The Rajasthan Royals are flying excessive within the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) and their win in opposition to the Lucknow Tremendous Giants has introduced them near sealing a spot within the playoffs already. RR beat LSG by seven wickets away from house and thus elevated their profitable streak to 4 video games. They’ve misplaced simply one of many 9 video games they’ve performed up to now this season and the victory on Saturday took them to 16 factors. A significant cause behind their win in opposition to LSG have been scientific half-centuries from captain Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel and an unbeaten 121-run stand between them that got here in simply 62 balls.
Samson completed unbeaten on 71 off 33 balls whereas Jurel was not out for 52 runs off 34 balls. This was Jurel's first IPL half-century and it is available in what has up to now been a outstanding 12 months within the 23-year-old's profession. His knock garnered reward from former India head coach and commentator Ravi Shastri. “This Jurel is a Jewel for Indian cricket. Proper now and going forward into the longer term. Severe Dude,” mentioned Shastri in a submit on his X deal with.
Jurel's rise in 2024
Jurel's spectacular performances within the domsetic circuit helped him earn a maiden Check call-up for India's five-match Check sequence in opposition to England. He made his debut within the third Check and ended up enjoying as India's wicketkeeper for the remainder of the sequence. Jurel scored 190 runs within the sequence at a mean of 63.33 and this included a 149-ball 90 within the fourth Check that performed a giant position in India coming from behind and profitable by 5 wickets.
Jurel then made a few worthwhile contributions from the decrease middle-order in RR's first two wins of the season. Since then, nonetheless, he solely managed scores of two, 6 and a couple of on the three events that he obtained to bat earlier than Sunday.
IPL 2024
