There have been some shock calls when India introduced their Test squad for the primary two matches against England on Friday. Mohammed Shami and Ishan Kishan’s names have been lacking from the 16-member squad record however followers have been shocked to see one unfamiliar identify ‘Dhruv Jurel’.
Dhruv Jurel’s identify first emerged when he made his Indian Premier League debut with Rajasthan Royals and made an instantaneous affect along with his big-hitting expertise and spectacular wicketkeeping. But only a few find out about his home cricket report and the way he earned a maiden call-up to the nationwide group out of the blue.
So, who is Dhruv Jurel?
The 22-year-old wicketkeeper batter was born in Agra (Uttar Pradesh) on January 21, 2001.
Dhruv made his skilled debut for Uttar Pradesh through the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021, India’s premier home T20 match, and scored 23 runs against Punjab.
After a powerful run in T20 cricket, Jurel earned the first-class recreation through the Ranji Trophy match against giants Vidarbha and made an instantaneous affect by scoring 64 runs in the primary innings.
Rajasthan Royals scouted the teen earlier than the IPL 2022 mega public sale and signed him for a base worth of INR 20 lakh. He scored 152 runs in 11 IPL innings final yr however his strike price of 172.72 grabbed everybody’s consideration.
However, Dhruv’s finest performances have come in first-class cricket with 790 runs in simply 15 matches at a tremendous common of 46.47 with one century and 5 fifties to date. He additionally recorded a fifty in the primary match of the continuing Ranji Trophy 2024 season against Kerala.
In List A cricket, Dhruv has scored 189 runs in 7 innings at a median of 47.25 with two fifties and has scored 244 runs in 19 T20 innings at a strike price of 137.07 to date.
India Squad for first 2 Tests vs England: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan
