The former Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) President and veteran cricketer Sourav Ganguly has named five players who he believes are the longer term stars of Indian Premier League (IPL). Ganguly’s high three picks contains two players from Delhi Capitals (DC) and one from Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
The just lately appointed DC’s Director of Cricket named Prithvi Shaw forward of all different players and additional selected Rishabh Pant and Ruturaj Gaikwad as his second and third alternative. Ganguly additionally hailed the world’s no.1 T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav as one of the best in the format however clarified that the latter not falls below the class of kids.
“The best in the business is Suryakumar Yadav. Obviously, you don’t consider him a youngster anymore, but having said that, among the young players, Prithvi Shaw has a lot of talent in the T20 format, and I think Rishabh Pant. He is only 23 (25). He has got the world at his feet; Rishabh Pant is the No. 2. I would keep a look at Ruturaj Gaikwad, how he keeps playing. I think these are the three batsmen.” mentioned Ganguly in an interplay with Star Sports.
Among the bowlers, Ganguly named Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) quick bowler Umran Malik as his fourth decide.
“Umran Malik is one who will probably, if he stays fit, will continue to keep the fans interested in the game because of his genuine pace.”
Harbhajan Singh, who was current in the studio alongside Irfan Pathan reminded the previous India captain of Shubman Gill, to which Ganguly reacted by saying: “Yes exactly, that’s the name which slipped my mind. But I think my fifth player would be Shubman Gill. So, it’s Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Surya probably heads the list, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Umran Malik and Shubman Gill.”
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However, the likes of Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson didn’t discover a place in Ganguly’s record. Notably, aside from Shaw and Umran, no different participant picked by ‘Dada’ was capable of carry out effectively in the earlier version of IPL.