Rising Stars from Duleep Trophy 2024
1. Mushir Khan
In the Duleep Trophy 2024, 19-year-old Mushir Khan caught everyone’s attention with his brilliant performance with the bat. Sarfaraz Khan’s younger brother Mushir impressed a lot while playing for India B in the first match of the Duleep Trophy. He played a brilliant innings of 181 runs in the first innings against India A, in which he hit 16 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from this match, he could not do anything special in the rest of the tournament matches, but he played strong innings against the bowling attack which included Akashdeep, Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed, and Kuldeep Yadav.
2. Navdeep Saini
The Karnal pacer, who played his last Test match against Australia in 2021, stole the show with his deadly bowling in the Duleep Trophy. Bowling at a speed of 140 Kph, he trapped good batsmen in his net. He was the third-highest wicket-taker (14) in the tournament. Shubman Gill also flopped while facing Navdeep’s ball
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3. Anshul Kamboj
After making a great start in the IPL, 23-year-old fast bowler Anshul Kamboj made his name in Duleep Trophy 2024. Playing for India C against India B, he created a stir by taking 8 wickets in the first innings.
He made N Jagadeesan, Mushir Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Vadeep Saini, and Mukesh Kumar his victims. Anshul took 16 wickets in the entire tournament. During this his average was 17.12. Looking at Anshul Kamboj’s bowling, it is speculated that he may get a call from the Indian team in the future.
4. Saransh Jain
Who will be the next Ravichandran Ashwin? Indore’s Saransh Jain has won everyone’s hearts with his performance in the Duleep Trophy. Playing for India A, he took 7 wickets at an average of 42 in the entire tournament. He took the wickets of Rajat Patidar, Sai Sudarshan, and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
5. Shashwat Rawat
Baroda’s left-handed batsman Shashwat Rawat performed brilliantly in the Duleep Trophy. He scored 256 runs at an average of 85 in the entire tournament, which included two half-centuries and a century. He was the third-highest run-scorer in the tournament. Now looking at Shashwat’s performance, it is believed that he can soon make his place in the Indian Test team.
These five players have left a mark in the Duleep Trophy 2024 and could be the next big names in Indian cricket.