Zimbabwe Tour: The Indian cricket team is currently on a Zimbabwe tour, where it has to play a five-match T20I series. On this tour, Team India is being led by Shubman Gill, captain of Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

An Indian player selected in Team India's squad for this tour said that during the T20 World Cup final, he was cheering for the South African team instead of the Indian cricket team.

Dhruv Jurel, who was selected for Zimbabwe Tour, was cheering for South Africa, not India

Dhruv Jurel, who plays for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, has been given a place in Team India that toured Zimbabwe for five T20I matches. Dhruv Jurel has made a big revelation about the T20 World Cup final. Earlier, he got a chance in Team India's five-Test series against England. Where he caught everyone's attention with his brilliant performance.

Dhruv Jurel has said that he was not supporting Indian cricket during the final, but was cheering for the South African team.

Dhruv Jurel said, “when I was watching the Final and cheering for India, South Africa came in the winning position, so I started cheering for South Africa and India made a comeback. I kept cheering for South Africa and India won the World Cup”. pic.twitter.com/b198zZq2kQ

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Why was Dhruv Jurel cheering for the South African team

Wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel, who won the heart of captain Rohit Sharma by performing brilliantly in the Test series against England, tells that when he was cheering for the Indian team during the T20 World Cup final, the match was slowly seen going towards South Africa. In such a situation, Dhruv Jurel starts cheering for the South African team. As soon as he does this, the match comes back to India. However, even after this he keeps cheering for South Africa and Team India defeats South Africa in the final match and wins by 7 runs.