SPORTS

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	Forms	Note
First Class Captain & Middle Order Batsman
Shreyas Iyer	24	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Mumbai Delhi Capitals	FC, LA
List A Captain & Middle Order Batsman
Manish Pandey	29	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Karnataka Sunrisers Hyderabad	LA
Opening batsmen
Mayank Agarwal	28	Right-handed		Karnataka Kings XI Punjab	FC, LA	Highest run scorer in 2017–18 Ranji Trophy Selected in Indian Test squad for India-West Indies Test Series and India-Australia Test Series
Abhimanyu Easwaran	23	Right-handed		Bengal	FC
Prithvi Shaw	19	Right-handed		Mumbai Delhi Capitals	FC, LA	Played in 2017–18 Irani Cup Scored ton in 2017–18 Duleep Trophy final  Selected in Indian Test squad for India-England Test Series  Second-youngest Indian to score Test Century on Debut
Ajinkya Rahane	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Mumbai Rajasthan Royals	LA	Captain for the first 3 Unofficial ODI matches against England Lions
Anmolpreet Singh	21	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Punjab Mumbai Indians	FC, LA
K. L. Rahul	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Karnataka Kings XI Punjab	FC, LA	Captain for the 2nd Unofficial Test against England Lions
Ruturaj Gaikwad	22	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Maharashtra Chennai Super Kings	LA
Priyank Panchal	29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Gujarat	FC	Most 50+ score in 2018–19 Ranji Trophy  Captain for the Two Unofficial Tests against Sri Lanka A
Prashant Chopra	26	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Himachal Pradesh Rajasthan Royals	LA
Middle-order batsmen
Ankit Bawne	26	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Maharashtra	FC, LA	Captain for 4th and 5th Unofficial ODI matches and 1st Unofficial Test against England Lions
Ravikumar Samarth	26	Right-handed	–	Karnataka	FC
Shubman Gill	19	Right-handed		Punjab Kolkata Knight Riders	FC, LA	Selected in Indian ODI & T20 team for New Zealand Tour
Karun Nair	27	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Karnataka Kings XI Punjab	FC	Maiden Test Century was a Triple Hundred
Himmat Singh	22	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Delhi Royal Challengers Bangalore	LA
Siddhesh Lad	27	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Mumbai Mumbai Indians	FC, LA
Ricky Bhui	22	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Andhra Sunrisers Hyderabad	FC, LA
Lower-order batsmen
Hanuma Vihari	25	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Andhra Delhi Capitals	FC, LA	Selected in Indian Test team for England Test Series
Deepak Hooda	24	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Baroda Sunrisers Hyderabad	LA	Selected in Indian T20 team for 2018 Nidahas Trophy
Wicket-keeper Batsman
Ishan Kishan	20	Left-handed	Wicket-keeper	Jharkhand Mumbai Indians	FC, LA	Captain for 5 Unofficial ODIs against Sri Lanka A
K. S. Bharat	25	Right-handed	Wicket Keeper	Andhra	FC
Rishabh Pant	21	Left-handed	Wicket Keeper	Delhi Delhi Capitals	FC, LA	Selected in Indian Test team for England Test Series
Wriddhiman Saha	34	Right-handed	Wicket Keeper	Bengal Sunrisers Hyderabad	FC
Pacer All-rounders
Vijay Shankar	28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Tamil Nadu Sunrisers Hyderabad	FC, LA	Selected in Indian team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup
Shivam Dube	26	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Mumbai Royal Challengers Bangalore	FC, LA
Spinner All-rounders
Jayant Yadav	29	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Haryana Mumbai Indians	FC, LA	1 Test 100s
Krunal Pandya	28	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Baroda Mumbai Indians	LA	Selected in Indian T20 team for India-West Indies T20 Series and Australia T20 Series
Axar Patel	25	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Gujarat Delhi Capitals	LA	45 ODI Wickets
Washington Sundar	19	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	Tamil Nadu Royal Challengers Bangalore	LA
Jalaj Saxena	32	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Kerala Delhi Capitals	FC
Krishnappa Gowtham	30	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Karnataka Rajasthan Royals	FC, LA
Shreyas Gopal	25	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Karnataka Rajasthan Royals	LA
Left-arm Pace bowlers
Khaleel Ahmed	21	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Rajasthan Sunrisers Hyderabad	LA	Selected in Indian ODI team for 2018 Asia Cup
Right-arm medium-fast bowlers
Rajneesh Gurbani	26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Vidarbha	FC
Deepak Chahar	26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Rajasthan Chennai Super Kings	FC, LA
Right-arm fast bowlers
Shardul Thakur	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Mumbai Chennai Super Kings	FC, LA
Siddarth Kaul	29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Punjab Sunrisers Hyderabad	LA
Navdeep Saini	26	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Delhi Royal Challengers Bangalore	FC, LA	Selected in Indian Test team for One-off Test Match against Afghanistan Picked as a standby player for the Indian team at the 2019 Cricket World Cup
Ankit Rajpoot	25	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Uttar Pradesh Kings XI Punjab	FC
Mohammad Siraj	25	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore	FC	Selected in Indian Test team for India-West Indies Test Series & the ODI and T20 team for India-Australia ODI Series and India-New Zealand ODI Series
Prasidh Krishna	23	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Karnataka Kolkata Knight Riders	LA
Avesh Khan	22	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Madhya Pradesh Delhi Capitals	FC, LA
Varun Aaron	29	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Jharkhand Rajasthan Royals	FC
Sandeep Warrier	28	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Kerala Kolkata Knight Riders	FC, LA
Ishan Porel	20	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Bengal	FC, LA
Tushar Deshpande	24	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Mumbai	LA
Spin bowlers
Shahbaz Nadeem	29	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Jharkhand Sunrisers Hyderabad	FC	Selected in Indian T20 team for India-West Indies T20 Series
Mayank Markande	21	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Punjab Mumbai Indians	FC, LA	Selected in Indian T20 team for Australia T20 Series
Rahul Chahar	19	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Rajasthan Mumbai Indians	FC, LA
Aditya Sarwate	29	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Vidarbha	FC

Statistics[edit]

Batsmen with highest first-class cricket averages

(minimum 20 matches, fewer than five Tests):

Name	Team	Matches	Runs	Average
Hanuma Vihari	Hyderabad	32	2440	58.09
KL Rahul	Karnataka	34	3068	57.91
Manoj Tiwary	Bengal	78	5709	57.85
Ankit Bawne	Maharashtra	52	3471	53.40
Akshath Reddy	Hyderabad	38	2750	52.88
Karun Nair	Karnataka	23	1724	50.70
Manish Pandey	Karnataka	70	4832	50.86
Manpreet Juneja	Gujarat	25	1667	50.51