The Indian staff has quite a lot of choices within the wicketkeeping division, who’ve already showcased their expertise. One of many rising abilities within the aspect is 23-year-old Dhruv Jurel who has already displayed some nice performances early in his worldwide profession and was additionally retained by the Rajasthan Royals for a whopping value of INR 14 crore forward of the IPL 2025.
The plan of retaining Jurel in Rajasthan forward of huge worldwide stars like Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal did come as a shock, however it looks like RR head coach Rahul Dravid and skipper Sanju Samson have determined a bit extra for the Agra-born. In actual fact, Samson has brazenly mentioned that he’s comfortable to sacrifice wicketkeeping for Jurel which won’t solely give him that further duty but in addition assist him in assuring his place within the Check staff as nicely.
“I’ve not mentioned this on air. As I mentioned earlier than, we really feel for the gamers. I feel we really feel Dhruv Jurel, the place he’s at his profession, he’s a Check wicketkeeper. He additionally must put on the gloves within the IPL sooner or later,” mentioned Samson whereas chatting with AB De Villiers on the latter’s YouTube channel.
“That was mentioned; we can be sharing gloves; we each can be sharing gloves. I’ve not captained a lot as a fielder, however I informed him actually ‘Dhruv, I completely perceive from the place you come from and what I take into consideration you as a frontrunner, it’s best to maintain (the wickets) in some video games.’ We’ll see mess around with that. Nothing ought to have an effect on the staff; the staff comes first,” the RR skipper added.
Dhruv Jurel has already proven spectacular outcomes for India within the longest format and was top-of-the-line batters within the BGT warm-up video games. Aside from that, he averages 40.40 in Checks and 45.74 in First-Class cricket. Talking of his efficiency within the IPL, he has scored 347 runs within the 27 matches he has performed at an general strike fee of 151.53.
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