IPL 2019: 6 upcoming players to watch out for

#4 Shivam Dube (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Shivam Dube can be an exciting future prospect for the Indian national team

Shivam Dube is a 25-year-old pace bowling all-rounder - a combination that is considered a rare commodity in Indian cricket. At 6 feet high, he is capable of bowling in the mid 130s and can smack the ball for sixes all around the park.

Prior to the auction this year, former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar had showered Dube with praise by saying, "The national selectors should be sitting and taking notice of this talent. He has scored two Ranji hundreds and also picked a fifer which is more than some who are considered indispensable to the Indian team have done. Besides being a left-hander, he also brings a variation that the team can do with."

On the eve of the auction, Dube hit five sixes off five deliveries in a Ranji Trophy game for Mumbai against Baroda. He was later picked by RCB for a whopping INR 5 crores.