Some of the upcoming Indian cricketers showed their talents and promise to take greater responsibility in the Indian cricket team soon. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina needed to stand up and deliver and each of them have done their best in various situations.
They are a young, raw and seriously talented group of the most exciting emerging players Indian cricket had produced in recent years.
The youngsters' tough test obviously lies on the bouncy pitches in Australia where the batsmen would be severely tested by the home team's young pace bowlers and the bowlers would have to work hard to keep the Australian batsmen quiet.
If they come out with flying colours, they would have done their confidence a world of good to become future stars of Indian cricket.
Here is a look at a few of the emerging stars of Indian cricket:
Text: Shiva Prasad
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