Rating India's debutant cricketers of 2018

Vijay Shankar -5/10

Vijay Shankar might need a lot of luck to get back into the national team

Vijay Shankar, the all-rounder from Tamil Nadu found a spot in India's second-string squad for the Nidahas Trophy held in Sri Lanka. Though he featured in India's all the 5 matches in the tournament, he managed just 3 wickets and conceded 153 runs at an economy rate of 9.00.

Also, he failed in the solitary innings he got to bat as he scored just 17 runs from as many balls and lacked an attacking intent.

Siddharth Kaul -5.5/10

Siddharth Kaul has the potential to cement his place in the national squad

Siddharth Kaul, the medium-pacer from Chandigarh found a spot in India's squad for the ODI and T20I series against England and Ireland due to his bowling exploits in the 2018 edition of the Indian Premier League.

Albeit, he managed to pick up 3 wickets from 2 T20I games at an impressive economy of 6.50, his ODI performances were far from convincing as he conceded 179 runs remained wicketless in his 3 ODI appearances.