RR vs PBKS: Dhruv Jurel vs Punjab Kings – ‘So close, yet so far’ – that is how close, young Dhruv Jurel brought his side Rajasthan Royals to chase down the humongous target set by Punjab Kings. Despite being a part of the losing side, Dhruv Jurel’s thunderous innings brought him heaps of appreciation from his teammates and the cricketing fans of the country. The 22-year old youngster hammered 32 runs from just 15 balls. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates with Insidesport.IN
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Used as an impact player, the youngster came on to replace Yuzvendra Chahal. Jurel came to bat at number 8 and formed a strong and formidable partnership with Shimron Hetmyer as RR looked poised to chase down the run target. He went on to blast, 3 fours and 2 sixes, batting with a strike rate of 213.33.
“The coaches have put a lot of work behind him (on Dhruv Jurel), we had a work week camp before the IPL, but the way they have worked a lot of time in our academies (during off-season), having faced 1000s of balls and I’m happy with the way they’re progressing,” said Sanju Samson after the game.
Dhruv Jurel is a star, what a fight back, 32* runs from just 15 balls when Rajasthan was down & out.
He will do wonders in future for this franchise. pic.twitter.com/wwRFUAxnQQ
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 5, 2023
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Dhruv Jurel’s Batting Stats in YODIs
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s |
| 19 | 15 | 4 | 516 | 101 | 46.9 | 661 | 78.06 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 10 |
All being said, very little is known about this youngster. Jurel is a wicket keeping batter who plays domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh. The 22-year old cricketer made his T20 debut in domestic circuit when he made his debut in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy for his home state. He was also named the vice-captain of the U19 Indian team for the ICC World Cup in 2020.
Dhruv Jurel joined Rajasthan Royals back in 2022 when he was bought in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Last year, the youngster also made his debut in the Ranji Trophy for Uttar Pradesh.
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