IPL 2018: Youngsters who could make an impact this year

Washington Sundar

Sundar's batting abilities are still not known to many

The 19-year-old from Tamil Nadu came into limelight when he became a part of the Indian Under-19 team for 2016 World Cup. He didn't have a great tournament but his real potential was seen in the domestic competitions next year.

Sundar has played in 12 First Class matches for Tamil Nadu, scalping 30 wickets at an average of 27. He picked up 8 wickets in 11 matches for his IPL side Rising Pune Supergiant at an average of 23 in 2017.

The real brilliance of Sundar was on display in 2017 TNPL where he amassed 459 runs in 9 matches at a humongous average of 76 and a strike rate of 155 and picked up 15 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 12 and an economy of 6.1.

Sundar also played a match-winning role in Duleep Trophy for his India Red team, picking up 11 wickets and scoring 130 runs in a match against India Blue. The youngster also scored a century in the Tamil Nadu vs Tripura Ranji match when he was given a chance to open the batting.

Sundar was finally given a long run in the Nidahas trophy and he has performed brilliantly for the team. He has bamboozled the Srilankan and Bangladeshi batsmen with his clever bowling.

Sundar is on a splendid run and has performed exceedingly well at such a young age. This young lad has years of cricket ahead of him and is a prodigy who may well turn out to be the 'Emerging Player' of this year's IPL.