Who is the best young batsman around right now?

[YorksLanka]

Pujara looks a very good player to me and I believe he is still only 27..

 

[kiwiviktor81]

30 year olds are not young batsmen, guys. FFS someone's gonna mention Ross Taylor next.

 

[Dan]

The answer to this thread is clearly Shaun Marsh.

Or Shane Watson, it's hard to split them.

 

[hendrix]

Shane Watson.

He's a promising young player. Hopefully he fulfills his potential in the next few years.

 

[Pratters]

Unmukt Chand looked far better than before when I watched him bat this month. Haven't followed his scores too much, so don't know how did in that front.

 

[Daemon]

30 year olds are not young batsmen, guys. FFS someone's gonna mention Ross Taylor next.

Purpose of the bump was just to assess the progress of the guys who were considered young when the thread was started

 

[TheJediBrah]

Smith, Williamson, Root are far and away the leaders of this pack


Kohli and Warner are good, but not on the same level imo

 

[Howe_zat]

Don't think you can fit a fag paper between Root and Williamson. Could swap one out for the other mid-innings and no one would know

 

[SeamUp]

Virat just logging on to CW on his phone to explain to you ****s that it is him that is the best young batsman in the world.

Bloody hell.................. he became an ATG ?

We should do one of these threads soon.

 

[randycricfreak]

From U25 lot

Kusal Mendis (23)
Babar Azam (24)
Aiden Markram (24)
Shimron Hetmyer (22)

*Hope is 25 already.



Shaw(19), Gill (19) are batters to watch in the future.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

From U25 lot

Kusal Mendis (23)
Babar Azam (24)
Aiden Markram (24)
Shimron Hetmyer (22)

*Hope is 25 already.



Shaw(19), Gill (19) are batters to watch in the future.

I'll add (very early in their career):

Liton Das (24)
Shadman (23)
Mosaddek Hossain- 23 years old with a first class average of 65.03 after 36 matches, 11 centuries and 11 half-centuries, highest of 282

 

[randycricfreak]

Most, say 3 and 1/2 years back which is around mid 2015 have rated Kohli below the likes of Smith, Rahane, Williamson, Root, Mathews at 6.

That's just wow.....

 

[Daemon]

Williamson isn't as good as most make him out to be tbh. Decent cricketer but I doubt he'll be near the top of this list a decade down the road.

Great call

 

[sledger]

Randy Freak is such a great name.

 

[Spark]

Great call

a proper tumtum call this

 

[trundler]

I really don't think the batting front in WC is at the moment something to shout about its very mediocre to be honest I reckon the next decade will look not too dissimilar to international cricket captain in that you'll end up with many more low scoring matches.

Only good call in this thread

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Are we forgetting someone?

25 year old Hanuma. New to test cricket