Dhruv Jurel gave a scintillating demonstration of his technical nous with a fighting hundred, carrying India ‘A’ to a respectable 255 all out after a top-order malfunction against South Africa ‘A’ on Day One of the four-day match here on Thursday.

Asked to bat first, India ‘A’ were in serious trouble, some of their own making, at 126-7, but Jurel (132 not out, 175b, 12x4, 4x6) and Kuldeep Yadav (20, 87b) milked 79 runs for a doughty eighth-wicket stand to bail them out.