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5. Rishabh Pant (C & WK)

At the young age of 18, Rishabh Pant made his First-class debut for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy. He scored a half-century in the 2nd innings. Pant’s unorthodox batting technique has always raised questions about his performance, but the southpaw, just like his approach to the game, has dismissed all doubters out of the park.

Pant had an amazing IPL 2018 as he scored 684 runs at a blistering strike rate of 173. Pant was awarded the ‘Emerging Player of the Year trophy for his brilliant showing in the IPL. He translated his limited-overs into the longest form of the game as well.

Rishabh Pant was appointed the stand-in captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021 after an injury to Shreyas Iyer. After the departure of Shreyas Iyer in 2022, he took over the reins backed by head coach Ricky Ponting. Pant’s Delhi side failed to reach the playoffs in IPL 2022, and he has received flak for some poor judgment as a skipper from behind the wicket. But, the southpaw has scored 340 runs for his side, breaching the 300-run mark for the 6th consecutive season. With the amount of success the southpaw has achieved in his short career, we tend to forget that he is still just 24 years of age.