10 players to watch out for in IPL 2024
Rishabh Pant takes fresh guard: Rishabh Pant captured the hearts and minds of the cricketing world, not only by pulling off incredible wins, but also with his flair and daring: “Pantball" preceded “Bazball". His rising star came to crashing halt on 30 December 2022 when he suffered a car accident. Now, after 14 months of surgeries and rehabilitation, he returns to the scene of his first success, the IPL.
“It feels like I am going to make my debut again," he says. All cricket lovers wait in hope for Pant 2.0 to shine. His franchise, Delhi Capitals (DC), is not the strongest in the league on paper.
But in David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Kuldeep Yadav and Anrich Nortje, they have potential match-winners to upset the applecart—something that Pant has always revelled in doing. The meteoric rise of Dhruv Jurel: Pant’s absence opened doors for other wicketkeeper-batsmen to shine, and the one who has grabbed the opportunity with both gloves is Dhruv Jurel. He first caught attention on his IPL debut last year. Walking out to bat as an impact player in the last five overs of a match where Rajasthan Royals (RR) were tottering at 124/6 against the Punjab Kings’ (PBKS’) total of 197, Jurel’s cameo nearly took RR to the target.
Rajasthan fell five runs short, but that knock gave the youngster more opportunities to show his big-hitting. Cut to 2024, and Jurel not only made an unlikely debut midway through a riveting Test series against England, but helped India win a tense battle in Ranchi, the hometown of M.S. Dhoni. It’s a script that could only have been written by the cricketing gods.
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