India's next Generation playing XI

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The Indian Premier League has a tagline which says ' Where Talent Meets Opportunity" and the tournament has lived up to that tagline by unearthing a number of International superstars and resurrected a number of careers.

The likes of Ashwin, Jadeja, Maxwell, Yusuf Pathan, Faf Du Plessis and Chris Morris all made their mark in IPL before they became a part of their national teams. IPL year after year has produced one or two names who go onto play for India but this year though it has been slightly different.

2018 IPL has produced an array of talented youngsters who will represent the country in the future. While some of these talents are from the Under-19 World Cup squad there are others who have played in IPL before but are making a statement this year.

Openers: Shreyas Iyer (C) & Prithvi Shaw

Shreyas Iyer has been knocking the doors of the Indian team with his impressive domestic performances for some time now, but this is the first time that he is making a huge impact in the IPL.

Iyer has been made the captain of Delhi Daredevils and he is expected to take over the mantle of being the most important player of the Indian team across all formats of the game from Virat Kohli in the future. He has displayed his prowess in both the shorter formats of the game as well as in the longest format of the game and is a future legend in the making.

Prithvi Shaw made his first impact when he led the Indian team to Under-19 World Cup victory earlier this year. He was brilliant for the Indian team at the top of the order and was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL Auctions.

Shaw was initially benched for the first 6 games as Delhi had Gambhir as their premier Indian opener. He made an impact as soon as he was brought into the playing XI and has gone on to cement his place on that side. He has displayed enormous potential and it wouldn't be long before we see him in Indian colors.