Ranji Trophy: Six players to look out for in the Quarter finals

Manish Pandey

Team: Karnataka

Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey has often shown shades of absolute brilliance but has never quite followed it up with enough consistency. The reasons for the inconsistency have varied from being cricketing ones to even off-field distractions. But for Pandey, the current Ranji season seems to be have all the makings of that one breakaway season that every cricketer longs for.

The flashy right-hander has been the second highest run-scorer for Karnataka this season and has displayed a sense of calm and maturity that has been long missing from the youngster’s game. A big innings in the quarter-finals would not only help his team but his own self to get back into the reckoning of the national selectors.

Jiwanjot Singh

Team:Punjab

Jiwanjot Singh

Unarguably, the find of the last Ranji season, Jiwanjot Singh has continued to pile on the runs for Punjab even this time around. The magnitude of runs might now be as big as that of last year, but the application against good attacks in difficult conditions as been the same if not better.

With two big overseas tours lined up for the Indian team this year, Jiwanjot has a great chance to get a look into the national squad as the reserve opener. But in order to get ahead of the likes of Gautam Gambhir and Abhinav Mukund, in the race for the leading reserve opener, Jiwanjot will have to score big in the quarter-finals and hope to do the same in the semis and the finals subject to Punjab progressing.