How did Dhruv Jurel make it to India's Test squad?

Facing four hours of spin and facing 14 different bowlers in a single net session Indias wicketkeeperbatsman Dhruv Jurel made it to the national test teamThe son of a Kargil War veteran debuted for India in Rajkot Test and it seems that he has sealed his spot after scoring crucial 90 runs for the side against England in the fourth test matchIt took 18 months of hard work for Jurel to develop his game He is also praised by legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar for his MSDlike game awarenessFormer Mumbai batter Zubin Bharucha who is also Rajasthan Royals High Performance Director spoke about the process that Jurel followed and how he pushed his body to the limits while training at RR HighPerformance Academy in Talegaon before the start of the Test series against EnglandAlso Read IN PHOTOS IND vs ENG Tests Yashasvi Jaiswal eyes another milestoneWe have been preparing for the last 18 months taking the version T20 ODIs or Test matches out of the equation and the practice and merely focusing on the how and where runs can be scored Bharucha who helped Yashasvi Jaiswal in developing his power game for international cricket told PTIBharucha who played alongside Ravi Shastri Sachin Tendulkar Sanjay Manjrekar and Vinod Kambli for a very formidable Mumbai side in the early and mid1990s gave an incredible piece of statisticsJust before the debut Test match he came to the RR HPC in Talegaon and batted for 140 overs in a day it took over four hours on different spinning surfaces It was a monumental practice session one of the few that matched Jaiswals long sessions Bharucha revealedA day in a Test match has 90 overs which is 540 balls plus extras but 140 overs is effectively 840 deliveries in a single day How was that even possibleBharucha explained the process All bowlers and throwdown men are standing there at the same time And the sequence is one throws for the flick Next one for the cut Next one for the pull Next one for the straight drive We do this on multiple surfaces spinning grass bounce wet cement with multiple types of balls rubber tennis cricket and multiple types of bats heavylightthin etcWithin this also we have one bunch who do it with the hand and the next bunch who do it with the wanger throwdown apparatus Roboarm Behind them are the spinners and behind them the fast bowlersAlso Read IN PHOTOS IND vs ENG 4th Test Jaiswal on verge of creating historySo one round in the nets would comprise around 14 people throwing wanging and bowling as opposed to the traditional way where you may have like three spinners and three fast bowlers for example bowling one round Thats how we got through 140 overs in a days practice for Dhruv he saidBharucha explained the need for young batters to practice sequencing where they know that no two deliveries will be same and thats how the batter prepares for all eventualitiesThe discussion before this innings with Dhruv was go down to the level of your practice and everything will be fine The talk is always about staying hungryLike Jaiswal did to Anderson First flick into the onside then you know you are forcing the bowler to bowl outside off so lets be prepared to attack him in that region six over cover Then he cant bowl outside off or outside legSo you can attack him straight down the ground six down the ground All our practice is set up in this manner No two balls will land in the same spot during our drills We even have our set throwers who are named Flick Cut Pull Drive Its funny but our boys loved itDestiny does play a role for people who are destined to achieve great things It was Jurels U19 and UP teammate Kartik Tyagi who recommended him for Rajasthan Royals trialsFunnily there was another batterkeeper an U19 World Cup winner 2018 named Aryan Juyal who also did well in trials and scouts were a bit confusedBut Bharucha always knew whom they were signing I remembered him Jurel hitting this one ball over extra cover for an enormous six and thought this looked different and special Even our own RR selection team was confused which player we were going afterBut I requested them to check the video of the guy who hit that six over extra cover and they came back saying it was Dhruv Jurel I was very clear thats the one RR should be chasing come the auction dayWith PTI Inputs