THE YOUNG PLAYERS IN CONTENTION (ROAD TO WORLD CUP 2023) Part-1

 Its been such a long time this indian cricket team have been carried out by its major stakeholders like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah now its time to look at young prodigies who might be seen in this year's World Cup.

Starting With:

Shubman Gill regarded as the prince of Indian cricket have been the most prolific batsman in last two year, the clarity he has as a top order batsman and the authority with which he plays his shots is simply incredible. One of his most valuable innings of 91 came in the longest format of the game against Australia in Brisbane, what's more surprising was he was just 22 years old when he stood up against the likes of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazelwood. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand on 31st Jan 2019 and have scored most amount of runs after 16 innings in this format, the most eye catching skill this lad posses is the timing and placement with which he maneuver his shots.

Mohammed Siraj have been the most impressive speedster in last two years specially in shorter format due to the absence of Jasprit Bumrah because of injuries. he made his ODI debut against Australia on Jan 15 2019 and since then he have never looked back, his career in limited overs cricket didn't started on a high note but his hard work, perseverance and consistency is shown in every game he have played.

Sanju Samson have been with the team for quite a long period of time but its not a wrong saying that he could be considered as the most unlucky wicketkeeper batsman ever because he gets included in the squad due to his good performances in domestic circuit but either he don't get a chance in the playing eleven due to the team combinations or if he gets one he gets injured. He have scored 330 runs in 11 matches at an average of 66, the most astonishing factor of his batting over the last two years have been his ability to control his innings well rather than only playing attacking cricket. 

Arshdeep Singh have impressed all with his swing bowling capabilities in last one year and have been part of T20 World Cup 2022 as a replacement of injured Jasprit Bumrah, he made his ODI debut against New Zealand on 25 November 2022, although he is very new to the longer format of white ball cricket but due to his longer stay in the t20 cricket he was not overlooked by the selection committee for this format.

Ishan Kishan have been the most talented youngster playing the shortest format of the game, although he have been part of the T20 World Cup 2021 but his role in longer format of white ball cricket is three fold that is he could keep wickets, he is a left hander and he could play in the middle as well as can open the innings so he is full package. he made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on July 18 2021, his recent performance in this format have really glittered everyone's eyes when he scored his 1st double ton against Bangladesh.

Suryakumar Yadav needs no introduction, although his international career started of late as he played almost 170 domestic matches before making it to international cricket at the age of 31. His record in the shortest format of white ball cricket have been terrific  because in just two year he became the vice captain of t20 side and scored 1578 runs with a strike rate of 180 and an average of 46 including 3 centuries, although his start in ODI cricket was not that flamboyant but every knows what he can do if he start playing the longer format of the white ball cricket.

Umran Malik, the Ferrari of Indian cricket have been the most impressive young bowler in last one year and the reason for that is his raw pace its been quite a time that a bowler having such a pace have come to the indian team. it all started two years back in IPL when he replaced injured T. Natarajan another pace men in Sunrisers Hyderabad mid way and in the next edition he impressed everyone with his pace and even taking a fifer with all clean bowled. he made his T20 debut against Ireland on June 26 2022 and made his ODI debut against New Zealand  on November 25 2022.

Washington Sundar have been with the Indian cricket team for a quite long period of time but haven't been part of the mega event for once due to lot of competition in the team his journey started of very young when he made his international debut at the age of 18, he was more of a bowling allrounder but he showed what his bat can do against Australia  if he gets a regular run in the team. he made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on Dec 13 2017 and one thing is clear he will definitely be part of this ODI World Cup squad if he don't get injured.

Deepak Hooda have grown tremendously in last two years he have been part of recently concluded T20 World Cup 2022 but didn't got much chances to play due to team combinations but due to his All round capabilities he is also in the eyes of the selectors to play the longer format of the white ball cricket, he made his ODI debut against West Indies on Feb 06 2022.

Their are many other players who can come into this side but are injured or may get selected due to unbelievable performances in the domestic circuit we will talk about them later!

One thing is clear that this is the best shot for this Indian cricket team because the team have a great combination of experience and young energy and the foremost reason being the World Cup happening in India so it is the perfect time to stamp the bilateral dominance in the mega event.

 

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