MANISH PANDEY
Before Ambati Rayudu scored a century at the no.4 position against West Indies in 2018, Manish Pandey was the last man to score a century at that position, which came in a match-winning effort against Australia in SCG in 2016.

However, his career has been a story of hits and misses, with the misses outnumbering the hits. In 23 ODIs, Pandey has scored 440 runs with the highest score of 104* and two fifties to his name and an average of 36.66. However, despite being given a long run in the team during 2017, Pandey didn’t manage to nail down his place and a serious of low scores caused him to be dropped from the team.

A lukewarm IPL 2018 didn’t do well for his chances. Pandey, however, was part of Indian team for the Windies series. But now, it has been back to basics for the Karnataka lad, who has shown some sublime form with a couple of the 40s, a fifty and a century for Karnataka in the ongoing Ranji Trophy.

Pandey’s inconsistency is a big hurdle in his career so far and he needs to make the most of the chances that will come his way, starting most probably with the 2019 IPL, when he will turn out for Sunrisers Hyderabad.