Jurel will play his first Test on England tour, despite keeping wickets as substitute in two matches.
Jurel has kept wickets as a substitute in the Lord’s Test and in Manchester as well. Rishabh Pant had hurt his finger at Lord’s and then fractured his toe in the Manchester Test, leaving Jurel to keep vigil behind the stumps, and Jurel has impressed with his glovework.
As a result, there were numerous memes on social media, the most well-known of which was based on a scene from MS Dhoni: The Movie. A young Dhoni tells his coach he wants to bat in this scene, but he is rejected and forced to keep wicket-keeping.
Of all the memes he viewed on social media, Jurel claimed to find that one to be the funniest.
"You know that scene from the MS Dhoni movie, where he says, 'I want to bat, and the teacher replies, No, do wicketkeeping,' and the kid replies, 'No, I like batting,' and the response is, 'No, you’ll have to do keeping.' That part was really funny,” Jurel said in a video on BCCI.tv.
The 24-year-old said that overcoming challenges in overseas conditions is a special thing, and he was excited to perform with the bat finally.
“To overcome challenges when you go overseas is always a special thing. If you perform overseas, people will rate you highly, so I am very excited; I just want to go out and express myself. I am very excited to play because this match is very crucial for all of us. I am very excited to do that one thing which helps the team win,” he added.
Jurel's first chance in England came at Lord's when he donned the wicketkeeper's gloves. He claimed that playing at the famous theater was a childhood goal of his and that he was simply enjoying the experience.
“I used to think about playing at Lord’s since childhood, so I was just feeling the moment. The experience (of playing there) was great. First of all, what happened with Rishabh Bhaiya was very unfortunate. When I went in to keep the wickets, it was always a dream to play at Lord’s. We try; whenever that opportunity comes, we do that one thing that helps the team win,” he stated.
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