IPL 2023: Youngsters to be in focus

As always IPL will be a great platform for the youngsters to promote and showcase their talent in front of the world. Ahead of the IPL 2023, here we are looking at the youngsters who will be in focus in this year’s league.

Tilak Verma

Tilak Verma made a name for himself in the IPL 2022. Batting in the middle order for Mumbai Indians the Southpaw from Hyderabad scored nearly 400 runs with 2 fifties and strike rate above 130. He continued his good form in the domestic cricket for Hyderabad as well as during his well deserved call up to the India-A team and will be an exciting player to see how he can deliver in his second season.

Umran Malik

Umran Malik is another youngster from Kashmir who made good strides in recent years. He announced himself and became an immediate success for Hyderabad with his searing pace. He picked up 22 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad including a five-wicket haul and clearly the best bowler for his franchise in a struggling season. Malik has already played for India in white ball cricket and it would be interesting to how this international exposer helped to improve his game.

Narayan Jagadeesan

Narayan Jagadeesan is 27 years old however despite being part of the Chennai Super Kings franchise for last few years he has just played 7 IPL games. He was an understudy of MS Dhoni and when it gave him great learning opportunity from one of the best in the business it also provided him with limited opportunity. The last 12 months was exceptional for Jagadeesan who made a World record with five consecutive List-A hundreds which included a massive 277. This season he is part of new franchise, as he will be one of the key batting stars for Kolkata Knight Riders in absence of Shreyas Iyer. Jagadeesan will hope to grab this opportunity in both hands.

Yashavi Jaiswal

The 21-year-oldYashasvi Jaiswal is already marked by many to become a future India star. The Under-19 star is part of IPL since 2020 however, it was the 2022 season when he started to flourish for Rajasthan Royals with consistent performance. The left-handed opener who more often than not played the supporting role beside a rampaging Jos Buttler, scored 258 runs in 10 matches with 2 fifties. He had a great domestic season which culminated with his double century and century in two innings in the Irani Trophy final. Jaiswal has an astonishing First-Class average of 80 and List-A average nearing 54. His T20 numbers are modest but a strike rate of 133 shows his mindset which he will hope to help his team to get their second IPL trophy.

Ayush Badoni

Lucknow Super Giants surprised everyone when they sent the young Ayush Badoni in the important number three position in the IPL 2022. Badoni is right hander aggressive batter who scored 161 runs last season with one fifty and will look to deliver more this year. His IPL heroics helped him to become a regular for the Delhi Ranji and limited over teams and in his last First-Class innings he has scored a career-best 191. Badoni will again become a key player for LSG and this innings should give me lots of confidence before showcase event.

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