Melbourne, Nov 12 (UNI) Former Australia skipper Tim Paine believes inexperienced wicket-keeper-batter Dhruv Jurel can make a big impact for India during the upcoming Border-Gavaskar series.
While Jurel has only played three matches and was mainly included in India's touring party for the five-match Test series in Australia as a back-up for regular keeper Rishabh Pant, the 23-year-old impressed during a recent match for India A against Australia A in Melbourne.
Jurel caught the eye of Paine when he looked composed contributing scores of 80 and 68 batting at No.6 in the low-scoring MCG contest and the former Australia captain - who coached Australia A in the match - thinks the right-hander will play as a specialist batter in the opening Test of the summer