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

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Priyansh Arya

Punjab Kings' (PBKS) run to the final in the IPL 2025 might not be possible without Priyansh Arya. The 24-year-old left-handed batter made headlines by scoring a century. After a promising IPL season, he went to play for the India A team and now is playing for Delhi in the ongoing SMAT 2025 tournament. The rising of Arya will add more excitement to IPL 2026

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