No Virat Kohli, no problem. From managing Jasprit Bumrah’s workload to giving youngsters a chance at the highest level, Team India ticked all the right boxes under Rohit Sharma’s leadership during the five-match Test series against England.

Rising stars Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan announced themselves in the five-match Test series against England as India found several fresh talents in the lead-up to the Indian Premier League (IPL) season in 2024.
With all roads heading to the world’s wealthiest T20 competition, renowned Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has opted to throw his weight behind an emerging star.

According to former skipper Gavaskar, Indian wicketkeeper-batter Jurel deserves a batting promotion in the Rajasthan Royals (RR) team at the IPL 2024. Mighty impressed with Jurel, batting icon Gavaskar is anticipating Jurel to finish off a great season in the cash-rich competition. “Dhruv Jurel can absolutely be that person.

The way he has batted this year and the way he batted in the last IPL, he can surely receive a promotion up the order,” Gavaskar told Star Sports ahead of RR’s IPL 2024 opener. Jurel made his Test debut in the third game of the England series at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

The RR sensation played a courageous knock of 46 off 104 balls in his debut game. The youthful wicketkeeper-batter upped his stocks with a key innings of 90 off 149 balls against Ben Stokes and Co. in the 4th Test at Ranchi.

Wicket-keeper Jurel was added to Group C of BCCI’s central contract list after the England Test series. Jurel’s brilliant wicketkeeping show also paved the door for the RR star to garner parallels with famous gloveman MS Dhoni. Batting icon Gavaskar gave Jurel a special mention during the England Test series.

“Of course he has batted well, but his keeping and his performance behind the stumps have been equally remarkable. Just by looking at his game awareness, I want to claim that he is another MS Dhoni in the making. I know there can never be another MSD, but you know the presence of mind that he has; when he started, it was that. And Jurel has that game knowledge.

Street-smart cricketer,” Gavaskar has said. Young Jurel has played 13 IPL matches. He made his debut against the Punjab Kings at Barsapara Cricket Stadium last year. Champions of the 2008 season of the IPL, Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals will encounter KL Rahul-led India in their tournament opener at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday.

The Royals pulled up Rovman Powell (Rs. 7.4 crore), Shubham Dubey (Rs. 5.80 crore), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Rs. 40 lakh), Abid Mushtaq (Rs. 20 lakh), and Nandre Burger (Rs. 50 lakh) at the IPL 2024 auction