Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that IPL 2025 presents an opportunity for many Rajasthan Royals (RR) players. He added that Dhruv Jurel would want to prove his worth after being retained by the franchise for an exorbitant sum before the mega auction. Jurel scored just 195 runs at an average of 24.38 in 11 innings in IPL 2024 as well. However, RR retained him for ₹14 crore ahead of Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Trent Boult.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Yashasvi Jaiswal has to make his place in the T20 format. I feel he will automatically get a place in ODIs after some time, but he has to make a place in T20Is, and he won’t get a place there easily because Sanju Samson is there with Abhishek Sharma. So if he has a great IPL season, he could be that guy. You will then get Dhruv Jurel. A huge punt has been played on him. He is a brilliant player, but you have paid ₹14 crore on potential and promise. I feel he is a phenomenal player. So he has something different to prove,” Chopra added.

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However, Aakash Chopra added that Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has a chance to overcome his short-ball issues and seal a spot in India’s Test side as well.

“Sanju Samson got out to bouncers five times in his last five innings in international cricket. So bouncers will be bowled to him. He has to silence all critics. So he needs to score runs. He wants to graduate from T20 to the other formats. So that’s the challenge for him. Nitish Rana was slightly troubled because of loyalty when Kolkata didn’t retain him. So he has to prove something different. If you look at Riyan Parag, he went out due to injury, or else he was getting into the scheme of things of Indian cricket. So you want to look towards him,” Aakash Chopra concluded.