1. Manish Pandey: The 27-year-old from Uttarakhand made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe. He has represented India in 12 ODIs so far, with a career best of 104 against the Aussies in their own backyard in Sydney in January 2016 which helped India to avoid the whitewash.
Besides, he has been a regular member of Kolkata franchise in the Indian premier league, and a consistent performer in the middle order. In the 2017 edition, so far, Pandey has scored 290 runs in the 5 matches the team has played so far, with a best of 81 against the Mumbai Indians. His 69 of 49 against Delhi Daredevils in their 5th match in Feroz Shah Kotla helped his side go over the line.
He has been prolific with the bat in the domestic circuit as well, bagging 882 runs in the 2009-10 season of Ranji Trophy which included 4 centuries. He was also the second highest run-getter for Karnataka in 2013-14. His unbeaten 99 runs against Mumbai helped Karnataka book a spot in the semi-finals of the recently concluded Vijay-Hazare Trophy.