“Jab main chota tha, toh unko dekhne aata tha Aligarh” - Dhruv Jurel shares interesting story about his flatmate amid IPL 2025

Rajasthan Royals (RR) wicket-keeper batter Dhruv Jurel shared an interesting story about his flatmate Rinku Singh during the IPL 2025 season. Jureal appeared in a podcast with Ranveer Allahbadia, where he revealed that the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter was his flatmate and the two stayed together in Greater Noida to this day.

The wickektkeeper further shared that when he was younger, he would go to Aligarh to watch Rinku play.

"We are flatmates. Hum Greater Noida mai ek sath hi rehte hai. Jab mai chota tha, toh unko dekhne aata tha Aligarh, match dekhne. Bohot class khelte hai kya batting karte hai aur ab sath rehte hai. Very genuine hearted person. (We are flatmates. We stay together in Greater Noida. When I was small, I used to go to Aligarh to watch his matches. I was like he is a very class players and bats well and now we stay together. Very genuine hearted person)," he said.

Watch the clip of the same posted by Ranveer Allahbadia on his Instagram handle:

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Dhruv Jurel's IPL 2025 performance

Dhurv Jurel, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, is a part of Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL. He made his debut in 2023 with RR and played his third season with them in 2025.

Rajasthan had a disappointing season and failed to make the playoffs this year. They won just four out of their 14 matches, suffering ten defeats and gathering eight points to finish ninth on the points table.

Dhruv Jurel, however, had his best IPL season with the bat so far. The right-handed wicket-keeper batter scored 333 runs from 13 innings at an average of 37 and a strike-rate of 156.33 with two half-centuries.

Dhruv Jurel was among the players retained by Rajasthan ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Overall, he has played 42 matches in the league and has 680 runs at an average of 28.33 and a strike-rate of 153.84 with four half-centuries.

He has also played four Tests and as many T20Is for India so far.