India, April 5 -- Despite a promising start to his international career, Dhruv Jurel is still playing the understudy. He's the next-in-queue to Rishabh Pant in Test cricket, and to KL Rahul in ODIs. And he may have to wait longer in T20Is with Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan having found their groove.

But there's something about this 25-year-old son of an army man. The wicket-keeper batter is always in the selector's scheme of things.

Like in the case of many others, a bumper IPL could open new opportunities for Jurel too. Rajasthan Royals have handed him a chance to have a fair crack at owning the season with promotion to No.3. Having batted the most at No.5, and also at 6 and 7, Jurel has been underutilised. In only his second outing in...