Top 5 cricketers under spotlight as Ranji Trophy season begins

4. Varun Aaron (Jharkhand vs Delhi at Jamshedpur)

Varun Aaron hasn’t played a match since IPL 2012

Varun Aaron last played a cricket match in IPL 2012. A back injury, which needed surgery and further rehabilitation, has taken away from him 16 crucial months of cricket since then.

Having a fast bowler who’s fast in the global sense of the term is a rarity for India. The excitement then, when Aaron and Umesh Yadav bowled in tandem for India in late 2011, can be understood.

But then he suffered a stress reaction in his back which ruled him out of the Australian tour in 2011/12, followed by the recurrence of the back injury in mid-2012 which led to his lengthy break from the game.

The 23-year-old Jharkhand bowler is back now, and promises to maintain the same pace which he had in 2011 on his return, something which the selectors and fans would surely be hoping for. Playing his first match against Delhi, he’d be up against some big names in Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Unmukt Chand.