 115 runs on 177 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes.

Dhruv Jurel made a big record by scoring a century against Sri Lanka

Dhruv Jurel also created many records by scoring a century. Jurel has now become only the second batsman for India in Sri Lanka to score a Test century while batting at number-7 or below, before him Hardik Pandya (108 runs in Pallekele Test in 2017) had achieved this feat. Additionally, he is only the second Indian wicketkeeper-batsman after MS Dhoni to score a Test century against Sri Lanka, while becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score a Test century on Sri Lankan soil.

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