5 Players who are the future of the Indian ODI team

#5 Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar - the bowler India needs.

Deepak Chahar is a young Rajasthani fast bowler who had the nation in awe with his bowling spells for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 12. A domestic regular for Rajasthan, he was once dismissed by Greg Chappell as a young fast bowler in the Rajasthan Cricket Academy. Chahar proved him wrong by taking 8 wickets on his first class debut to bowl out the Hyderabad team for the lowest total ever, of just 21 runs (Ranji Trophy 2010/11).

In list A cricket, he has taken an impressive 47 wickets in 31 games and has scored over 2000 runs at an astonishing average of 68.88. This made him a regular squad member in the IPL - first with Chennai Super Kings (2011-2015), then Rising Pune Supergiants (2016-2017) and then again Chennai Super Kings (2018 - currently). He didn't get much success initially but Dhoni's trust on him paid off in IPL 12 wherein he got 22 wickets from 17 matches as CSK finished as runners-up in the tournament.

In 2018, injury to Jasprit Bumrah meant that he was elevated to the t20 setup wherein he made his debut against England with largely forgettable figures of 1 wicket for 44 runs. He also made his ODI debut against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup where he returned with 1 wicket for 37 runs from his 4 overs. These two matches have been the only international exposure he has gotten until now. He's been named in the India A squad for the tour of the West Indies.

Although not an extremely fast bowler, Chahar can clock fairly impressive speeds, mostly between 135-140 kph and has the repertoire to be a good white-ball bowler. Apart from his pace bowling, he can also wield the long handle to produce cameos if required. All this makes him a good package and he'll be keen to have a breakthrough season sooner than later as he aims to make it into the national team setup on a permanent basis.