IPL 2023: 5 players who can win Emerging Player award

Over the years, Indian Premier League (IPL) has been a talent fest where young cricketers have been given the opportunity to showcase their skills against the top-drawer players from around the world. To promote the budding cricketers to come up and strive to be the best of the best, IPL has presented the ‘Emerging Player of the Season’ award to the most promising upcoming star.

With the IPL 2023 schedule announced and the marquee tournament set to kick-start on March 31, one shall witness many youngsters bid to grab the ‘Emerging Player of the Season award’. Let us look at the players who could grab the coveted prize.

Here are five players who can win the Emerging Player award in IPL 2023

5. Ayush Badoni 

Ayush Badoni is an upcoming talent from Delhi’s cricketing circles who has created a lot of buzz with his exploits on the cricket field. The 23-year-old has featured in 26 matches in the shortest format and scored 294 runs at a strike rate of 130.08. Lucknow Super Giants liked what they saw in Badoni and signed him at the 2022 mega auction. 

The right-handed batter featured in 13 IPL matches and smashed 161 runs at a strike rate of 123.85, which includes a brilliant half-century against Gujarat Titans in the fourth match of the marquee tournament. Also, he was handy with his off-spin and chipped in with two wickets in those outings.

As Badoni showed glimpses of brilliance in the 15th IPL edition, the team management retained him for the coming season. He has been in top form of late and notched up 231 runs in three games in the 2022-23 season of the Ranji Trophy. Thus, the Delhi-born could light up IPL 2023 with his performances and present a strong case to win the illustrious award.