Team India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel recalled his first reaction after Rajasthan Royals (RR) bought him at the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction. RR signed him at his base price of ₹20 lakh. Jurel also revealed that he became very emotional after RR raised their paddle for him as well.

He said in an interview on Aakash Chopra’s YouTube channel: “Nobody bid for me when my name came up for the first time. I started getting calls from home, and a lot was going on in my mind. RR raised their paddle when my name came up for the second time. I was crying; I was in tears. Even my relatives would not ask when I would play for India. They only asked when I would play in the IPL. I thought, now I will tell all my relatives that I will play in the IPL.”

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“I was mesmerized seeing Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, R Ashwin, and Yuzvendra Chahal. I got a lot of exposure. I still feel that I was lucky that I didn’t play any game that year because I know I was not ready,” he further added.

Dhruv Jurel also shared about his experience of playing with Vaibhav Suryavanshi in IPL 2026. The youngster won the Orange Cap for scoring 776 runs across 16 games at an astonishing strike rate of 237.31. Jurel praised Suryavanshi’s heroics and added that he cannot even think of comparing himself to the youngster as well.

“He deserves all the praise. What he does, you can’t even think about it, even in your dreams. A 15-year-old smashing everybody. There is a wow factor. I never get jealous of him. There is no comparison either, as I think, what will I compare? It’s beyond thinking,” Dhruv Jurel concluded.