Following his brilliant 80 against Australia A in the 2nd Unofficial Test on Thursday in Melbourne Cricket ground, netizens want Dhruv Jurel to be Rohit Sharma ‘s back-up. While the rest of the batters perished quickly, Jurel held his own and played an impressive innings boosting his case for a spot in the playing XI for the first Border-Gavaskar Test in Perth. Jurel’s 80 was laced with six boundaries and two sixes. With Rohit set to miss the first Test due to personal reasons, fans want Jurel to become his replacement instead of KL Rahul or Abhimanyu Easwaran. Rahul and Easwaran failed with the bat against Australia A. Rahul scored four runs, while Earwaran failed to even open his account. 

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Meanwhile, at the time of filing the copy, India were bundled out for 161 runs. Michael Neser with four wickets was the pick of the Australian bowlers. The pitch, without a doubt, had a lot in it for the pacers. It would now be interesting to see how the Indian bowlers respond.