IND v ENG 2024: “Only one MS Dhoni”- Sunil Gavaskar clarifies his ‘Dhruv Jurel is another Dhoni’ comment

Dhruv Jurel won the Player of the Match for his batting and keeping in Ranchi Test v England.

Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar clarified his comment that Dhruv Jurel is another MS Dhoni in the making, which came after the UP keeper-batter helped India beat England in the fourth Test which was played in Ranchi.

Ranchi is the hometown of legendary India captain MS Dhoni and Jurel, who is a fan of the ex-India captain, was awarded Player of the Match for his 90 and 39* and some excellent work with the gloves. India defeated England by 5 wickets to take a 3-1 lead in the series with one match to go.

Gavaskar compared Jurel to Dhoni when he was alternating between caution and aggression with the lower order. Unsurprisingly, the comment went viral. A player of Gavaskar's magnitude rarely compares a youngster to a legend such as Dhoni.

Ahead of the fifth and final Test in Dharamsala, Gavaskar was asked about the parallels he drew between Jurel and Dhoni. The former India captain said there can never be another Dhoni but Jurel has already showed signs of a bright future.

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“The way he thinks about the game, the way he assesses the situation and bats accordingly, gives me the MS Dhoni feels. He would hit a six in between and then look for ones and twos to rotate the strike... Even in keeping, the way he gathered that wayward throw and ran out Ben Duckett and then took a brilliant catch of Jimmy Anderson who went for the reverse sweep. When MS Dhoni was of his age, he too had the same situation awareness. And that is why I said, Jurel is like MS Dhoni. No one can become MS Dhoni. There is only one MS Dhoni. But if Jurel can manage to do even some portion of the things Dhoni did then it would be great for Indian cricket," Gavaskar said on Sports Tak.

Not only this, but Gavaskar said that if Jurel can have a good IPL then he can be an option for India in the T20 World Cup.

"He is definitely an option. A lot will depend on his IPL form. Form is very important. But the ease with which he is hitting sixes shows that he has the game for shorter formats. If he gets a chance then he will bat at No.5 or 6 only, as a finisher. We've seen how Dhoni did coming in to bat that number in the last 4-5 overs of the innings. The same will be expected from him,” he added.