Full Name – Dhruv Chand JurelÂ
Born – 21 January 2001 (23 years as on 21 Jan 2024)
Birth Place – Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Batting Style – Right handed batÂ
Major role – Wicketkeeper batterÂ
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Dhruv Chand Jurel is an Indian Cricketer who plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic and Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League. He was the Vice-Captain in the 2020 ICC Cricket World Cup alongside Priyam Garg and Yashashwi Jaiswal.
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Dhruv Jurel Test selection vs England
When the Indian cricket team was announced on 13th Jan for home Test series vs England Jurel got the maiden call-up in place of Ishan Kishan who had been rested for the South Africa series on his demand.
The First test will be played from 25th January.
Jurel has an impressive First Class average of 46.47 playing for his home team Uttar Pradesh.
Dhruv Jurel early life
Getting the news of his maiden India call Jurel got emotional remembering his early days, when he threatened to run away from home if didn’t get a cricket kit .Â
Dhruv said the kit was worth 7000 INR back then but my father denied it was his mother who came to the rescue. She sold her gold chain to fulfil her son’s dream.
It’s now a dream come true to share dressing room with the greats like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma bhaiya Dhruv added talking to the media.
Dhruv Jurel IPL journey
Ahead of Indian Premier League Rajasthan Royals bought him at his base price at INR 20 LAKHS. He has played 13 matches and scored 153 runs at a strike rate of above 172 which is outstanding for such a new lad in this biggest league.Â
Dhruv Jurel Playing style
Jurel is a right-handed middle order wicket keeper batsman who has an attacking style of playing keeping the game awareness in the mind.
 Jurel’s keeping style and technique is so remarkable. Which adds value to his skill.Â
His six hitting ability all over the park and generating power makes him outclass.
Team India for Test series against England
Here is the list of 16 members squad for the Test series against England for the first 2 test.
1. Rohit Sharma (C)
2. Shubman GillÂ
3. Yashashwi JaiswalÂ
4. Virat KohliÂ
5. Shreyas IyerÂ
6. KL Rahul (WK)
7. KS Bharat (WK)
8. Dhruv Jurel (WK)
9. Ravichandran AshwinÂ
10. Ravindra JadejaÂ
11. Axar PatelÂ
12. Kuldeep YadavÂ
13. Mohammad SirajÂ
14. Mukesh KumarÂ
15. Jasprit Bumrah (VC)
16. Avesh KhanÂ