In the last 18 years, the Indian cricket team has got more than one stunning player, who made it one of the top-3 teams in the world. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is credited with this best achievement. According to a report, more than 400 players have made their debut in the IPL in the last 18 years. Thanks to the brilliant performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL), some of these players made a long race horses, making their debut for Team India, while some players’ career ended in a few matches.

More than 400 debut in 18 years

According to a report by ‘Dainik Bhaskar’, about 409 players have made their debut in the IPL in the last 18 years. Out of these players who debuted in IPL, only 88 cricketers have been able to debut in international cricket for Team India. Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akshar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Mohammad Siraj, Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Arshadeep Singh, Rinku Singh and Tilak Varma like Team India. Was selected in

Long race horses of Team India

Players like Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Jaspreet Bumrah meet once in the ages. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is credited with this best achievement. It was the Indian Premier League (IPL) who discovered stars like Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Jaspreet Bumrah, due to which they are counted among the great cricketers of the world. When the IPL gave many players opportunities to move forward, some unfortunate players could not redeem these opportunities.

These players’ career ends in a few matches

Manoj Tiwari, Yusuf Pathan, Subramaniam Badrinath, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron, Rahul Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Stuard Binny, Parvez Rasool, Manish Pandey, Barinder Saran, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkirat Singh Mann and Siddharth Kaul, talented players did not debut for Team India through IPL. While waiting for the return to Team India, many of these players have retired after losing at the end.

Virat Kohli played the first international match only after 4 months of IPL debut

Virat Kohli made his IPL debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on 18 April 2008. After 4 months, Virat Kohli got the call of Team India and got a chance to play the first international match. On 18 August 2008, Virat Kohli started his international cricket career through an ODI against Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli has not looked back since then. Virat Kohli has so far scored 27599 runs in international cricket, including 82 centuries and 143 half -centuries.

Suryakumar Yadav spent the longest time

After the inauguration of IPL career, Suryakumar Yadav took the longest time to debut for Team India. Suryakumar Yadav made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians (Mi) on 6 April 2012. Suryakumar Yadav had to face disappointment for a long time and it took him 9 years to debut for Team India. Finally, on 14 March 2021, Suryakumar Yadav started his international cricket career through a T20I match against England.

More than 15 Indian players debut in IPL 2025

Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja had to wait for 1 year after IPL debut, Hardik Pandya for 1 year, Shreyas Iyer for 2 years and Jaspreet Bumrah has to wait for 3 years to start for the beginning of international career. In IPL 2025, more than 15 Indian players have made their debut, including the names of cricketers like Ayush Mhatre, Vipraj Nigam, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Priyansh Arya. Now it will be interesting to see who first gets an opportunity for International Debut for Team India.