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#3 - The rise of youngsters in domestic cricket

U-19 player Ishaan Kishan has impressed selectors

Abhinav Mukund rose to prominence due to his heroics in the Ranji trophy tournament in 2016. He scored 849 runs at an average of 65.30 with four hundreds in 14 innings.

His stats were highly impressive but in the same season, Priyank Panchal from Gujarat piled up 1310 runs at a staggering average of 87.33. Panchal also slammed five centuries in 17 innings. From Jharkhand, Ishan Kishan amassed 799 runs in 16 innings that included three hundreds with an average of 57.07 runs per innings.

Both Panchal and Kishan are younger than Mukund and have been noticed by the selectors. As a reward for their impressive run in the Ranji season both were included in the India A squad that played against the visiting Australian Test team in February 2017.

There are also other young openers who are making a strong statement with their solid batting performances in domestic cricket and their young age offers them an edge over Mukund.

Hence, in future, the selectors might sideline Mukund to pick a youngster as a probable Indian opener in Tests.