Top 10 Young Players & their stats Cricket World Cup 2015

Top 10 Young Players & their stats Cricket World Cup 2015  

Every team introduces new talent in before starting of cricket world cup so that other teams don't know about them and they may perform well. ICC holds cricket world cup for under 19 players also to introducs young talent in world and show their talent.

Every International cricket team choose some of their best under 19 players for their international team. ICC Cricket World Cup is just around the corner and we have compiled a list of top 5 young cricketers to watch out for in Cricket World Cup 2015.

1. Quinton De Kock ( South Africa):

Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional cricketer who represents Gauteng and the Highveld Lions at domestic level. 

International Career:

ODI Debut:  

      De Kock represented South Africa for the first time, at T20 level, on 21 December 2012 against New Zealand. De Kock made an impression on his first appearance by scoring an unbeaten 28 off 23 while chasing. He also kept wicket and gloved two catches. De Kock made his debut for the South African ODI side on 19 January 2013, against New Zealand at Boland Park Stadium, Paarl, South Africa.

2013 series against India: 

        De Kock scored 135 against India 1st ODI, at his home ground in Johannesburg. His innings guided the team to a 141-run victory over India and he was awarded his first ever 'Man of the Match' award in One Day International cricket.

He scored 106 runs in 2nd ODI, making a record-breaking opening stand of 194 in Durban with fellow team-mate Hashim Amla who also scored a century in the same match. This performance awarded him another 'Man of the Match' award while they already won the series beating India by 134 runs.

He again broke a century knock of 101 in the 3rd ODI which was later abandoned due to rain, but he became only the fifth person to achieve this feat of three consecutive centuries in One Day Internationals, after Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers. He also became the highest run-getter ever in a three-match bilateral ODI series.

2. Joe Root (England):

Joseph Edward Root (born 30 December 1990) is an English cricketer, who plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England. He was originally a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off-spinner, with a similar playing style to former England captain Michael Vaughan. 

 
Against India 2012-2013: 

         In the fourth Test against India, Root became the 655th player to represent England at Test cricket, receiving his cap from former England all-rounder Paul Collingwood. Coming in as the number 6 batsmen rather than his usual position as an opener, he scored 73 from 229 balls, joint-top-scoring with Kevin Pietersen.

Against New Zealand 2013:
  
       Following the successful tour of India, Root was retained in the Test squad for the 2013 Tour to New Zealand and was added to the previously announced ODI and Twenty20 squads. 

After again being an unused batsman in the third Twenty20 game, he started the ODI series with two half-centuries, contributing 56 in the first game before top-scoring with 79 off 56 balls in the second.

Against Australia 2013-14 Ashes Series: 

         Root was selected for the 2013-14 Ashes series, in the warm up matches Root made scores of 36, 58* and 75 and took 1 wicket. 

Joe was selected at number 6 for the 1st Test as Michael Carberry was given the opening batsman role alongside Alastair Cook. Root only managed 2 runs from 7 balls in the 1st innings before being caught off a Mitchell Johnson delivery. In the 2nd innings he made a steady 26* off 86 balls before running out of partners in England's collapse.

ODI Performances of Joe Root:

Opponent	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average
Australia	8	8	0	108	55	0	1	13.50
India	10	9	1	333	113	1	1	41.62
New Zealand	7	7	2	292	79*	0	2	58.40
Scotland	1	1	0	17	17	0	0	17.00
South Africa	1	1	0	48	48	0	0	48.00
Sri Lanka	6	5	0	166	68	0	1	33.30
West Indies	3	3	0	167	107	1	0	55.66
TOTAL	36	34	3	1,131	113	2	5	36.48

3. Jos Buttler (England):

Joseph Charles Buttler, commonly known as Jos Buttler, (born 8 September 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who also plays as a wicket-keeper. 

 

Jos Buttler's Career Best Performances
	Batting
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Test	85	England v India	The Rose Bowl	2014
ODI	121	England v Sri Lanka	Lord's	2014
T20I	67	England v West Indies	Bridgetown	2014
FC	144	Somerset v Hampshire	The Rose Bowl	2010
LA	121	England v Sri Lanka	Lord's	2014
T20	72*	Somerset v Gloucestershire	Taunton	2011

4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India):

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (born 5 February 1991) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket, and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. 

Kumar is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who swings the ball both the ways efficiently, and a useful lower order right-handed batsman, which makes him a bowling all-rounder.

Kumar was included in the playing eleven of the first T20I match against Pakistan at Bengaluru following Parvinder Awana's poor showing in the previous series against England. He took 3 wickets for 9 runs in 4 overs in the match with an economy rate of 2.25 and thus broke the record for the best bowling figures on T20I debut. He took the wickets of Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal.

He opened his account in ODIs by taking a wicket in the very first ball that he bowled, dismissing Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan. Kumar's debut wickets in T20Is, ODIs and Tests have all been bowled and is the first ever bowler to do so.

Batting and fielding averages:

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	11	16	2	343	63*	24.50	738	46.47	0	3	51	0	4	0
ODIs	42	20	5	156	31	10.40	194	80.41	0	0	16	1	14	0
T20Is	9	2	2	6	6*	-	7	85.71	0	0	0	0	2	0
First-class	57	84	9	2191	128	29.21	5104	42.92	1	14	286	7	13	0
List A	76	49	19	673	72	22.43			0	2			21	0
Twenty20	64	28	14	147	24*	10.50	167	88.02	0	0	11	2	10	0

Bowling averages:

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	11	18	1661	847	28	6/82	6/103	30.25	3.05	59.3	0	2	0
ODIs	42	42	2096	1610	44	4/8	4/8	36.59	4.60	47.6	1	0	0
T20Is	9	9	186	193	11	3/9	3/9	17.54	6.22	16.9	0	0	0
First-class	57	99	10094	4724	177	6/77	9/103	26.68	2.80	57.0	6	10	0
List A	76	74	3703	2798	92	4/8	4/8	30.41	4.53	40.2	3	0	0
Twenty20	64	64	1367	1538	62	4/14	4/14	24.80	6.75	22.0	1	0	0

5. Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan):

Ahmed Shehzad ( born 23 November 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and also a part-time legbreak bowler. He used to play domestic cricket for Habib Bank Limited. He made his One Day International debut for Pakistan on 24 April 2009 against Australia and also debut T20I on 7 May 2009 against same team.