Jurel reveals Jaiswal Fernando confrontation (Image: IANS)
“100 per cent. Nearly a month after the incident, India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel has revealed what Jaiswal told him about the exchange.
Jurel has now claimed that Jaiswal told him Fernando had been verbally abusing him continuously following the dismissal. Jaiswal told me that he was abusing him nonstop,” Jurel told former India batter Aakash Chopra. Jaiswal did not object to Fernando celebrating the wicket but drew the line at personal abuse, according to Jurel. “Jaiswal told him, ‘It’s okay. But if you provoke us, we will also return it,” Jurel said.
The on-field confrontation between India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando during the second Test in Colombo had become one of the talking points of the series. The two players came face-to-face before teammates and the Sri Lankan captain intervened to separate them. You took my wicket, you can show normal aggression, but you can’t abuse me,’” Jurel added. He will never start it; I have never seen him do that. He is always in the zone; he is always thinking about his batting.