Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026), Dhruv Jurel played a blistering innings for Uttar Pradesh in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. On the winter morning, when the temperature across the nation on lower side, Jurel provided some exciting moments for the Indian cricket fans.

Fast pace century by Dhruv Jurel

In this season’s Vijay Hazare Trophy, Uttar Pradesh wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel played a stormy innings against Baroda, scoring an unbeaten century, while captain Rinku Singh also scored a half-century. Riding on Dhruv’s century, Uttar Pradesh posted a mammoth 369 for 7 in 50 overs in the first innings against Baroda.

Dhruv Jurel scored a century in 78 balls.
Dhruv Jurel came in at number three against Baroda and immediately began his explosive batting. He reached his century in 78 balls and continued to play for the team until the end, returning unbeaten. Dhruv faced 101 balls during his innings, scoring an unbeaten 160. He also hit 8 sixes and 165 fours, while his strike rate was 158.42.

This was Dhruv’s first century in List A cricket career and it was also the biggest innings of his List A cricket career. In this match, captain Rinku Singh also played a crucial innings of 63 runs for the team while opener Abhishek Goswami scored 51 runs in 51 balls. Prashant Veer, batting at the bottom order, scored 35 runs in 23 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours and his strike rate during this period was 152.17.

UP batted brilliantly against Baroda, scoring 369 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs, setting the opposition a target of 370 runs to win. Raj Limbani bowled brilliantly for Baroda in this match, taking 4 wickets for 74 runs in 10 overs, while Aryan Chawla took 2 wickets. Rasik Salam got only one wicket in this match against UP, while captain Krunal Pandya gave away 64 runs in 10 overs and did not get any wicket.