New Delhi, Feb 15: The yr was 2014. A small boy in his teenagers stood in entrance of Noida’s most well-known cricket coach Phool Chand’s workplace room, and there was no mother or father accompanying him.
“Before I could ask anything, the boy said, ‘Sir my name is Dhruv Jurel and please take me in your academy’, he requested,” the coach, who noticed a quiet confidence within the teenager, recalled.
On Thursday, as Jurel grew to become an Indian Test cricketer, Phool Chand vividly remembered each second of that day. Memories got here flooding again and he grew to become emotional.
“For a teacher, can there be a bigger day than seeing his student excel. He is the first among my students who will play Test cricket and second after pacer Shivam Mavi to play international cricket,” Phool Chand, who runs his academy in Sector 71, Noida, informed PTI.
Back to that day, and he recollected some extra issues that struck him then.
“I didn’t see any parent accompanying him. I thought may be he is a local boy from Noida but then he said, ‘Sir, I have come all alone from Agra and the friend who had promised to arrange my accommodation at his house isn’t picking up the call’.” The first intuition for Phool Chand was to name his father, ex-Armyman Nem Chand, who was a retired Havaldar with the armed forces and fought the Kargil warfare in 1999. Later, he took voluntary retirement from service.
“I wanted to know if the kid had run away from home to play cricket and I asked him to give his father’s number. When his father picked up, he confirmed that he wanted to come but it was his grandfather’s tervi (shraddh) and the kid told his dad, don’t worry I will take a train from Agra to Delhi.
“Seeing a 13-year-old travel alone, I knew this boy is special,” stated Phool Chand.
With no place to reside initially, Phool Chand organized for his keep in a hostel the place residential trainees stayed and thus started Jurel’s cricket journey.
“In my academy, if you have merit it won’t matter if you are a rickshaw puller’s son or a minister’s son, you will be given every opportunity to make the grade. Dhruv was very hardworking from an early age and also had talent.
“So it was not difficult for him to clear each level with his performances,” the coach added.
It is rarely straightforward for boys coming from decrease center class households and for Jurel, it was his mom who pawned her gold jewelry to get him the primary cricket equipment. That was earlier than he got here to Noida.
In Phool Chand’s academy, any proficient child with meagre assets have by no means needed to fear a couple of good bat, or high quality bowling spikes.
“If I know that a boy can make the grade, I provide him with best equipments from my pocket. God has been kind that I have been able to produce multiple India, India U19 and first class cricketers.” In the case of Jurel, what helped him develop a sound temperament, which everybody seen in two seasons of IPL for Rajasthan Royals, is the variety of matches and tournaments that he performed round Delhi NCR.
“From 14 only, I made Dhruv play hundreds of matches in local tournaments around Delhi and NCR and more he played, better he got. I remember there was a tournament called Vaibhav Sharma Memorial and I had got a club for Dhruv but since he was young, they were playing him lower down the order.
“I went to the owner of the team and requested to give him one chance to bat up the order and he kept my word. Jurel made 86 off 38 balls to win the final for his club.” He has carried out in any respect ranges from U19 state to nationwide workforce, adopted by Ranji Trophy, IPL, India A, and now the senior workforce.
The transition has been gradual and the coach is assured of his success on the highest stage.
“I had messaged him early in the morning that, ‘Is din ko yaadgar banana’ (make this day memorable), and he said, ‘Main apna best dunga, sir’ (I will give my best, sir).” After Taj Mahal and petha, Agra has bought one other Jewel in Jurel. PTI KHS AH AH
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