UpComing Young Cricket Players in India

1.Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Rajendra Pant (born 4 October 1997) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Delhi. He made his first-class debut on 22 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy and his List A debut on 23 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy.
In December 2015 he was named in India's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. On 1 February 2016, during the tournament, he hit an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at this level.
On 6 February 2016, he was bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.9 crore. On the same day, he scored a century for India U-19 in the World Cup, guiding India into the semi-finals.
Indian Premier League career:-
Pant was bought by the Delhi Daredevils In the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. Playing only his third game of his IPL season, Pant made 69 runs from 40 balls to help Delhi to an eight-wicket victory over Gujarat Lions. He made his maiden IPL half-century off 25 balls. In the 2017 season, he scored 97 runs in 43 balls against the same team in Delhi on 4 May.
In May 2018, during the 2018 Indian Premier League, Pant scored 128 not out from 63 balls, making the highest individual score by an Indian cricketer in a Twenty20 match, surpassing the previous record held by Murali Vijay.
Domestic career:-
In the 2016–17 season of the Ranji Trophy, in a match against Maharashtra, Pant scored 308 runs and became the third-youngest Indian and fourth overall, to score a triple century in first-class cricket.
On 8 November 2016, Pant scored the fastest century in the Ranji Trophy, from just 48 balls, in Delhi's match against Jharkhand.
In February 2017, he was named Delhi's captain for the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He took over from Gautam Gambhir, who led Delhi to the final last season. Delhi coach Bhaskar Pillai said it was a "consensus decision" to blood Pant for the future.
On 14 January, in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League fixture between Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, Pant scored the second-fastest century in a Twenty20 match, making 100 from 32 balls.
International career:-
In January 2017 he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against England. He made his debut for India in the third T20I against England at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 1 February 2017.
In June 2017, he was named in India's squad for a limited overs tour to the West Indies. In February 2018, he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Nidahas Trophy.


2.Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Pankaj Shaw (born 9 November 1999)  is an Indian cricketer and India national under-19 cricket team captain who plays for Middle Income Group (MIG) Cricket Club in Mumbai and was the captain of Rizvi Springfield High School and the Mumbai under-16 team. In November 2013 he had set the highest score by any batsman in any organised form of cricket since 1901 when he hit 546 in a Harris Shield elite division match until the record was surpassed by Pranav Dhanawade on 4 January 2016.


He is a right-hand batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler all-rounder whose abilities as a cricketing prodigy have led to repeated comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar. Shaw is widely tipped to become a full India international.
Shaw was a central figure in the documentary film Beyond All Boundaries and has twice been selected to travel to England to further his cricketing education.
Shaw has earned a deal worth Rs 36 lakh with SG, which has been endorsed by stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in the past.
He made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the semi-finals of the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 1 January 2017. He scored a century in the second innings and was man of the match. He earned another distinction by scoring a century in his debut match of the Duleep Trophy and equalled the record held by Sachin Tendulkar who had scored for the first time a century each in his debut matches of Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy. In December 2017, he was named captain of India's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He eventually led India to win the Trophy in the tournament.
Early life
Shaw was born in Thane, Maharashtra in a Teli Vaishya family. His father and mother are from Manpur, Gaya in Bihar but later shifted to Mumbai. His mother died when he was a toddler and his father gave up his business to focus on Shaw's cricketing career. He would play at the beach near JW marriot with his dad and his friends.
In 2010, Shaw was offered a contract by AAP Entertainment that allowed him and his father to move to Mumbai and continue his cricketing education. He also receives sponsorship from Indian Oil.
Domestic career
Shaw captained Rizvi Springfield to two Harris Shield titles in 2012 and 2013, the most prestigious trophy in Indian youth cricket. In 2012, he scored 155 in the semi-final and 174 in the final match.
He trains and plays for MIG Cricket Club in Mumbai, where Arjun Tendulkar, son of Sachin, is a team-mate. His coach is Rajeev Pathak.
In April 2012, Shaw was invited to England to play for Cheadle Hulme School in Manchester and scored 1,446 runs during a two-month stay. He scored a century on debut.and averaged 84. He also took 68 wickets.[5]. During his time in Manchester, Prithvi made several appearances for local side High Lane Cricket club.
In 2013 Prithvi Shaw played for Cryptics Vs. Middleton Stoney Cricket Club in Oxfordshire. He opened the batting and scored 68 in under 10 overs before a change of pace in English conditions led to his dismissal, caught off the bowling of Professor Paul Wordsworth. In this time, his opening partner had reached just 7 runs. He also bowled, taking 3 wickets for 1 run in 5 overs and completed a runout.
After once scoring 73 runs against a side from the Julian Wood Cricket Academy in England, the academy's founder, Julian Wood, offered Shaw a trip to England in May 2013 and a stint at the academy.He also played for Bradfield College in Berkshire, which includes the former Hampshire batsman and broadcaster Mark Nicholas among its alumni.
Shaw spent the 2014 English summer playing for Cleethorpes in the Yorkshire ECB County Premier League
On 6 February 2017, while playing in his fifth ODI for India under-19s, he scored his first century at under-19 level.
He made his List A debut for Mumbai in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.
In November 2017 in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, he scored his second consecutive century, and his fourth in five first-class matches since his debut, batting for Mumbai.
Indian Premier League
In January 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction for ₹ 1.2 crores. On 23rd April 2018, Shaw became the youngest player to open the batting in the Indian Premier League history at the age of 18 and 165 days while playing for Delhi Daredevils during their match against Kings XI Punjab. He also had an impressive IPL debut scoring a 10 ball notch of 22 runs.
On 27 April 2018, Prithvi Shaw notched up his first IPL fifty against the Kolkata Knight Riders and also went onto become the joint youngest player to score an IPL fifty along with Sanju Samson (in 18 years and 169 days). His blistering knock of 62 runs helped Delhi Daredevils secure a comfortable 55-run victory against KKR.
National record
In November 2013, Shaw established a new record of 546 runs from 330 balls playing for Rizvi Springfield in a Harris Shield match. It was the highest score in Indian schools cricket until the record was surpassed by Pranav Dhanawade on 4 January 2016 and is presently the 4th highest score by any batsman in any form of the organised game. Only AEJ Collins's 628* in 1899 and Charles Eady's 566 in 1901 are higher.
Previously the highest score recorded by an Indian in any form of registered competitive cricket was 515 by Dadabhoy Havewala in 1933.
Shaw's innings lasted six hours and seven minutes and contained 85 fours and five sixes before he was caught and bowled. Rizvi scored 991 runs having bowled out their opponents, St Francis d'Assisi, for 93.
The innings attracted significant media attention, particularly as it came only four days after the official retirement from international cricket of Tendulkar, who had scored 326 in the same tournament in 1988. "Less than a week after India bid its final farewell to the Little Master, the Master’s Apprentice conjured an innings of almost supernatural brilliance," wrote Howard Swains in a Freaky Good Futures profile of Shaw.

3.Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Shreyas Santosh Iyer (born 6 December 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Mumbai cricket team and plays One Day International and Twenty20 Internationals for the India national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg break bowler. He played for the India Under-19 cricket team at the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[1] He is the captain of Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.

Early years

Iyer, at the age of 12, was spotted by coach Pravin Amre at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana. Amre trained him in his early cricketing days.Iyer's teammates at the age group levels used to compare him to Virender Sehwag. He pursued his graduation from Podar College in Mumbai, where he helped his college team lift some trophies.

His junior and age-group cricket journey has been documented in the short-film title 'Shreyas Iyer Documentary – A Father's Dream' directed by cricket writer Aayush Puthran.

Domestic career

In 2014 Iyer represented Trent Bridge Cricket Team during a trip of the U.K., he played three matches scoring 297 runs at an average of 99 with the highest score of 171, a new team record.
Iyer made his List A debut for Mumbai in November 2014 playing in the 2014–15 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored 273 runs in that tournament at an average of 54.60. He made his first-class cricket debut in December 2014 during the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy. He scored a total of 809 runs in his debut Ranji season at an average of 50.56 including two centuries and six fifties. He was the 7th highest scorer of 2014–15 Ranji Trophy.

In the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, Iyer scored 1,321 runs during the tournament including four centuries and seven fifties at an average of 73.39, becoming the top scorer of the Ranji season and second player to score 1,300 runs in a single Ranji Trophy competition.[8] In the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, Iyer scored 725 runs including two centuries and two fifties at an average of 42.64. He scored 202 not out off 210 balls, against the visiting Australia team in a 3-Day Practice match in Mumbai, his highest first-class score.

Indian Premier League

In February 2015, Iyer was signed in the 2015 IPL players auction by the Delhi Daredevils for 2.6 crores (approximately $430,000). Thus Iyer became the highest earning uncapped player in the tournament. He scored 439 runs in 14 matches, with a 33.76 average and a strike rate of 128.36, making him the 9th most consistent player and Emerging Player of 2015 IPL.

He was retained by Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL Auction. On 25 April 2018, he was announced as the new captain of Delhi Daredevils replacing Gautam Gambhir.On 27 April 2018, he became the youngest captain to lead the Delhi Daredevils team in the IPL history at the age of 23 years and 142 days during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders and was also the fourth overall youngest to captain any IPL side.On his IPL captaincy debut, Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten match-winning knock of 93 off 40 deliveries with 10 sixes, which was his third successive IPL fifty of the season to power DD to a heavy total of 219/5 in the first innings of the match before earning him the man of the match award. Under his captaincy, Delhi Daredevils managed to defeat KKR by 55 runs to secure only their second win of the tournament.

4.Sanju Samson



Sanju Vishwanat Samson nick name Sanju was born on 11th November 1994 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He is a right-handed batsman and right hand medium fast bowler. He is an Indian Cricketer who is currently playing in Rajasthan royals in the Indian Premier League (2018). His magical solid hands helped him hit the ball so hard. He has been showing outstanding performance since he joined the IPL. He secured the most IPL Scorer award in IPL Season 2017. He  His first match was a Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe on July 19 2015.
In April 2017 he was the high scorer in IPL where he made 1000 runs in the IPL Edition. His performance was brilliant at the start of his carrier.
In his early age he was made captain for the Ranji trophy match. During his first class cricket, he represented Kerala. His strategic batting and talented technical tactics made him scored half century in the IPL and Champions League twenty20.
Then BCCI selected him as Vice-captain of Indian Under-19 team. He has played in the team of India for limited overs match against England in 2014.


5.Siddarth Kaul

Siddarth Kaul (born 19 May 1990), also spelt Siddharth Kaul, is an Indian cricketer. A medium pace bowler bowls approx 130 km/h speed, he made his first-class debut for Punjab in 2007. Kaul was a part of the victorious India Under-19s team at the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and was named as one of the players to be drafted for the Indian Premier League, where he signed for the Kolkata Knight Riders. His father Tej Kaul played across three seasons in the 1970s for the Jammu and Kashmir
Domestic career

Kaul made his debut for the Punjab cricket team against Orissa in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy, alongside his brother who was wicket-keeper for the match. He took a five wicket haul in the first innings, and finished with figures of 5/97.[1] He has also made appearances for the Punjab youth teams, at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels.

Indian Premier League

For the Indian Premier League's inaugural season, a number of members of the victorious India Under-19s team from the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and other specified youngsters were named as players to be drafted by teams in the Indian Premier League, whilst other youth players would have to be chosen to play for their local teams. Kaul was chosen by the Kolkata Knight Riders, based in Kolkata, West Bengal, and captained by Sourav Ganguly.

In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction.
Under-19 career
Kaul was named in the squad for the India U-19s team for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. He played in all of India's matches as they proceeded to the final, where they defeated the South African U-19 cricket team by 12 runs (adjusted by the DL method). He took 10 wickets at an average of 15.40, putting him joint tenth on the list of highest wicket-takers for the tournament.
International career
In November 2017, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka, but he did not play In May 2018, he was once again named in India's ODI squad, this time for the series against England, and the Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against England and Ireland.

6.Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar was born on 07-08-1992 in Agra in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. He is an Indian Cricket Player.

Career

Deepak Chahar is an Indian first class cricketer who is currently playing for the Rajasthan. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium fastballer. Deepak came in the eyes of the selectors when he took the 8 wickets for 21 runs against Hyderabad. Occasionally occurring injuries have been always coming in his path. He got selected in the Rajasthan Royals team and then in the Rising Pune Supergiants team in the Indian Premier League. He admits that it was a dream come true for him when he was selected for the Indian Premier League team.
 Despite being a part of the Indian Premier League teams, he had got very fewer opportunities for playing the game. Deepak has a cousin brother playing in the IPL. His name is Rahul. However, Deepak is the elders among the two brothers and was first selected in the Indian Premier League team.
Many of the parts of his body had several injuries. During the time when he was suffering from several injuries, he had to work very hard on his fitness. It was during his injury phase that he was not selected in the team when Greg Chappell was the chief of Rajasthan Cricket Academy. He had struggled a lot to come to all these injuries.
 
He had somewhat nice Indian Premier League season up to some extent. Here he was able to take only 1 wicket in the 5 matches played giving a total of 115 runs in 72 balls. Although, his balling figure were not very impressive. However, his bowling pattern and the variations with which he balled were worth noticing. He admits that he always try to learn new things from the mistakes he made in the previous matches. He worked closely with MS Dhoni while his stint with Rising Pune Supergiants and in the coming season, he was roped in by CSK and once again got the opportunity to play alongside MS Dhoni. This young cricketer still has plenty of opportunities to show his abilities.

7.krishnappa gowtham 

About  EditCareer
Gowtham's professional career began when he was picked for the under-15 zonal tournament in Bangalore where he emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker. He played his first Ranji Trophy game for Karnataka in November 2012, against Bengal, and picked up two wickets, both in the second innings.
In the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy season, Gowtham picked up two consecutive five-wicket hauls, against Delhi and Assam, helping his team win both the games. In the latter game, he returned his career-best figures of 7/108. In February 2017, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 2 crores.
 Gowtham, in fact, received an opportunity to bowl at an Australian side touring India way back in 2008, just because his action was similar to that of Harbhajan. While his action has changed bowler now, he certainly derives his inspiration from the legendary Indian spinner.
 Gowtham was picked for a camp conducted by Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and got to meet legendary Indian spinner, Erapalli Prasanna. The camp was for around 20 days and Gowtham got to work closely with Prasanna.
 The off-spinner fondly remembers his time with Prasanna in the camp and even holds on to the notes he took down from the legend. The former Indian bowler had asked Gowtham to work on his run-up to the wicket, which proved to be a masterstroke in his career.
Krishnappa Gowtham was born on 20-10-1988 in Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. He is an Indian Cricket Player.
8.Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan (born 18 July 1998) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Jharkhand. In December 2015 he was named as the captain of India's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Ishan is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. In the players auction for the 2018 Indian Premier League Ishan Kishan was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs. 6.2 Crores.
Biography
Ishan was born in Patna, Bihar. His father Pranav Pandey, is a builder by profession. Ishan's brother Raj, supported him in pursuing cricket as a career. Due to registration issue between Bihar Cricket Association and the BCCI, Ishan started playing for neighboring state Jharkhand based on advice from a senior player and friend. As per Ishan's coach, his idols are former Indian team captain M.S. Dhoni and former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist.
Career
On 6 November 2016, Ishan Kishan scored 273 runs against Delhi in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy. This is the highest score by a player for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy. He was the leading run-scorer for Jharkhand in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 484 runs in six matches.
In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auction.
9.Karun Nair
Karun Kaladharan Nair (born 6 December 1991) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off break bowler. Having previously played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League, he was signed up by the Kings XI Punjab in 2018.[1]
He made his Test cricket debut in 2016 against England. He became the third player in international cricket to convert his maiden century into a triple century, by scoring an unbeaten 303 against England in his third Test.
Domestic career

Nair made his first-class debut in the 2013–14 season in which Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy. He scored three consecutive centuries in their final league game and the first-two knockout matches. Karnataka won the title again in 2014–15, with Nair scoring 709 runs in their ten matches, including a knock of 328 in the final against Tamil Nadu to help Karnataka register an innings victory. He became only the second player from Karnataka to score a triple century and the first batsman to score a triple century in a Ranji final since 1946–47. It was the highest total by a batsman in the final of the Ranji Trophy.
International career
Nair made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on 11 June 2016.On 26 November 2016, he made his Test debut against England at Mohali. He scored his maiden Test century in the final match of the series at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, going on to finish 303 not out. He took three innings to hit the triple century, thus becoming the quickest batsman to a maiden triple-hundred in Test cricket history. With this feat, Nair became only the second Indian batsman to hit a triple-hundred in Tests after Virender Sehwag and the third player – after Bob Simpson and Sir Garfield Sobers – to convert their maiden Test centuries into triple centuries. India won the match by an innings and 75 runs, and Nair was named as the player of the match.
Personal life
Nair was born on 6 December 1991 in Jodhpur to Kaladharan and Prema Nair who hail from Chengannur in Alappuzha district, Kerala. His father Kaladharan, who is a mechanical engineer, was posted in Jodhpur at the time of his son's birth and later moved to Bangalore where he also worked on the sprinkler system at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Nair's mother Prema is a teacher in a school in Koramangala, Bangalore. Nair has an elder sister, Shruti Nair, who lives in Canada.
Nair started playing cricket at the age of 10. He studied at Chinmayi School till fourth grade after which he switched to the Frank Anthony Public School.

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