Five youngsters who have the potential to be great cricketers

Jun 6, 2016 at 4:11 PM

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Five youngsters who have the potential to be great cricketers

A lot of young cricketers made debut for their national teams in recent time. They surprised us with their skills and achievements in international cricket. With a bunch of great cricketers bidding cricket adieu, the rise of talented youngsters in equal measure is a great sign for international cricket. It is expected that once again the duel between bowlers and batsmen will return in cricket that fans miss a lot. These youngsters have the potential to be a great match winner for their respective countries.

So here are five youngsters who will have a great future in international cricket

Adam Zampa

The South Australian leg spinner has emerged Australia’s young prospect to fill up the vacant of Shane Warne.  The leg spinner’s  run up and action resembles Warner. Zampa burst into the ODI and T20 squads in 2016. In T20 he has proven a hard man to get away, with subtle changes  of pace and variations including a wrong and straight ball making up for a lack of prodigious turn.

At the 2016 World T20 in India, no Australian bowler took more wickets during the tournament than Zampa’s five wickets at 13.80 at an economy rate of 6.27. In the IPL that followed, he claimed what was the second best figures  in the tournament’s history when he took 6 for 19 for Rising Pune Supergiants, albeit in a losing cause against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In  the first ODI of the tri-series against West, Indies Zampa took three wickets in 5.3 overs at an economy of 2.91.

Zampa without any question will have a successful long career in  the international career. His skill will help him to perform in every condition of the world.  

Ajinkya Rahane: The Mumbai batsman’s rise started with 1089 runs in a Ranji season in 2007-2008. Only 11 players have scored more than 1000 runs in a season in Ranji trophy. The rigour of Mumbai cricket made Rahane a calm cricketer with a determined mindset. His skills and technique are perfect for Test cricket.

Rahane is his debut Test made a hundred at the Lords’, the Mecca of cricket. His hundred  against Sri Lanka  and South Africa at difficult conditions proved that the Indian Test future is at safe hand with Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara at the rank along with KL Rahul and captain Virat Kohli.

Batting at difficult conditions with ease is his most amazing skill. It is not that his skills are inborn but the rigorous culture of Mumbai cricket helped him to be cricketers of many gratitude. He has great future in Test cricket as his skills, technique and patience suit the format. But his limited over a career is in disarray because he failed to rotate the strike in crunch situation on a couple of occasions. But he is a quick learner and a smart cricketer. So  it is just a matter of time he will be a regular member of Indian ODI team.

Ben Stokes:

England were on the hunt of a genuine all-rounder after Andrew Flintoff  bade adieu the game. Stokes was a discovery of 2013/2014 Ashes series when England lost Australia 5-0. Stokes under pressure delivered.  However, 2014 season has not gone well for Stokes. But Stokes has had a great season in 2015 when he scored a double hundred against South Africa  and took . His sheer pace and swashbuckling batting made him a genuine batsman.

But he has to improve his bowling  a bit to get sauces in Test and ODI cricket on  overseas   conditions. Cricket need some fast bowling allrounder to spice up the romance of the game like the 1990s and 1980s so allrounders like Ben Stokes  are a much-needed component for cricket. He has suffered a heartbreak when West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite hit four sixes in his last over of the semi-final in the world T20, but every great has to suffer onslaught. After getting battered paying back is a sign of  greatness.

Mustafizur Rahman:  The sensational medium pacer has impressed everyone in his debut match against India with a  five wickets haul in the first two matches. He also took a hat-trick in one of the matches. His cutters proved unplayable for batsmen. In IPL too he troubled batsmen around the world.

But there is  fear that his talent burns out early because of playing excessive cricket. The Bangladesh cricket wants to use him carefully.  The “Fizz” was about to play county cricket this year but has to change the decision as his body took a toll during the IPL matches.

He has a great future in international cricket. In IPL he has taken 17 wickets. So far he has played nine ODIs in which he has taken 26 wickets which are indeed a world record. He has become a hope of Bangladesh so the BCB should show wisdom in using him. His physics is very fragile.

Kagiso Rabada:

South Africa has a long tradition of producing fiery fast bowlers . Rabada in his debut took  a heart trick. The well-built fast bowler in just 20 years old now. So a long career is waiting ahead. His pace and control over the ball made him a potential threat for batsmen. In India during the 2015 series he showed great death bowling skills.

Rabada rose in international cricket through the U19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates where he  took 6 wickets for 25 runs against Australia in the semifinal.

Rabada also becomes the youngest cricketer to take 10 wickets in a  match when he took 13 wickets for 144 runs in a Test match  against England in 2015. Rabada has shown he can take workload when Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel were out for injuries during England Test series. Rabada showed his skills and temperament.

Allan Donald regarded him as “Malcolm Marshal” of South Africa. So the 20 years old boy will surely shoulder the legacy of South Africa’s  fast bowling legacy.

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