Rahul Chahar

Cricket runs in his genes. His elder brother Deepak picked up 8 wickets on his Ranji debut and helped Rajasthan skittle out Hyderabad for 21. Rahul though decided to be a leggie after getting the approval of his elder brother and uncle, who have helped him nurture his talent over the years.

At a very young age, Rahul decided to sacrifice his studies and devote his full attention to cricket. He graduated nicely through age-level cricket and finally had the chance to represent India under-19. But his biggest moment under the sun was getting picked for Rising Pune Supergiant in IPL 2017. The leggie got a great chance to play under the tutelage of MS Dhoni and Steve Smith. Though he played only 3 games, he must have learnt a lot about cricket at the top level. One of his flying saves at the boundary line became a sought after video from IPL 10!

He went to England after that with the under-19 team and did well by being one of the highest wicket takers on the tour. But that was not enough for him to earn a ticket to New Zealand for the U-19 World Cup. He was kept as a standby for the multi-nation tournament. To add to his misery, he missed most of the domestic season in 2017-18 owing to injuries.