Top 5 young Indian cricketers to watch ahead of IPL 2026

The ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT 2025) has created more hype around the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) as there are multiple emerging cricketers who are going to play the league for their respective franchises. Along with star cricketers, Indian cricket fans are keeping their eyes on some of the emerging cricketers who showed glimpses of their true potentials in the previous IPL campaign. Ahead of the IPL 2026 season, which emerging players should get more attention from the cricket fans? This article will help you to make a list of young players who have immense potential to become future stars of Indian cricket.

Pritam Santra
Pritam Santra

2 mins read
IPL 2026

Vaibhav Suryavanshi: 

Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Playing for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2025 was definitely a turning point for the young batter. At the age of 14, the top-order batsman caught everyone by surprise with his big hitting abilities. Even after the conclusion of the season, the southpaw so far shows no sign of slowing down. Recently, he played in the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 and is now playing in SMAT 2025. In every tournament, Vaibhav has been batting with a fearless approach. 

Read More: "Not Everyone Can Bowl 150kph": Umran Malik Makes Stunning Claim After Injury Layoff

Tags:

Follow us on

WATCH NOW

Handshake drama returns during India vs Bangladesh toss

44 mins ago

Watch: Handshake drama returns during India vs Bangladesh toss in U19 World Cup 2026

BPL 2026

5 hrs ago

Watch: Sahibzada Farhan's 'You can't see me' gesture goes wrong against local Bangladeshi bowler in BPL 2026

Virat Kohli visits Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple

6 hrs ago

Watch: Virat Kohli visits Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple ahead of IND vs NZ 3rd ODI in Indore

It is not my job to announce the winner

Rohit Sharma on being asked if England were rightly awarded the World Cup title in 2019