What each international cricket team could look like in 10 years

India

Prithvi Shaw is well on his way to greatness

India have been one of the best teams in the world recently for introducing new talent to the international stage. Future stars like Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Rishabh Pant have all been included in recent ODI and T20I teams and have gained experience from it, not to mention the fact that the India Under 19 team won the Under 19 Cricket World Cup.

This means there are a ton of different players to choose from.

The openers I've chosen are KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw. Rahul has already hit an international century and is a naturally aggressive opening batsman who has come along massively in the last three years. Shaw, meanwhile, is seen as a future megastar. I have also chosen him as captain, as he has been very successful as a skipper so farl. Shreyas Iyer is my pick for number three due to his experience and dynamic style of batting. There is also a possibility of Iyer opening with Shaw at three.

The middle order starts with Rishabh Pant. There is a general feeling that once Pant has a breakthrough innings, he will immediately become more mature as a batsman. Shubman Gill is the number five. He already earned comparisons to Virat Kohli for his batting style and contributed to the U-19 team's success at this year's tournament.

The all-rounders are Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar. While Hardik is an obvious choice, Vijay Shankar appears to be a good future option due to his mature yet potentially destructive batting as well as his bowling. Sundar is widely regarded as a good option to replace Ravichandran Ashwin and can also act as a power hitter at the end of the innings.

The leg-spinner I have chosen is Kuldeep Yadav, although Axar Patel is another good option. Kuldeep, due to his international performances recently gets the nod. The two pace bowlers I have gone with are Jaydev Unadkat and Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah is already one of the first names on the team sheet but the second pace option was a close call between Unadkat and Siraj. Due to his consistency and economy, I've gone with Unadkat.

2028 India XI: KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw (C), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Jasprit Bumrah.