What India's bowling lineup will look like in the near future?

3. Harshal Patel:

Harshal had a great IPL this time

The Gujarat born seamer has been extremely consistent in the domestic circuit for Haryana. He took consecutive 8-fors in the quarter final and semi final of Ranji trophy in his debut season of 2011-12. The right-arm seamer was a key member of the RCB in IPL-8 where he took wickets at crucial times finishing with 17 wickets at an impressive average of 19.29. His big outswingers can pose serious threat to the batsmen and his consistency should get him in the team in the near future.

1st class career: 89 wickets in 44 innings with 7 5-wickets hauls.

4. Axar Patel:

Akshar Patel could replace Jadeja in the line-up soon at this rate

?The 21-year old all-rounder made his ODI debut against Bangladesh last year and is a like-for-like replacement for the underperforming Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja has struggled off late and his below-par IPL means Axar should get a chance in the upcoming ODI series. The BCCI U-19 cricketer of the year for 2012-13 has already played a few ODIs for India and was an unused squad player for India in the World Cup. The Gujarat youngster played a couple of handy knocks for KXIP during the IPL and was fairly consistent with the ball as well. Expect him to get more playing time in near future.

ODI career: 16 wickets in 10 innings(Econ. 4.41)

1st class career: 38 wickets in 21 innings, 507 runs in 16 innings(avg 42.25)

5. Yuzvendra Chahal:

Yuzvendra Chahal has impressed in the IPL

The 24-year old leggie has been in the limelight for the entire IPL season this year. He finished as the 3rd highest wicket taker with 23 wickets. Having bowled a magical spell of 3-0-9-2 in the CLT20 final in 2011, the spinner from Haryana was expected to take the world by storm but somehow it didn’t happen and his form dipped in subsequent seasons both in IPL and domestic cricket. But the attacking leg-spinner has come back strongly in the previous 2 seasons and can fill in the currently empty leg-spinner slot in the national side.

The current bowling line-up consists of Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Shami is currently recovering from an injury that kept him out of the entire IPL season. Jadeja is struggling for form. So, expect a few changes in the line-up and the above players can be right in the mix.