Dhruv Jurel has revealed that Yashasvi Jaiswal did not start his clash with Asitha Fernando in the Colombo Test. Speaking on Aakash Chopra’s YouTube show Baith & Bol, Jurel said Jaiswal was already walking off in silence when the abuse began.
“When he got out, he was quietly walking back to the dressing room. He didn’t say anything.”
Dhruv Jurel, Baith & Bol, 25 September 2026
Jurel said Jaiswal later told him what made him turn around.
“The Sri Lankan pacer was abusing him. Jaiswal told me that he was abusing him nonstop.”
Dhruv Jurel, Baith & Bol, 25 September 2026
Fernando dismissed Jaiswal for 45 in the 17th over on Day 1 of the second Test. The two then ended up head to head, a moment covered in full in the Jaiswal and Fernando fight in Colombo.
According to Jurel, Jaiswal told Fernando that normal aggression after taking a wicket was fine, but abuse was not. Jurel added that Jaiswal never starts these exchanges, but India will not stay quiet if provoked.
The footage shows a batter turning back. It cannot show what a dismissed batter goes through on that walk, or why abuse at that exact moment hits harder than any send-off.
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🎙️: Jurel revealed that Yashasvi Jaiswal was quietly walking back to the dressing room after getting out.
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On the day of the incident, India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said the bowler “must have commented something” and that it happened in the heat of the moment. He also said Jaiswal should not have gone so close to the bowler.
A day later, Jaiswal posted on X asking people not to judge without knowing what was said, a post that answered criticism including Harsha Bhogle’s. Jurel has now filled in the gap: it was nonstop abuse.
The ICC charged both players under Article 2.12 for inappropriate physical contact. Match referee Andy Pycroft fined each 25% of his match fee and gave each one demerit point. Both accepted the sanctions.
The charge covered the contact only. The bowler who spoke and the batter who reacted received the same penalty.
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A dismissed batter is at his lowest point in the match. The innings he built is gone, and all he wants is to reach the dressing room and deal with it alone. A send-off about the wicket is part of the game, and every batter accepts it because the bowler earned it.
Abuse on that walk is different: it is no longer about the wicket, it is personal, aimed at a man who can no longer answer with the bat. That is why Jaiswal drew the line exactly where he did. Turning around is the reflex, walking on is the discipline, and the camera only ever records the one who turns.
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