Presently the Indian Cricket Team is the 2 ranked ODI team in the world and has had a fair share of successes in the recent past.
India won the trophy once (2011) in the last two World Cups, and had a semi-final appearance in the other (2015). The new squad is somewhat different from the one that supported MS Dhoni in winning the trophy in 2011, with only one of the current setup being Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.
IPL 2018: Top 5 young talented IPL players who can play for India in the future
Though the question demands the best I would like to prefer some of the young cricketers of the future generations. So these are some young grenades who can play for team INDIA in the future.
1) Shreyas Iyer:
Shreyas Iyer is a talented and rising player from Mumbai who was coached by the great Pravin Amre at the beginning. He made his debut in the 2014-15 season in First Class and List A and was very impressive in the domestic circuit (scoring 5707 runs in 126 innings, averaging 56.90).
Though he has already represented team INDIA but still he has a long way to go. He is now captain of DD and performs well under pressure. He can play according to the situation and can change the gear for big hit. One of the no.4 batsman INDIA is currently looking for.
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2) Prithvi Shaw:
The U19 Captain of India won the world cup with the help of his phenomenal performances throughout the tournament. Picked by DD in IPL 2018 this year and has been performing brilliantly with a strike rate above 150 and already scored 2 half-centuries in 5 games. His cover drive and straight drive are often comparable with Sachin Tendulkar.
Shaw has a god-gifted talent to hit the cricket ball with a strong grip and an exceptionally left-handed style to go with a flourishing bat-swing reminiscent of a magician brandishing a sword. Shaw has a knack for pacing the ball, a calm head on his feet, and a back-and-across ability to help him play back-foot.
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3) Shubman Gill:
The best batsman of the U19 team this year with a strike rate over 100 and an average of 104. Scored in crucial matches. Now playing for KKR and performing whenever he is given an opportunity. Can play defensive Can play attractive as well, depending on the situation. He is the perfect choice for VIRAT ’s successor.
Gill made his List A debut for Punjab in the 2016-17 Vijay Hazare Trophy, batting one-down, and went on to make his first-class debut in the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy against Bengal, where he batted as an opener to score his maiden half-century and stepped it up in just the next game with a maiden hundred against Services.
Gill won the BCCI award for the Best Junior Cricketer for consecutive years in 2013-14 and 2014-15, knocking hard on the doors of the U19 team. Bought by KKR in the IPL for an extravagant 1.8 crores, he has been pretty handy supporting their batting lineup and has scored 499 runs in 24 innings at a strike rate of 133.
4) Rishab Pant:
He is famous for his power hitting. Due to his wicket-keeping skills, he can be considered after the retirement of MSD & DK. But he has been facing problems with short balls and often can’t balance himself after hitting a short. He needs to improve his footwork 1st and has to minimize that of balance. He is 20 now and he can be a permanent member in shorter formats in upcoming years.
In 2019, he was awarded the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award for the year 2018 and narrowly missed out on the 2019 Indian World Cup squad.
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5) Deepak Chahar:
Deepak Chahar is a young fast bowler from Rajasthan who answered the country with his bowling spells for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 12. A domestic fixture for Rajasthan, Greg Chappell once removed him from the Rajasthan Cricket Academy as a young fast bowler.
Chahar proved him wrong by taking eight wickets on his first-class debut to bowl the Hyderabad team to the lowest number of 21 ever (Ranji Trophy 2010/11).
We have more Cricket players in the list who deserve an honorable mention to be in the Indian Cricket Team are: Manan Vohra, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sidharth Kaul, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Basil Thampi, Mohammed Siraj, Nitish Rana, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Aggrawal and Karun Nair
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