5 unknown teenage batsmen who can dominate world cricket in the future

Over the years, there have a number of players, who have come up the ranks from the teenage levels. There were times when even the likes of Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, Joe Root and many others were unknown quantities.

But as their career passed the test of times, they kept scaling greater heights. Now these batsmen are deemed as the best doing the rounds in the sport. In the same way, a number of players are presently honing their skills in junior level cricket and has the potential to make it big.

The names may not be household ones by any means, however, can be hot prospects in the near future with so much opportunities knocking on the doors these days. While many of the batters are taking giant steps, a few are slowly, but surely climbing the ladder.

In the article, let’s take a look at five unknown teenage batsmen, who can shine going into the future

Rahmanullah Gurbaz- Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz made his List A debut for Afghanistan A as a 15-year-old back in 2017. In the next year, he represented the Afghans in the U19 World Cup in New Zealand where he notched 134 runs at an average of 26.80.

Now at the age of 17, the keeper already has an experience of 12 first-class, 23 List A and 18 T20 games where he has over 1,900 runs with two tons and 12 half-centuries. The average of 49.52 in red-ball cricket means that he can play Test cricket too in the future. In T20s, he has a strike-rate of 140.75, showing his power-hitting prowess.

Back in September this year, Gurbaz made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in Dhaka and had scores of 61, 43, 29. Lately, Gurbaz was a part of the Mis Ainak Knights in the Shpageeza Cricket League with top scores of 56 and 80.