ICC World Cup 2019: 5 Upcoming Superstars Who Can Take the Tournament By Storm

The ICC World Cup 2019 is slated to begin in less than a year’s time and some of the top teams will be looking forward to the quadrennial event. This will be the 12^th edition of the Cricket World Cup after it’s inception in the year 1975. Cricket has changed a great deal in the last 5-6 years and the invention of some of the shots has taken the world by storm.

The emergence of some of the new stars has taken the game to a whole new level. All these upcoming superstars will be hoping to make their mark in what would be their first World Cup for their respective nations.

Now without wasting any time let us have a look at 5 upcoming superstars who have the ability to take the ICC World Cup event by storm.

Hardik Pandya

The all-rounder is one of the finest players of the modern generation. In his brief career, he has proved time and again that why he is rated so highly. The team management and Virat Kohli backs him in all the formats. Hence his improvement can be seen vividly. He has a bundle of talent and has the ability to change the complexion of any game either with the bat or the ball especially in the limited overs format.

Pandya is one of the most dangerous lower middle order batsmen. Against spinners, he is simply unstoppable at times. In his brief international career, he has already smashed 4 different spinners for 3 consecutive sixes in international cricket. Even with the ball in hand, he is pretty impressive and is a wicket-taking option for Kohli. Though he tends to leak runs at times, he is still an asset to any team.

Jasprit Bumrah

Just two years into his international career, Jasprit Bumrah has already established himself as the spearhead of the Indian pace attack in all 3 formats of the game. Bumrah is a skiddy customer who has the ability to unsettle any batsmen. Even in barren pitches, Bumrah has the ability to bowl the Yorkers and the slower deliveries quite consistently which has given him so many wickets in the past.

Bumrah has bowled the perfect line and length and with his pace, he can be a nightmare for any batting line-up on their day. He will be playing his first World Cup next year unless any injury halts his dream. However, if he is fit and raring to go, Bumrah might well turn out to be the trump card for the Men in Blue.

Kagiso Rabada

He is undoubtedly one of the finest bowlers of the modern generation. In a generation were producing fast bowlers has become few and far between, Rabada is one such guy who oozes class. In his brief ODI and Test career, Rabada just like Bumrah has gone on to be the spearhead of the bowling attack. He is a promising talent and one of the most genuine wicket takers for the Proteas team.

He has raw pace and has the ability to move the ball both ways. The speedster is a very important player for South Africa who will be aiming to win their maiden World Cup next year. Rabada has a bright future ahead of him. Especially after the retirement of AB de Villiers, he will have that extra responsibility to perform in the big event.

Kuldeep Yadav

The left-arm chinaman bowler has been quite magnificent in his brief limited overs career so far. Bowling left-arm leg spin is definitely an art. However, Kuldeep has to be careful of the fact that he tends to be inconsistent at times. He was quite spectacular for India in a couple of limited-overs matches against England. While he took 5 wickets in the 1^st T20, he came back strongly with a 6 wicket haul in the opening ODI.

Kuldeep has combined pretty well with Yuzvendra Chahal and has pushed veteran spinners like Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja out of the team. The tournament will be played in England and Wales and Kuldeep’s experience of playing in the conditions just a few months ahead of the World Cup will be a huge plus.

Rashid Khan

He has single-handedly taken Afghanistan to where they are today. Rashid boasts of exceptional records in both ODI and the T20I format. He is one of the finest limited overs bowlers of his generation and has troubled so much top class batsman in his brief career. Only a 19-year-old, Rashid has proved himself to be the best of the lot on numerous occasions.

Not only he has taken wickets against low key oppositions, Rashid has been superb against top class nations. He has consistently bamboozled opposition batsmen with his spin variations. He has a terrific leg-spinner and a wrong un up his sleeve which can unsettle any opposition.