Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Dhruv Jurel Breaks Hardik Pandya’s Sri Lanka Test Record
Dhruv Jurel is an Indian cricket player.
He scored 115 runs without being dismissed in a Test match against Sri Lanka.
He batted seventh in India’s order.
This made him only the second Indian to score a century from seventh place or lower in a Test in Sri Lanka.
Hardik Pandya was the first, scoring 108 runs in 2017.
Jurel also passed Pandya’s score for the highest individual Indian Test innings in Sri Lanka mentioned in the article.
He and Rishabh Pant made 112 runs together.
India then declared its innings at 503 runs for nine wickets.
Dhruv Jurel scored an unbeaten 115 for India in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Batting at No. 7, Jurel became only the second Indian to make a Test century from No. 7 or lower in Sri Lanka.
Hardik Pandya previously achieved the feat with 108 at Pallekele in 2017.
Jurel’s 112-run seventh-wicket partnership with Rishabh Pant helped India recover and declare at 503/9 on day two.
The article’s headline calls Jurel the first Indian to achieve the feat, but its report identifies him as the second after Pandya.
- Who
- Indian batter Dhruv Jurel; Hardik Pandya was the previous Indian to achieve the feat.
- What
- Jurel scored an unbeaten 115 from No. 7 and surpassed Pandya’s 108 as the cited highest individual Indian Test score in Sri Lanka.
- When
- On the second day of the second Test; the report identifies the performance as occurring on a Monday.
- Where
- The second Test was played at the SSC Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Why
- Jurel’s innings helped India reach 503/9 before declaring and strengthened India’s position in the match.
- Player
- Dhruv Jurel
- Score
- Unbeaten 115
- Batting position
- No. 7
- Previous record
- Hardik Pandya scored 108 at Pallekele in 2017
- Partnership
- 112 runs with Rishabh Pant for the seventh wicket
- India’s declaration
- 503/9 on day two
- Century detail
- Jurel reached his century in 171 balls, with nine fours and two sixes
