Dhruv Jurel has been a part of India’s series against England, but not in the way you would expect him to. In the last two Tests, Jurel has kept wickets as he came in as an injury substitute for Rishabh Pant but he hasn’t got a chance to bat so far.

This meant that a lot of memes on social media, with the most famous one being related to the scene from MS Dhoni: The Movie. This is the scene where a young Dhoni tells his coach he wants to bat but is shunned and told to keep first. Jurel said that he found that meme the funniest of the ones he saw on social media.

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“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,” said Jurel.

Jurel will now finally get to bat in the Oval Test as he will replace the injured Rishabh Pant for the match. 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 high so I am very excited, just want to go out and express myself,” said Jurel in a video shared by the BCCI.

“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.

Experience playing in Lord’s was great

Jurel’s first chance in England came at Lord’s when he donned the wicketkeeper gloves. He said it was his childhood dream to play at the iconic venue and he was just soaking in the moment.

“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’s always a dream to play at Lord’s.”

“We try, whenever that opportunity comes, we do that one thing which helps the team win.”

India and England will lock horns in the Oval Test, which will start on July 31.

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