IPL 2019: 3 uncapped IPL players who could debut for India in 2019

The IPL has been a platform for players to make it to the Indian team with impressive performances.

The Indian Premier League has always been a platform for both international and national uncapped players to kickstart their international career for their countries. These uncapped players have performed well and even some Indian players have made their international debuts thanks to IPL performances.

 Pandya amongst many who have done extremely well for India over a period of time and similarly, this IPL 2019 has also shown some potential players who have shown talent and amazing skills that might see them make their Indian debut in upcoming months in 2019.

Here are the 3 uncapped Indian players who might make their India debut in 2019 thanks to IPL 2019 performance, chosen by Team COC

Prasidh Krishna

Karnataka’s Prasidh Murali Krishna, better known as Prasidh Krishna was drafted by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2018 as a replacement for injured Kamlesh Nagarkoti. Prasidh Krishna had come into focus on his FC debut for Karnataka in 2015, against Bangladesh A, picking 5/49 with a wicket on his first ball, that of Rony Talukdar.

The 6ft2in 23-year old fast bowler has shown the ability to clock over 140kmph easily and had picked 10 wickets in 7 matches in his first IPL stint in 2018. He helped his team make it to the playoffs and has been picked in the majority of the matches so far. Given that the Indian fast bowling attack at the moment is already wonderful, the addition of Prasidh Krishna might further bolster it with his height helping him get a bounce from any surface.

This might help him make his India team debut shortly as the team plays lots of matches post the ICC World Cup 2019.

Shreyas Gopal
Shreyas Gopal was first picked in IPL in 2014 by Mumbai Indians but played just six matches in three editions of the tournament. In IPL 2018, he was picked by Rajasthan Royals and for them, the 25-year-old Karnataka lad has picked 21 wickets in 20 matches and has even shown some batting skills as well.

A batsman and leg-spinning all-rounder Gopal has played 56 FC matches, 29 List A matches and 42 T20 matches. He has scored 2431 runs in FC with 4 centuries and 7 fifties and has taken 184 wickets with the best bowling of 5/17. He has 47 wickets in T20 matches and hence provides the possibility to Indian team an option to the likes of Kedar Jadhav and others, as a bowling all-rounder.

Gopal has been under-utilized as a batsman in IPL, but his skills with both bat and ball will be beneficial to the national team’s cause.  

Navdeep Saini
Navdeep Saini’s 34 wickets in 8 games for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy 2017-18 proved to be the stepping stone to the Delhi fast bowler as he was picked by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the IPL 2019. He has played 9 games and impressed by hitting 140 plus kph speeds regularly and for being Virat Kohli’s go-to man for wickets.

His brightest moment came when he was added to the Indian Test squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in 2018 as a cover to Mohammad Shami. He didn’t get to make his debut though but has shown that he is on the cusp of making it to the Indian team, as he has been named in the standby players for the national team for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019.

Saini is widely believed to be one of the most promising youngsters to come out of domestic cricket and IPL 2019 has been a brilliant showcase of his skills and bowling with someone like Dale Steyn will only help him develop himself for the long run and possibly a lengthy career with the Indian team.