SANJU SAMSON (KERALA)

Kerala’s Sanju Samson made quite a few ripples in the Indian domestic circuit thanks to his exploits in the Indian Premier League for Rajasthan Royals. The 23-year-old has played 44 FC matches for Kerala and has scored 2602 runs with 9 centuries and a best of 211 with an average of 55.94. He has also done very well in T20 cricket, making 3011 runs in 130 matches with a best of 102 and an average of 26.88.

Samson had come very close to making his India debut on many occasions, even traveling with the team to England in 2014. However, until now, he has played a solitary T20I game for the nation against Zimbabwe in 2015. Samson is a prodigious batting talent and is the youngest to score 1,000 runs in IPL and youngest to captain a Ranji side.

Samson has had some behavioral problems in the past, but has now rectified them and is back on the path to becoming a brilliant keeper and batsman for India in coming times.