India, July 30 -- Dhruv Jurel has featured a few times in the last two Tests of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, albeit in a substitute wicketkeeper's role. But come the finale at The Oval, Jurel is all but certain to make his first official appearance on English soil, stepping in for Rishabh Pant, who has been ruled out of the fifth Test with a fractured toe.

Jurel first took the field as a substitute during England's first innings in the third Test at Lord's, after Pant injured his right index finger trying to stop a leg-side delivery from Jasprit Bumrah. The 24-year-old, who energetically waved from the dugout while Pant received medical attention, quickly suited up and took over the gloves. He kept wickets in both innings, alth...