IPL flashback: Top 10 Talking Points from the 2018 season

#2 Young turks make it big in their debut outing

Mujeeb Ur Rahman bamboozled the batsmen with his variations

The IPL is all about talent scouting and unleashing them in pressure situations with and against the best in the world. The 2018 edition too had a plethora of young new talent who with their skills and steely nerves captured the imagination of the cricketing folklore.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

After Rashid Khan, another teenage spinner from Afghanistan made everyone realize of t the precocious talent that exists in that part of the world- especially, spinners.

The 17-year-old Mujeeb Ur Rahman emerged as the spearhead of the Kings XI Punjab thanks to a string of consistent performances. In 11 games, Rahman claimed 14 wickets at an average of 20.64 and an economy rate of 6.99.

Mayank Markande

Imagine outfoxing the likes of Dhoni and Kohli with a wrong'un, that too in your first-ever IPL season; that's the stuff of dreams. Mayank Markande lived that dream in the last edition of the IPL.

In 14 games that Markande played, the teenage leg-spinner claimed 15 wickets at an average of 24.53.