IPL Emerging Player Award Winner 2008-18: Where are they now?

#6 Sanju Samson - 2013

Sanju Samson plies his trade for Rajasthan Royals

In 2013, a young boy took the center stage for Rajasthan Royals and surprised the fans with his genius. The man being talked about here is Sanju Samson. What really got the cricketing world talking was Sanju's composure and admirable batting prowess.

He played like a veteran and never looked in any sort of trouble in front of what we acknowledge as world-class bowlers.

Sanju Samson proved to be a quality buy for the Rajasthan Royals and won the Emerging Player award that year.

Sanju then moved to Delhi Capitals before returning to Rajasthan Royals, which is where he finds himself heading into the 2019 edition of the tournament.

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#7 Axar Patel - 2014

Axar Patel has been one of the most exciting allrounders in IPL

In 2014, Axar Patel was in a tremendous vein of form as he played brilliantly for Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy. The all-rounder was bought by Kings XI Punjab in that very year and Patel proved to a be a profitable buy . The youngster churned out impressive performances for the team.

The young starlet from Gujarat grabbed 17 wickets in his debut season for the Punjab franchise and deservedly won the Emerging Player of the year award.

Kings XI Punjab had a glorious run themselves that year and they were a mere whisker away of winning the IPL trophy. They were defeated by KKR in the final.

Axar stayed with the Punjab side till 2018 before the Delhi Capitals came calling. Axar will now be plying his trade for the Delhi Capitals come IPL 2019.