IPL 2018: Key uncapped player from each team

There's hardly a month left for the world's most popular domestic T20 league to begin. This year's IPL is going to be a blockbuster as it marks the return of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals after them serving a ban of two years.

IPL has played a major role in bringing out young talents such as Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Yuzvendra Chahal. They also provide a big platform for the youngsters to show up their talents and bring themselves in front of the selectors.

Every year we witness various young starlets and this season too we'll be expecting a promising performance from the youngsters. Let's go through the uncapped players from each franchise to watch out for.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore - Sarfaraz Khan

The retention of Sarfaraz Khan stunned all of the RCB fans

Royal Challengers Bangalore stunned the entire cricket fraternity after they opted to retain Sarfaraz Khan for Rs. 1.75 crores. Sarfaraz has been recovering from an injury from past one year and during this duration, he didn't play a single first-class cricket match.

He is known for hitting shots like reverse sweep and scoops shots. He has been a part of the U-19 World Cup team twice.

Sarfaraz has been a player who has given astounding performances for his team in all types of conditions. Sarfaraz would be definitely hoping to score big runs for his team and stand up to the expectations of the team.

Sunrisers Hyderabad - Siddarth Kaul

Siddarth Kaul has been a promising bowler for SRH since the last season.

Siddarth Kaul was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 3.8 crores. He gave an impressive performance for SRH in the last season. He scalped 16 wickets from the 10 matches he played. He is known for his yorkers during the death overs.

The team would be expecting the same promising performances from Kaul as that of last season. Kaul would take this tournament as a path to get the berth in the Indian Cricket Team.

Rajasthan Royals - Rahul Tripathi

Rahul Tripathi scored with a strike rate of 146.44 in IPL 2017

Rahul Tripathi was bought for Rs. 3.4 crores by Rajasthan Royals. He played for Rising Pune Supergiant in the last season. He came into the limelight when he played a match-winning knock of 93 off 52 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders.

He scored 391 runs in the 14 matches he played at an impressive strike rate of 146.44. He proved himself as an effective top-order batsman for the team Tripathi would be looking forward to playing for a new team and grab the attention of the Indian selectors with his performances.

Kolkata Knight Riders - Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill was the Man of the Series in the 2018 U-19 World Cup

Shubman Gill was bought for Rs. 1.8 crores by the Kolkata Knight Riders. He made significant contributions for the U-19 Indian team in order to help them lift the 2018 U-19 World Cup which was held in New Zealand.

Being the vice-captain of the U-19 team, he scored 372 runs at an exceptional average of 124. He was also named as the man of the tournament.Gill would love to carry on his incredible form in the IPL. It would be a treat for the spectators to see him playing his shots against the top class bowlers.

Chennai Super Kings - Deepak Chahar

Chahar played for Rising Pune Supergiants in IPL 2017

Deepak Chahar was bought for Rs. 80 lakh by the Chennai Super Kings. Chahar picked up figures of 8/10 in the first innings of his first-class debut against Hyderabad in the first game of the 2010-11 Ranji Trophy season. Hyderabad was bundled out for 21 in the same game which the lowest ever total in the Ranji Trophy.

He played for Rising Pune Supergiant in IPL 2017. He also gave an impressive performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as he finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker with 12 wickets. Deepak Chahar would consider this opportunity as a golden one in order to grab the attention of the entire cricket fraternity towards himself.

Kings XI Punjab - Mayank Agarwal

Mayank Agarwal has dominated the entire domestic season of 2017-18

Mayank Agarwal was bought for Rs. 1 crore by Kings XI Punjab. He had represented Rising Pune Supergiant in the previous season. He is currently in an exceptional form in the domestic season.

In 2017, he scored his maiden triple century against Maharashtra. He was also the leading run scorer of the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy scoring 1160 runs. He was also the leading run scorer of the Vijay Hazare Trophy with 723 runs in eight matches. He scored 2,141 runs across all formats, the highest total by any batsman in an Indian domestic season.

Mayank Agarwal would be looking forward to representing a new team and showcase what all he has in him. He would also be eyeing a berth in the Indian Cricket Team.

Delhi Daredevils - Prithvi Shaw

Shaw was the captain of the triumphant Indian side at the U19 World Cup 2018

Prithvi Shaw was bought for Rs. 1.20 crore for Delhi Daredevils. He was the captain of the U-19 Indian team who won the 2018 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He started his campaign in the World Cup by scoring 94 runs in the very first match against Australia.

Prithvi made his first-class debut in the 2016-17 Ranji season. He scored a century of his second innings and was also the man of the match. He also scored a century in his debut in the Duleep Trophy.

Shaw would be hoping to show his class in this big league against the world-class bowlers. He should also be targeting the Indian cricket team berth in the upcoming years.

Mumbai Indians - Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav was KKR's vice-captain last year

Suryakumar Yadav was bought for Rs. 3.20 crore by Mumbai Indians. He has contributed a lot for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous seasons. He has played 55 matches in his IPL career and scored 612 runs at an impressive strike rate of 131.61.

He played for Mumbai Indians from 2011 to 2013. He was also the members of Mumbai Indians in their victorious 2011 Champions League campaign. Known for his eccentric hot-making, Yadav can slot in at any position in the batting line-up.