New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): 9 younger Indian skills have made it to the record of ‘The Finest 40 Younger Gamers within the World’ issued by reputed cricket publication, Wisden, with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal topping the charts and one other rising Indian star within the prime 10.
The Wisden Cricket Month-to-month produced the record final month, with opinions coming from varied writers worldwide and gamers aged 23 or under had been judged by their observe document to date and what they may grow to be for his or her nation throughout all codecs of the sport.
Jaiswal was ranked as primary. At a younger age of 23, Jaiswal has emerged because the spine of the Indian Check set-up, with 2,209 runs in 24 Assessments and 46 innings at a mean of fifty.20, with six centuries and 12 fifties. He’s simply nearly as good as a white-ball batter, possessing an aggressive T20I sport, as instructed by his strike charge of above 164. In 23 T20Is with a century and 5 fifties, he has made 723 runs at a mean of 36.15. He has solely performed one ODI, scoring 15 runs, his Checklist-A common of 52.62 makes folks actually anticipate his rise in ODIs as nicely after opener Rohit Sharma hangs up his boots. With a 391-run tour to Australia and a 411-run tour to England behind him and centuries in each these international locations, Jaiswal appears to be India’s subsequent all-weather, all-condition batter after Virat Kohli.
Having scored 2,166 runs in 67 IPL matches for Rajasthan Royals (RR) to date at a mean of 34.38, strike charge of 152-plus, two centuries and 15 fifties, he has proved to be fairly an funding for the Pink franchise.
The second spot belongs to 23-year-old West Indies pacer Jayden Seales, who has featured in all codecs for WI, taking 119 wickets in 47 matches at a mean of 25.30. Together with Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph, he serves as an important cog of the WI tempo line-up, with 88 wickets in 21 Assessments at a mean of twenty-two.32.
At quantity three is England’s 21-year-old all-rounder Jacob Bethell, who has made waves together with his entertaining knocks and helpful wickets for England throughout all codecs and gained an IPL with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), opening the batting with legendary Virat Kohli twice. The 21-year-old has loved a stable stint throughout all codecs since taking his debut caps in all of them final yr for the Three Lions, having scored 869 runs to date at a mean of 37.78 with eight fifties in 30 innings and a finest rating of 96. With the ball, he has taken 14 wickets at a mean of 32.00, having finest figures of three/72.
The fourth spot is occupied by New Zealand pacer Will O’Rourke, who was 23-year-old on the time of creating of this record. In 35 matches, Rourke has made an affect with 68 scalps at a mean of 28.42 and finest figures of 5/34. With seven wickets in three matches, the pacer performed an important function in ending India’s unbeaten Check sequence run at residence since 2013, as Kiwis handed India their first-ever whitewash at residence final yr by 3-0. With six wickets in 5 video games at a mean of 44.50, he was an important a part of NZ’s ICC Champions Trophy workforce, which completed runners-up to India.
The 19-year-old South African left-hander Lhuan Dre-Pretorious is in fifth spot. He broke out with a chart-topping SA20 season 2025 for Paarl Royals, scoring 397 runs in 12 matches at a mean of 33.08, with a finest rating of 97 and three fifties. He made his Check and T20I debuts for the Proteas this yr. Whereas he’s but to make a mark in eight T20Is, he performed aside from a fifty, he has a mean of 78.33 in three innings throughout two Assessments, with a century and a fifty every. Throughout his Check debut towards Zimbabwe in June, he broke Graeme Pollock’s 61-year-old document to grow to be the youngest Proteas Check centurion.
After Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah (sixth), Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (seventh) and teenage South African tempo sensation Kwena Maphaka (eighth), the Gujarat Titans (GT) star Sai Sudharsan is at ninth spot. This yr, Sudharsan had his breakout IPL season, with 759 runs in 15 innings at a mean of 54.21, with a century and 6 fifties, coming at a strike charge of 156.17. He gained the Orange Cap for many runs. After posting two fifties in three ODIs towards South Africa again in 2023 and that includes in a single T20I, Sudharsan made his Check debut in the course of the tour of England, scoring 140 runs in three Assessments and 6 innings, with a half-century to his identify. To this point, he has proven loads of promise to be an all-format star and play at quite a lot of tempos.
The tenth spot belongs to Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran. Pakistan opener Saim Ayub (eleventh) misses the highest 10 by inches at eleventh spot.
Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is positioned twelfth within the workforce, having secured the ‘Rising Participant of the Season’ award in IPL 2024 finalist season with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), scoring 303 runs in 11 innings with two fifties and bagging three wickets. Following a memorable T20I debut towards Bangladesh, which included a 34-ball 74 towards Bangladesh, he acquired his huge break in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy towards Australia, rising as India’s second-highest run-getter with 298 runs in 5 matches at a mean of 37.25, together with some power-packed cameos and a Boxing Day Check century at Melbourne. He has performed three T20Is and 7 Assessments for India.
Afghanistan spin marvel Noor Ahmed, having picked 17 wickets in 27 ODIs and T20Is mixed for Afghanistan and that includes of their semifinal run to the T20 World Cup final yr, occupies the thirteenth spot.
At 14th spot is left-handed Indian Tilak Varma, making a case as a rock-solid quantity three for India in T20Is. Whereas he has simply 68 runs in 4 ODIs to date, together with a fifty, Tilak’s document in T20Is is miles higher, with 749 runs in 24 innings at a mean of just about 50, a strike charge of 155.07, with two centuries and three fifties. Within the IPL, he performs for five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI), having scored 1,499 runs in 51 innings for them with eight fifties at an SR of over 144 and a mean of over 37.
The explosive South African hitter Dewald Brevis, who lately hit the second-fastest T20I century for South Africa and their highest T20I particular person rating of 125* towards Australia and has performed all codecs for Proteas, makes it to the fifteenth spot. Brevis has loved an excellent T20 run this yr, with 995 runs in 30 innings throughout varied leagues, at a mean of 43.26 and a strike charge of over 186, together with a century and 6 fifties. He additionally performed for five-time champions Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) this yr, scoring 225 runs in six matches with two fifties at a strike charge of 180.00. He has additionally displayed a tremendous run of type within the South African home scene.
At sixteenth spot is 14-year-old left-hander Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who shot to fame with a 35-ball ton in IPL 2025 towards the Gujarat Titans. He collected 252 runs in seven matches at a strike charge of 206.55, together with a century and fifty within the debut IPL season with RR.
The seventeenth spot is occupied by Zimbabwe batter Brian Bennett, the 19-year-old Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar (18th) can also be within the record, and so is 22-year-old Bangladesh fast Nahid Rana (nineteenth). Sri Lanka’s ‘Child Malinga’ Matheesha Pathirana (twentieth) can also be within the record, with the 22-year-old recognized nicely for his IPL stint with CSK below the mentorship of MS Dhoni.
At twenty first spot is Harshit Rana, the Indian pacer who has already performed all codecs for India and is a Champions Trophy winner with the Males in Blue. He additionally starred within the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL win in 2024, with 19 wickets in 13 matches at a mean of round 20 as his aspect’s finest pacer. He has taken 17 wickets in eight matches for India throughout all codecs.
After Bangladesh’s Rishad Hossein (twenty second), 18-year-old WI sensation Jewel Andrew (twenty third), 22-year-old Sri Lankan all-rounder Dunith Wellalage (twenty fourth), 21-year-old England spinner Shoaib Bashir (twenty fifth) and 22-year-old Pakistani hitter Hassan Nawaz (twenty sixth), it’s Indian all-rounder Riyan Parag occupying the twenty seventh spot, having featured in a single ODI and 9 T20Is for India, starring with some essential cameos and wickets. He has 106 runs in six T20I innings and 4 wickets. In a single ODI, he took three wickets and scored 15 runs.
The 2018 U19 World Cup winner’s largest spotlight was the IPL 2024 marketing campaign as a top-order batter, smashing 573 runs in 14 innings at a mean of 52.09 and a strike charge of 149.21 with 4 fifties, ending because the third-highest run-getter.
The Aussie all-rounder Cooper Connolly (twenty eighth), England’s spin bowling all-rounder Rehan Ahmed (twenty ninth) and Aussie U19 World Cup successful bowler Callum Vidler (thirtieth) are additionally part of the record.
The second-last Indian within the record is Musheer Khan (thirty first spot), with 716 runs in 9 first-class matches at a mean of 51.14, together with three centuries and a fifty. He was the second-highest run-getter within the U19 WC 2024, during which India completed runners-up, with 360 runs in seven matches at a mean of 60.00, with two centuries and a fifty.
After NZ’s Muhammed Abbas (thirty second spot), the Indian tearaway fast Mayank Yadav (thirty third) is the final Indian participant within the record. Having made his T20I debut final yr already and brought 4 wickets in three matches, he had a breakout IPL 2024, taking seven wickets in 4 matches throughout an injury-affected season and stunning every body together with his tempo, line-length and management. (ANI)
