India, Nov. 10 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin firmly told head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill to utilise Dhruv Jurel's form after the batter smashed twin centuries in the second unofficial Test for India A against South Africa A. Jurel played unbeaten knocks of 132 and 127 as he presented a strong case for himself to be included in the playing XI as a frontline batter.

Jurel played the Test series against the West Indies, but it was firmly down to Rishabh Pant's injury. Considering the latter is back, Jurel cannot come into the side as a wicketkeeper. So his competition remains in the form of Sai Sudharsan and Nitish Kumar Reddy.

However, Ashwin reckons the management wouldn't require the services of Nitish R...