‘Emerging Player of the Year’ across the 10 seasons of the IPL

2008: Shreevats Goswami (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Goswami kept wickets in the Virat Kohli led U-19 side that won the World Cup in 2008

The inaugural season of the IPL saw many young Indians earning contracts they wouldn't have ever thought of. One such cricketer was Bengal born wicketkeeper-batsman Shreevats Goswami who was signed by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the 4 matches that RCB fielded him, the short left hander managed a noteworthy performance of 52 against Delhi Daredevils which won him the Man of the Match award, albeit in a losing cause.

As luck would have it, Goswami faded into wilderness, a stark contrast to Virat Kohli, the other RCB U-19 signee that season. The rest, as they say, is history.

Goswami was bought by the Sunrisers in the 2018 auction.