5 future stars of Indian cricket

Every team goes through a transition period where they replace their older, great players with newer, talented players who will take the team forward.

We would love for the likes of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni to play forever but they are after all human beings in spite of the god-like status they have within their fans.

Fortunately, India have always had a lot of young talented hard-working players knocking on the doors of the selectors, keeping the current lot of the players on their toes.

These players may not be the present of Indian cricket but are sure to be the future.

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#1 Prithvi Shaw

With Indian openers performing poorly in overseas conditions in recent times, many fans and experts are asking for Prithvi shaw to be introduced in the test squad.

Shaw has been hyped up as one of India's future batting mainstays by everyone. He led India to the title at the 2018 ICC U19 World Cup. From an early age, comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar have been made because of the way he started his career. He is being touted as the next big thing in Indian cricket for a while now after Virat Kohli.

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#2 Mayank Agarwal

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Compared to other players in this list, Mayank Agarwal is relatively older. He is 27 years old right now and has been around in the Indian domestic circuit for a while.

The 2017-18 Ranji season was a path-breaking season for him. He amassed over 1000 runs and went on to the top of run charts. The same form followed in white ball Cricket where he was already on the rise. Due to these performances, he was selected by Kings XI Punjab at the 2018 IPL auction.

He has been in tremendous form recently for India A and has made a truckload of runs.

#3 Mohammed Siraj

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Mohammed Siraj, too, has been in fabulous form recently for India A. He was a late bloomer as he took to serious cricket only in 2015.

His ability to produce pace and bounce impressed everyone and he was picked by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017 where he picked 10 wickets in 6 matches. He was picked by RCB for 2018 IPL.

Commonly known as the 'Hyderabad Express' Mohammad Siraj with his pace and bounce is a force to reckon with and a future star in making.

#4 Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar

Although not an extremely fast bowler, Chahar can produce impressive speeds mostly between 135-140 kph and has a reputation of being a good new ball bowler.

Apart from his bowling, he has the ability to bat and produce cameos down the order if required. He impressed everyone in IPL 2018 with his ability to move the ball both ways.

#5 Hanuma Vihari

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Vihari has been in great form in domestic Cricket for quite some time. He is only 24 years old but has been around the Indian domestic Cricket for a while now. He has been a regular in India A teams and has also scored a lot of runs in recent times.

The breakthrough season came for him when he was bestowed with the captaincy of Andhra in 2016. We can see him in the Indian squad in the near future.