Bangladesh U19 Captain Akbar Hailed As Future Great

Bangladesh's Under-19 world winning captain Akbar Ali was picked as one of the 20 cricketers that could dominate the next decade.

ESPNcricinfo 's cricket month magazine prepared a list of 15 coaches, scouts, analysts, players and observers from around the world.

The wicket-keeper Akbar Ali showed his serenity in the Nervy Final against India, in which his unbeaten 43 led the side to a three-game victory, challenging conditions and weather as Bangladesh won the Under-19 World Cup.

The other 19 cricketers who were selected in the list of 20 cricketers for the 2020s are – India batsman Shubman Gill, England batsman Tom Banton, Afghanistan left-arm spinner Noor Ahmed, Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah, Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Philippe, New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra, India fast bowler Kartik Tyagi, England batsman Ollie Pope, Afghanistan batsman Ibrahim Zadran, South Africa fast bowler Gerald Coetzee, India batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal, Afghanistan wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz, West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales, Pakistan batsman Haider Ali, Afghanistan leg-spinner Qais Ahmad, Australia batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk, India batsman Prithvi Shaw, Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf and Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya.

There was no age limit for the selection, however, as the youngest cricketer on the list was just 15 – the left-wing Afghan Noor Ahmad, while the oldest was Pakistani fast bowler Haris Rauf, who was 26.

Instead, the magazine put limits on the number of international matches played by the player to be eligible: no more than five tests or seven ODIs or seven T20Is as of 31 December 2019.

The names appear in no particular order.

Tom Moody, Mike Hesson, Deep Dasgupta, HD Ackerman, Ian Bishop, AR Srikanth, Tim Wigmore, Russel Arnold, Paras Mhambrey, Hassan Cheema, Srinath Bashyam, Tamim Iqbal, Andy Moles, Jarrod Kimber, and Robin Peterson are the person to have their say in the selection of the 20 probable future greats.

Source: BSS