By Ravi - Mar 20, 2025 03:45 PM
The 18th season of IPL will start from March 22. Big players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni will play to win the title for their teams. At the same time, young uncapped players like Nehal Wadhera, Suryansh Shej and 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi will also be seen showing their talent in the league. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a platform for the youth to make a name for themselves and knock on the doors of the national team. In the last few years, many players have gained fame in the IPL and have proved to be match winners for India.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a left-handed batsman from Bihar, has been bought by Rajasthan Royals this year for Rs 1.10 crore. 13-year-old Vaibhav is the youngest player to be sold in the IPL. Vaibhav is also the youngest cricketer to score a century in international youth cricket. He scored 104 against Australia last year.
Vaibhav made his debut in all three formats for Bihar in the 2023-24 season. He made history by making his Ranji debut at the age of 12. He scored 400 runs including an unbeaten 128 in five matches of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy. He also opened for Team India in the Under-19 Asia Cup.
Punjab's right-handed batsman Naman Dheer has been bought by Mumbai Indians this year for Rs 5.25 crore. He scored 2 centuries in the 2023 Ranji Trophy. Dheer scored runs at a strike rate of around 192 for the Punjab team that won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2023. Then he scored 466 runs in 12 matches at an average of 42.36. He also took 8 wickets.
Mumbai Indians bought him in 2024 for Rs 20 lakh. Batting in the middle order for the team, he scored 140 runs in 7 matches at a strike rate of 177.22. His explosive batting caught the attention of the teams in the mega auction, due to which his bid crossed 5 crores.
Punjab's Nehal Wadhera was bought by Punjab Kings for 4.20 crores. 24-year-old Nehal is a left-handed batsman. He played a brilliant innings of 81 runs in his debut Under-19 match against Sri Lanka in 2018. He caught attention by scoring 578 runs against Bathinda in Punjab's State Inter District Tournament in 2022. He also scored a century in his Ranji debut against Gujarat. At the same time, in the 2022-23 Ranji season, he also scored a double century against Madhya Pradesh.
Mumbai bought Nehal Wadhera in 2023. He played 20 matches for the team in 2 seasons and scored 350 runs at a strike rate of 140. These also include 2 half-centuries. Many teams bid on him in the mega auction, Punjab King bought him.
Abdul Samad has been bought by Lucknow Super Giants this year for Rs 4.20 crore. He is a batsman and leg spin bowler. He made his debut for Jammu and Kashmir in the 2018-19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and scored an unbeaten 76 off 51 balls. In 2019-20, he became a permanent player of Jammu and Kashmir and scored 2 consecutive centuries in his debut Ranji Trophy season.
Abdul Samad has been associated with SRH since 2020 and was also retained by SRH before the IPL 2022 mega auction. He has not been able to live up to his expectations. He has scored 577 runs in 50 IPL matches so far at a strike rate of around 146. He will be seen strengthening the finishing of LSG.
Madhya Pradesh all-rounder Ashutosh Sharma was bought by Delhi Capitals this year for Rs 3.80 crore. Ashutosh is a 26-year-old right-handed batsman and can also bowl. In 2023, he scored a half-century in just 11 balls in T20 against Arunachal Pradesh.
He made his domestic T20 debut in 2018 and also made his List-A debut the very next year. In 2024, Punjab Kings bought Ashutosh for Rs 20 lakh. Ashutosh was used as an impact player, he easily hit sixes against a bowler like Jasprit Bumrah. He scored 189 runs in 9 matches at a strike rate of around 167. Hard hitting ability increased Ashutosh's price in the mega auction, now he will play for Delhi.
Haryana fast bowler Anshul Kamboj has been bought by Chennai Super Kings this year for Rs 3.40 crore. Anshul created history by taking all 10 wickets in an innings of Ranji Trophy in November 2024. He won the title for Haryana by taking 17 wickets in 10 matches of 2023-24 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his IPL debut in 2024 and took 2 wickets while playing for Mumbai Indians. He had bowled a batsman like Travis Head, now he will play for Chennai Super Kings.
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Mumbai's Angkrish Raghuvanshi was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3 crore. Angkrish scored the most runs for Team India that won the 2022 Under-19 World Cup. He also played an innings of 144 runs in a group stage match.
Raghuvanshi made his debut for Mumbai in the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy. He was also selected by KKR in the IPL the same year. Raghuvanshi played most of the matches for the team as an impact player. He scored 54 runs off just 27 balls against Delhi Capitals. Many teams bid on him in the mega auction, but KKR bought him.
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Mumbai all-rounder Suryansh Shedge was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 30 lakh. 22-year-old Suryansh played a match-winning innings for Mumbai in the knockout matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last year. In the quarter-finals against Vidarbha, he scored 36 runs off 12 balls, including 4 sixes. After this, he scored 36 runs off just 15 balls in the final and took the team across the finish line. He presented a brilliant bowling display in the semi-finals and took 2 wickets for just 11 runs in 2 overs. Suryansh hit a six on every fourth ball and 2 fours on every 5 balls in the tournament.
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Uttar Pradesh batsman Sameer Rizvi was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 95 lakh. Sameer made his first-class debut at the age of 16 during the Ranji Trophy 2019-20. He scored 455 runs in 9 innings of the UP T20 League in 2023, including two centuries.
Rizvi was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 7.80 crore. He hit a six against Rashid Khan off the very first ball in his debut match. However, he did not get many chances last season, Chennai also released him. Now he will handle the middle order of Delhi.
Karnataka wicketkeeper-batsman Luvnith Sisodia was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakh. 25-year-old Lovneet is a left-handed batsman and plays big shots in the top order. He scored 312 runs in 129 balls with the help of 26 fours and 26 sixes in the 2021 Corporate 50 Over Tournament.
In 2022, Luvnith Sisodia was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh, but he was ruled out due to injury. After this, he performed brilliantly in all three seasons of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament and scored more than 300 runs at an average of over 30 every time. He has scored 124 runs in 15 T20s for Karnataka.
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