Rishabh Pant:
Rishabh Pant has created an identity for himself in a short span of time. The stocky left-hander has clearly taken his batting abilities a level up that what it was a year ago. After grabbing the headlines with sterling performances for India at the Under 19 level in the Youth World Cup, Pant showed a great hunger to succeed at the higher level and was duly given an opportunity to do so by Delhi Daredevils in IPL 9.
The franchise made him one of the most attractive buys and snapped him for a record 1.9 crores. Though, he wasn’t able to make any immediate impact, managing just 198 runs in 10 matches; Pant was unfazed and gave record-breaking performances for his Ranji side Delhi.
The 19-year-old amassed 972 runs in just 8 matches at an average of 107 including a triple century. His antics didn’t stop there. His exploits eventually earned him his international debut against England in the third and the final T20I where he announced his arrival with a superb half-century. All these performances in the last season make him the most exciting player to watch out for.