India's strongest under-25 playing XI

IPL has produced some exciting talents in the domestic circuit. It has discovered some skilled players from the small town of India. Since IPL, India has shown some tremendous transformation in the international cricket.

Even though it is played in T20 format, India won the 2011 ODI World cup, rose to No.1 in Tests and became one of the strong contenders for the upcoming 2019 world cup, all thanks to Indian Premier League.

Approximately for almost 2 decades (1990-2010), batting was the main strength of Indian cricket team. But since IPL, India can proudly say that they do not depend on batting anymore. Fielding standards have been grown rapidly.

As Yo-Yo test became mandatory for selection in the team, players are spending valuable time in the Gym. India can now name around 10 fast bowlers who are good enough to play in the First XI of the Indian team. That's the success of Indian Premier League.

IPL helps the Indian youngsters to share the dressing room with world-class players. And half of the players in the Indian line-up gets leadership qualities, as they are leading some of the IPL Franchise. But the greatest success of IPL is its ability to produce youngster with high standards of cricketing skills.

Here is the best possible Under-25 XI of Indian cricket. These players have been picked based on this year IPL performance and recently concluded India's A tour.

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Openers: Prithvi Shaw and Sanju Samson

Prithvi Shaw and Sanju Samson have enjoyed great IPL this year

The first opener of this team will be India's under-19 skipper Prithvi Shaw. He had enjoyed a great IPL with Delhi Daredevils after being asked to open in place of Gautam Gambhir. Although he didn't convert his starts into big scores, he played some good knocks. Some of the cricket experts already started comparing him with Sachin Tendulkar. This teenager also played some wonderful knocks in List-A and First Class matches of the recently concluded India A tour of England.

Sanju Samson will partner Prithvi Shaw at the top of the order in this Under-25 side. He is just 23 and he already has some fruitful experience in IPL. This Keralite youngster was in tremendous form in this year IPL and had smashed Chris Woakes and Umesh Yadav out of the park in one of the IPL matches, where he scored century. Even though he was selected in India's A Squad, he missed the series after he failed in the Yo-Yo test. The elegant right handed batsman is one of the many contenders of the India's wicket-keeper position as well.

Middle Order: Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer(C), Deepak Hooda

Shreyas Iyer lead Delhi Daredevils in IPL and India A in England.

At no.3, its the teenaged version of Virat Kohli. Yes, it's Shubman Gill. He has had a great IPL with KKR this year where he has shown a lot of temperament which is very rare at this young age. Even though he is a top order batsman, he played in the lower middle order for KKR and adapted to the team's need.

Shreyas Iyer will be leading this Under-25 team, as he is the perfect player to do it so. At no.4 he provides stability to the line-up and can play according to the situation. In addition to his batting skills, he has shown that he can lead the team at the highest level. After failed to win a single game in the first five matches, Daredevils shown character in later part of the tournament under his leadership.

Deepak Hooda is a player who can hit the ball out of the park and can bowl some part-time off-spin. He can be used as a 6th bowler in the middle overs. The 23-year old tall right-hander was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad for some year and he has been promising for Baroda in the domestic circuit.

Wicket-Keeper and All-rounder: Rishab Pant and Hardik Pandya

Rishab Pant is already into the Indian Test team

The wicket-keeper slot has occupied by flamboyant batsman Rishab Pant. His left-handed batting in the middle order provides variety to this batting line-up. We all knew how talented this 20-year lad is and how much he has grown at this young age. He played some memorable knocks in this year IPL including a century against bowling-heavy Sunrisers Hyderabad. His hitting ability at the death makes him the automatic choice of finisher at the lower middle order.

Hardik Pandya easily takes away the no.7 spot of this team. He is one among the best all-rounders in the international cricket now. He is just 24 and already has a couple of years of international cricket experience. His all-round skills make him irreplaceable at the no.7 position. He is neither batting all-rounder nor bowling all-rounder. We can call him a genuine all-rounder, in the mould of Sir Gary Sobers, Andrew Flintoff etc..,

Spinners: Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav

Washington Sundar had played as an opener for Tuti Patriots in TNPL.

The tall 18-year old lad has good all rounding skills in which he hasn't shown his batting abilities in IPL and International arena yet. He came into the limelight at 2017 IPL. He was announced as a replacement player in Rising Pune Supergiant when his fellow state-mate R Ashwin was injured. His wicket-to-wicket bowling style makes him a good economy bowler in limited overs cricket. He was playing as an opening batsman for Tuti Patriots in 2017 TNPL.

Another spinner who joins Sundar in the spin attack is Kuldeep Yadav. The wrist spinner needs no introduction as he already announced himself in the International cricket. His recent ODI success in England conditions made him one of the leading spinners in the world right now. His varieties in the bowling are his huge plus.

Fast-Bowlers: Prasidh Krishna and Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah is currently one of the best death

bowler

Just like Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah also has a couple of years of International experience at this young age. He became one of the important assets of the Indian cricket now. His toe-crushing yorkers are his strengths and he mixes up the fast and slow deliveries, which makes him very much effective in the death overs.

Not many were aware of about Prasidh Krishna before this year IPL. Injury to Kamlesh Nagarkoti and the bad form of Vinay Kumar and Mitchell Johnson forced Dinesh Karthick to play Prasidh Krishna in the Playing XI of KKR. Surprisingly he was the best bowler in his debut season. The tall bowler from Karnataka bowled some wonderful spell for KKR.