4 exciting batsmen who could be the future of Indian cricket

Indian cricket has been doing well in the last 10 years. The performances have been great and India has won quite a lot of the Test and ODI series against various countries, both at home and abroad.

Players like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and others have contributed immensely to the Indian team. The finest aspect of Indian cricket has been the bench strength and immense competition amongst the budding cricketers.

The domestic cricket in India is at par with Australia and England. This is why India has produced talented cricketers consistently.

Let us have a look at some of the players who have performed exceptionally well in the domestic circuit and could be the future of Indian cricket.

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#4. Ravikumar Samarth

Ravikumar Samarath

Ravikumar Samarth is a right-handed opening batsman from Karnataka. He is a stylish player with 3345 runs in 83 innings at an average of 42.88 in 48 first-class matches.

Samarth has grown into an impressive batsman for Karnataka. Manish Panday and KL Rahul from Karnataka have started playing for the Indian national team, which has made it easier for Samarth to display his talent a lot more.

Samarth has already played for Indian-A team and selectors are keeping a close watch on him. He ended up with 652 runs in 12 innings at an average 59.27 in the 2017/18 Ranji Trophy season.

#3. Priyank Panchal

Priyank Panchal

Priyank is a right-handed opening batsman from Gujarat. He also occasionally bowls as a medium-pacer. The Ahmedabad born lad has scored 4575 runs at an average of 45.29 in 107 innings of 68 first-class matches.

Panchal has emerged as an attacking batsman who became the top scorer for Gujarat in 2017-18 Ranji season. He scored 542 runs in 10 innings of seven matches. The selectors highly praised his consistency.

Panchal was also the leading scorer for Gujarat in the 2018/19 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He amassed 367 runs in eight matches. He has also played for the India-A side.

#2. Hanuma Vihari

Hanuma Vihari

Hanuma Vihari made his Test debut against England at The Oval. He is a right-handed batsman who represents Andhra Pradesh. Along with this, he is a part-time off-break bowler. Vihari leads the Andhra team across all the three formats.

Vihari was a part of the Under-19 World Cup winning squad. He has been a major force in the domestic cricket. He was selected by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the IPL, where he won the Man-of-the-Match award in his second appearance.

Vihari has played 64 first-class matches and scored 5198 runs at an average of 59.06. His impressive performances in the domestic cricket have made him a regular member of the India-A tours.

#1. Anmolpreet Singh

Anmolpreet Singh

Anmolpreet Singh is a right-handed batsman from Punjab. At 20, he has matured into a star player. He has played for the Indian Under-19 team.

In his first-class career, Singh has scored 853 runs at an average of 94.77 in 10 innings of 7 matches with the help of 3 centuries. He scored 753 runs in 5 matches in the 2017/18 Ranji season. His top score in the season was 267.

Singh was named in the India Blue squad for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.