DTVHINDI‘I was shocked’, recalls sledging by Joe Root in Ranchi Test: Dhruv Jurel
India won the Ranchi Test by five wickets. Dhruv Jurel (Image Credit- Twitter Earlier this year, the England cricket team toured India for a five-match Test series. The fourth match of this Test series was played between India and England (IND vs ENG) at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi. So remembering this match, Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel has recently made a big statement. Jurel has said that he was surprised to see former English captain Joe Root sledging in this match. Dhruv Jurel gave a big statement Let us tell you that recently Dhruv Jurel was seen doing an interview with sports presenter Jatin Sapru on his YouTube channel. In this interview, Jurel recalled the fourth Test match played in Ranchi and said- I couldn’t sleep that night, I was not out on 30. I was planning for the next day, wondering if I should try to score a half-century with the old ball, as there were still a few overs left, or against the new ball. But in the end I managed to score 36 before they took the new ball and Anderson came back to bowl. Jurel further said- He (Joe Root) had become completely aggressive by then and was continuously sledging. Listening to the English accent, I could not understand half of his words. After this Jonny Bairstow also joined in this sledging. I was surprised, because I asked Joe Root that you play with me in IPL, then why are you sledging. So he replied- We all are playing for our country now. On the other hand, if we tell you about the situation of this match, India won the match by five wickets. Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant innings of 90 runs in 149 balls in the first innings and 39* runs in the second innings, helping India win the match. Jurel was given the Player of the Match award for this brilliant performance.
In an exclusive conversation with Crictracker, Tim Paine made a big revelation about sledging with Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli scored 692 runs in the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar series Virat Kohli and Tim Paine. (Photo Source: Getty Images) When India toured Australia in 2014, Virat Kohli was in the news a lot. Before the four-match series, the media was keeping an eye on his every move. He was criticized and the Australian players left no stone unturned in sledging him. However, Kohli was not affected by all these things at that time. The then 25-year-old Kohli showed his ability and scored 692 runs while Team India was struggling. The sledging from the Australian players made him stronger, which resulted in him being the second-highest run-scorer of the series. Since that series, there has been a decrease in sledging by Australian players towards Kohli or Indian cricketers. Now once again the teams of India and Australia are ready for the Border-Gavaskar series in November, 2024. Before this high profile series, Tim Paine has said that sledging does not matter to Kohli. He also revealed that when he was a keeper, he tried to distract the cricketers. Apart from this, he used to get angry when former cricketers advised the Australian players not to sledge Kohli. Tim Paine’s exclusive interview with CricTracker In an exclusive interview with Crictracker, Paine said, “People used to say, don’t sledge Virat. If you don’t sledge Virat, most of the time he still keeps scoring runs. So it doesn’t matter whether you are saying something to him or not. I will not try to provoke Virat, but if possible I will try to distract him. If you can distract him even a little bit, he can play a bad shot or lose his concentration. But when people used to say, don’t sledge him, I used to get very angry.” Let us tell you that before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2018, Michael Clarke had advised Australia not to sledge Kohli and even at that time Tim Paine had said that his team did not want to provoke the Indian captain. However, after the series, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag had said that the Australian players were soft towards India. He said that the host team was soft towards the guests considering the IPL contracts of some players.
Shaun Marsh and Tim Paine had an exclusive conversation with Crictracker, revealed a big secret about ‘Sledging’
Several former Australian players are currently participating in the World Championship Legends tournament. Tim Paine (Photo Source: Twitter) Many former Australian players are currently participating in the World Championship Legends tournament. Australia has qualified for the playoffs of this important tournament. Apart from them, Pakistan, India and West Indies have confirmed their place in the playoffs of this tournament. Before the start of the playoffs, former Australian players Shaun Marsh and Tim Paine revealed many things about Australian cricket during a conversation with Crictracker. Let us tell you, Australia has always been seen playing aggressive cricket. The team has won the most ICC titles. In 2023, they defeated India in the final of the ODI World Cup in their home. Both these former Australian players put forth their views on the team’s sledging. Tim Paine said, ‘There will be no sledging in this tournament. It has been quite good. To be honest, I get bored very easily and I need to talk to someone. I am like this both inside and outside the field. I just try to talk to the batsman and sometimes try to divert his attention. You can also ask this to Shaun that whether it is the team bus or the hotel, I get bored very quickly and I need to talk to someone. This is my nature. Here is Shaun Marsh and Tim Paine’s conversation with Crictracker: Shaun Marsh said, ‘I don’t think this is all. Sledging is out of the game. Sometimes it is seen with Australia and India in big tournaments but now it is completely over.’ Pakistan is at the top of the points table in the World Champions Legends tournament. Talking about Australia Champions, they have performed very well in this tournament. Now they have to play the second semi-final match against India on 12 July. The best thing for the team is that all their players are in excellent form at the moment. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
