IPL 2019: 5 Indian Emerging Players Of The Tournament

Indian Premier League 2019 has come into its last week. With a lot of entertainment in the last one and a half month, the 12th edition of the tournament has emerged one of the best in its history. There have been so many great performances in this period that make this tournament a successful one.

IPL is all about emerging young talents. It is the platform where young players showcase their skills and talent they possess. The 12th edition is no different from that where young players compete with big ones and impressed everyone with their performances.



Here we will take the list of five Indian players who have impressed and showed the skills of competing with the world's best players on the biggest stage.

1. Riyan Parag (RR) - Riyan Parag is just a 17-year old from Guwahati, Assam (India). There is something about the right-hand batting all-rounder that makes him a watch me out player. His calmness and maturity he has shown under pressure, speak for him. One of the stars in India's U-19 World Cup triumph last year, Parag became the youngest player in IPL history to struck his maiden fifty. In 5 innings of 7 matches, he has scored 160 runs with an average of 32 and has taken 2 wickets. Although Rajasthan Royals failed to make to the playoffs, Parag is one of the contenders to win the Emerging player of the tournament award.

2. Shubman Gill (KKR) - Already having the experience of playing at the International level, Shubman Gill is definitely the future of Indian cricket. One of the key reasons for Kolkata Knight Riders' failure that they didn't play Gill at the top order in the first leg of the tournament. They did rectify their error and give him chance to open the innings and he didn't let them down. In 13 innings of 14 matches, Gill has scored 296 runs with an average of 32.88. The 19-year old Firozpur, Punjab has the potential to become the next big thing in Indian cricket.



3. Shreyas Gopal (RR) - Well, in the era of wrist spinners Shreyas Gopal is another edition in that list. He is has had a dream season where he finished on 3rd in the leading wicket-takers of the tournament (excluding playoff matches) with 20 wickets in 14 matches. He is one of the only few bowlers to take Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers' wicket in the same innings and he has done that on three occasions.

4. Khaleel Ahmed (SRH) - Khaleel Ahmed's strength is the pace and accuracy. Currently, he is probably the best left-arm pacer in India. He has already taken 17 wickets 8 matches so far in IPL 2019. The 21-year old from Tonk, Rajasthan, Khaleel Ahmed was the member of India squad of U-19 World Cup 2016. Though he has had an ordinary tournament but did enough to make it to the Indian Premier League 2018. He is one of the main contenders for the emerging player award this time around.

5. Rahul Chahar (MI) - Another player from Rajasthan who according to some former players, will seeing playing for India very soon. At Wankhede where the pitch does not offer much for the spinners and generally has been good for the batting, Rahul Chahar has been impressive for Mumbai Indians despite not getting enough purchase for the deck. Although he has taken 10 wickets in 10 matches, his economy (7.17) has been brilliant this season.

Follow for more...