When Dhruv Jurel was included in India's Test squad against England as his maiden national call-up, he had played just 15 first-class games having debuted in the domestic circuit for his state team Uttar Pradesh in the 2022 Ranji Trophy. But now after playing just two Tests, the wicketkeeper-batsman's performances have earned him parallels to none other than the iconic former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
After Sunil Gavaskar anointed Jurel, the son of a Kargil War veteran, as "another MS Dhoni in the making" after his knocks of 90 and 39 not out to take India to victory in the fourth Test in Ranchi, another former India skipper and leg-spin legend Anil Kumble has found Jurel's skills of the level that can take him to where Dhoni reached in his career.
