Five young cricket stars who lit up the IPL 2024
A look at five youngsters who caught the eye during the Indian Premier League 2024 tournament.
AFP Sport looks at five youngsters who caught the eye during the Twenty20 tournament.
Trending
Jake Fraser-McGurk (Australia)
The Australian impressed in his debut IPL season with his fearless batting for Delhi Capitals, earning glowing praise from Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly.
The 22-year-old opener came in as an injury replacement for bowler Lungi Ngidi and hammered 330 runs in nine matches at a punishing strike rate of over 234.
His explosive performances prompted Australia to include him in their squad as a travelling reserve for next month's T20 World Cup after he was not in their initial list.
Delhi head coach and former Australia captain Ponting earmarked Fraser-McGurk as "a serious talent". Ganguly predicted a bright future for the "game-changer", who has played two ODIs for Australia.
Abhishek Sharma (India)
The flamboyant left-hander, 23, was key to Hyderabad's run to the final.
He smashed 484 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of over 200 and formed an attacking opening pair with Australia's Travis Head.
Abhishek also contributed with his left-arm spin when he took two wickets against Rajasthan Royals to take Hyderabad into their third IPL final.
"He is amazing, I wouldn't want to bowl against him. He's scary," skipper Pat Cummins said of the youngster after his knock of 66 helped Hyderabad into the play-offs.
Despite his displays Abhishek failed to make India's formidable World Cup squad.
