This is my ranking of the 20 best young Indian fast bowlers in 2026, restricted to players aged 23 or under on 24 September 2026.
India’s fast-bowling production line looks very different from the one I grew up watching.
For decades, the stereotype was obvious enough. India produced enormous numbers of technically gifted batsmen and an almost endless supply of spinners, but genuinely quick fast bowlers were sufficiently unusual that anyone capable of bowling at 140 km/h immediately became interesting.
That is no longer true.
Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and others have changed expectations at international level, while the IPL has created both a pathway and an enormous financial incentive for every state in India to find quick bowlers. The result is that there are now young seamers appearing from Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan and elsewhere who would once have been extremely unusual prospects.
But who are the best of them?
Seam-bowling all-rounders are eligible for this ranking, but I have judged them on their bowling rather than their batting. That distinction matters particularly for someone such as Nitish Kumar Reddy: he is clearly the most accomplished cricketer on this list, but that does not automatically make him its best fast bowler.
There is inevitably more projection involved lower down this ranking. Some players already have 40 or 50 first-class wickets; others are teenagers whose cases are based on Under-19 cricket, pace and what they might become.
I have also ranked the best young Indian cricketers across every role, including several of the fast bowlers featured here, in my guide to the 30 best young Indian cricketers in 2026. You can also compare these young Indian fast bowlers versus my ranking of the young English fast bowlers.
The 20 Best Young Indian Fast Bowlers in 2026
| Rank | Player | Age | Teams | Bowling style | Highest India level |
| 1 | Sakib Hussain | 21 | Bihar; Sunrisers Hyderabad | Right-arm fast-medium | Not yet represented India |
| 2 | Himanshu Chauhan | 23 | Delhi; India C | Right-arm fast-medium | India C — Duleep Trophy |
| 3 | Naman Tiwari | 20 | Uttar Pradesh; Lucknow Super Giants | Left-arm medium-fast | India U19 |
| 4 | Aaqib Khan | 22 | Uttar Pradesh | Right-arm fast-medium | India A |
| 5 | Aryan Pandey | 22 | Madhya Pradesh; Central Zone | Right-arm medium | Central Zone — Duleep Trophy |
| 6 | Rajvardhan Hangargekar | 23 | Maharashtra; Lucknow Super Giants | Right-arm fast | India A |
| 7 | Deepesh Devendran | 18 | Tamil Nadu; Madurai Panthers | Right-arm fast-medium | India U19 |
| 8 | Anuj Thakral | 23 | Haryana | Right-arm medium | Not yet represented India |
| 9 | Eden Apple Tom | 21 | Kerala; Aries Kollam Sailors | Right-arm medium-fast | Not yet represented India |
| 10 | Raj Limbani | 21 | Baroda | Right-arm medium | India U19 |
| 11 | Henil Patel | 19 | Gujarat | Right-arm medium | India U19 |
| 12 | Nitish Kumar Reddy | 23 | Andhra; Sunrisers Hyderabad | Right-arm medium-fast | Senior India |
| 13 | RS Ambrish | 19 | Tamil Nadu; Sunrisers Hyderabad | Right-arm medium | India U19 |
| 14 | Mohammed Izhar | 22 | Bihar; Mumbai Indians | Left-arm medium-fast | Not yet represented India |
| 15 | Madhav Tiwari | 22 | Madhya Pradesh; Delhi Capitals | Right-arm fast-medium | Not yet represented India |
| 16 | Krish Bhagat | 21 | Punjab; Mumbai Indians | Right-arm fast-medium | Not yet represented India |
| 17 | Ganesh Suthar | U23 | Rajasthan; Rest of India U23 | Right-arm medium-fast | Rest of India U23 |
| 18 | Mangesh Yadav | 23 | Madhya Pradesh; Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Left-arm fast-medium | Not yet represented India |
| 19 | Aaradhya Shukla | 21 | Punjab | Right-arm medium-fast | India U19 |
| 20 | Dhanush Gowda | 21 | Karnataka; Mysore Warriors | Right-arm medium-fast | India U19 |
Ages as of 24 September 2026
20. Dhanush Gowda
- Right-arm fast bowler from Karnataka
- Selected in India’s squad for the 2024 Under-19 World Cup
- Still at the stage where senior domestic opportunities will determine how high his ceiling really is
Dhanush Gowda is perhaps the most speculative selection in the top 20, but there is still enough pedigree here to keep him on the list.
The Karnataka fast bowler was part of India’s squad for the 2024 Under-19 World Cup and came through a particularly strong generation of Indian age-group quicks. He does not yet possess anything resembling the senior body of work of the bowlers towards the top of this ranking, which is why he starts at number 20.
At this stage, the case is largely about projection. Gowda has already reached India Under-19 level, remains young enough for substantial development and now needs senior wickets to move beyond the group of promising age-group seamers.
19. Aaradhya Shukla
- Right-arm medium-fast bowler
- Represented India at Under-19 level
- Selected as a net bowler for India’s senior Test squad in 2026
Aaradhya Shukla was part of the same generation as Naman Tiwari and Raj Limbani, representing India at both the Under-19 Asia Cup and Under-19 World Cup.
His progress since then has been less spectacular than those two, but one development in 2026 caught my attention: Shukla was selected as a net bowler for India’s senior Test squad ahead of the Afghanistan Test.
Being asked to bowl to India’s Test batsmen does not make someone an international prospect on its own, but it is normally a reasonable indication of how highly a young quick is being regarded within the system.
18. Mangesh Yadav
- Left-arm fast-bowling all-rounder
- Took 14 wickets in six matches in the 2025 Madhya Pradesh T20 League
- Bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹5.2 crore ahead of IPL 2026
There are not many number 18s on prospect rankings who have already generated a ₹5.2 crore IPL auction bid.
Mangesh Yadav’s rise has been rapid. The left-arm fast-bowling all-rounder took 14 wickets in six matches in the 2025 Madhya Pradesh T20 League and that was enough to generate one of the more remarkable bidding battles of the 2026 IPL auction, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru eventually paying ₹5.2 crore for him.
That price is not evidence in itself that he will become an international bowler, but it tells us something about how IPL scouting departments assess his tools.
17. Ganesh Suthar
- Right-arm fast bowler from Rajasthan
- Took four wickets in Rajasthan’s victory over Haryana in the 2025/26 CK Nayudu Trophy
- Selected for Rest of India Under-23s in September 2026
Ganesh Suthar is one of the least nationally recognised players on the list, but probably will not remain that way if his progress through Rajasthan’s system continues.
He was a major contributor during Rajasthan’s 2025/26 CK Nayudu Trophy campaign, including a four-wicket haul against Haryana that helped send them into the quarter-finals. More significantly, Suthar was selected in September 2026 for the Rest of India Under-23 side to face the defending CK Nayudu Trophy champions Tamil Nadu.
That is exactly the sort of progression I am looking for towards the bottom of this ranking: dominate your age group, move into representative cricket and put yourself within touching distance of a regular senior state opportunity.
16. Krish Bhagat
- Right-arm medium-fast bowling all-rounder for Punjab
- Had already played seven first-class and nine List A matches before his IPL call-up
- Signed by Mumbai Indians during IPL 2026
Krish Bhagat has already moved beyond prospect cricket and accumulated a reasonable amount of senior experience with Punjab.
By the time Mumbai Indians signed him during IPL 2026, Bhagat had already played seven first-class matches and nine List A games. He had initially spent time around Mumbai Indians as part of their wider bowling group before eventually being called into the playing squad as an injury replacement.
Bhagat is a bowling all-rounder rather than an out-and-out specialist fast bowler, and because I am judging this list entirely on bowling that keeps him below some players with more eye-catching wicket-taking records.
15. Madhav Tiwari
- Right-arm fast-medium bowling all-rounder
- Entered IPL 2026 without having played senior domestic cricket
- Already produced a Player of the Match performance for Delhi Capitals
Madhav Tiwari essentially jumped directly from prospect cricket into the IPL.
He entered the 2026 season without having played senior domestic cricket but was given an opportunity by Delhi Capitals and immediately looked capable of competing at that level. He subsequently produced a Player of the Match performance and showed enough with the ball to become far more than an obscure development selection.
Tiwari describes himself as every bit as much a bowler as a batsman, and for the purposes of this ranking I am taking him at his word. There is far too little senior evidence to put him higher yet, but there are not many better testing grounds for a young Indian seamer than bowling to IPL top orders.
14. Mohammed Izhar
- Left-arm medium-fast bowler from Bihar
- Took nine wickets in five games in the 2025 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
- Progressed from IPL net bowler to a place in the Mumbai Indians squad
Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar is one of the more interesting left-armers in this group.
Playing for Bihar, he took nine wickets in five matches during his debut Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign, including figures of 4/39 against Madhya Pradesh. He had previously been used as a net bowler by Chennai Super Kings before earning an IPL opportunity with Mumbai Indians.
Left-arm pace always carries additional value simply because there is less of it, but Izhar has done enough in senior T20 cricket that his inclusion is based on more than his bowling angle.
13. RS Ambrish
- Right-arm seamer and left-handed batsman
- Took 11 wickets at the 2026 Under-19 World Cup
- Signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad during IPL 2026 while still only 18
RS Ambrish was one of India’s most important bowlers during their successful 2026 Under-19 World Cup campaign.
The Tamil Nadu all-rounder finished as India’s joint-leading wicket-taker with 11 and consistently contributed across the tournament, combining his right-arm seam bowling with useful left-handed batting. Sunrisers Hyderabad subsequently signed him as an injury replacement during IPL 2026.
The batting is a significant part of Ambrish’s long-term appeal, but I have deliberately ignored it in determining his position here. Even judged purely as a fast-bowling prospect, there is enough to put him comfortably inside the top 20.
12. Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Already an India international across formats
- 70 first-class wickets at 30.81
- Offers India something particularly scarce: a genuine seam-bowling all-rounder
This is probably the strangest ranking on the list.
Nitish Kumar Reddy is already an international cricketer, has played Test cricket and is comfortably more accomplished overall than almost everyone above him. But this is not a ranking of young Indian cricketers or even young Indian all-rounders. It is a ranking of fast bowlers.
His bowling has nevertheless developed substantially. Reddy has accumulated a significant first-class workload and has taken 70 first-class wickets at 30.81, while his ability to contribute overs for India makes him particularly valuable in a country which has historically struggled to produce genuine seam-bowling all-rounders.
If this list were based on the probability of playing 50 internationals, Reddy would be much higher. Based purely on the likelihood of becoming an elite frontline fast bowler, number 12 feels more appropriate.
11. Henil Patel
- Took 11 wickets at the 2026 Under-19 World Cup
- Produced 5/16 against the USA
- Selected in the ICC Under-19 World Cup Team of the Tournament
Henil Patel was one of the discoveries of the 2026 Under-19 World Cup.
The Gujarat quick took 11 wickets during the competition, including 5/16 against the USA, and was selected in the ICC’s Team of the Tournament. He has spoken about Dale Steyn as an inspiration, and there is something appealing about a young fast bowler who approaches wicket-taking with that sort of aggression.
The obvious question now is what happens when Under-19 success is transferred into senior cricket. Plenty of brilliant youth bowlers never make that step, but Patel has already done enough to become one of the most interesting teenage fast bowlers in India.
10. Raj Limbani
- Took 7/13 against Nepal in the 2023 Under-19 Asia Cup
- Led India’s pace attack during the 2024 Under-19 World Cup cycle
- Has begun accumulating senior domestic experience with Baroda
It is easy to forget quite how exciting Raj Limbani looked during India’s 2023/24 Under-19 cycle.
His defining performance remains one of the best spells by an Indian youth fast bowler in recent years: 7/13 against Nepal in the 2023 Under-19 Asia Cup.
Limbani then became an important part of India’s attack at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. His senior career has not accelerated quite as quickly as some might have expected from those performances, which prevents him ranking higher, but the swing and age-group pedigree remain difficult to ignore.
9. Eden Apple Tom
- 23 first-class wickets at 26.47
- Won Player of the Match on his Ranji Trophy debut aged 16
- Took 6/46 against Tamil Nadu in the 2025/26 Vijay Hazare Trophy
Eden Apple Tom has had an unusually eventful career for someone who is still only in his early twenties.
He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Kerala at 16 and took six wickets in the match, including a wicket with the first ball of each innings, earning Player of the Match. A serious back problem subsequently interrupted his development, but he fought his way back into Kerala’s first-class side and has continued progressing.
His current first-class record stands at 23 wickets at 26.47 from eight matches, while in January 2026 he produced 6/46 against Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
There are younger bowlers below him with more raw pace, but Apple Tom has already experienced senior cricket, serious injury, rehabilitation and a return to wicket-taking. That counts for something.
8. Anuj Thakral
- 26 first-class wickets at 19.42
- Took 21 wickets in his first three Ranji Trophy matches
- Best first-class figures of 6/31
If this ranking were based purely on first-class bowling average, Anuj Thakral would be much higher.
The Haryana seamer has taken 26 first-class wickets at 19.42, with best figures of 6/31. Even more remarkably, 21 of those wickets came in his first three Ranji Trophy appearances, including ten wickets on debut, against opposition including Bengal, Karnataka and Mumbai.
The only reason I am resisting putting him in the top five is sample size.
Twenty-six wickets are enough to become extremely interesting. They are not yet enough to know whether an average below 20 is remotely sustainable.
7. Deepesh Devendran
- Still only 18
- Represented India at the 2026 Under-19 World Cup
- Clocked at 146 km/h during the 2026 Tamil Nadu Premier League
Deepesh Devendran may have the highest ceiling of anyone on this list.
He is also one of the hardest to rank.
The Tamil Nadu fast bowler is still only 18 and therefore has nothing resembling the senior body of work of Himanshu Chauhan, Aaqib Khan or Aryan Pandey. What he does have is something you cannot teach: extreme pace.
During the 2026 Tamil Nadu Premier League, Deepesh was clocked at 146 km/h.
At 18.
He had already represented India at the 2026 Under-19 World Cup and has also shown enough slower balls and white-ball variation to suggest that this is not simply a teenager running up and bowling as fast as he can.
There is enormous risk here, as there always is with young fast bowlers. There is also enormous upside.
6. Rajvardhan Hangargekar
- 41 List A wickets at 24.68
- Took 5/42 against Pakistan A in the 2023 Emerging Teams Asia Cup
- Capable of bowling at around 145 km/h
Rajvardhan Hangargekar has been on the prospect radar for years, which creates a slightly strange effect: at 23, he can almost feel too old for an article about young bowlers.
He is not.
Hangargekar first came to wider attention during India’s victorious 2022 Under-19 World Cup campaign and remains one of the more physically impressive fast bowlers in this age group. He has been clocked at around 145 km/h and produced one of his best performances for India A when he took 5/42 against Pakistan A in the 2023 Emerging Teams Asia Cup.
His senior red-ball record is less impressive than I initially expected, however. Hangargekar has taken 13 first-class wickets at 42.46, while his List A record — 41 wickets at 24.68 — is substantially stronger.
That is why he now sits below Aaqib Khan and Aryan Pandey. The raw tools remain excellent, but after several years on the prospect radar he still has more to prove as a consistent red-ball wicket-taker.
5. Aryan Pandey
- 40 first-class wickets at 23.30
- Best first-class figures of 4/17
- Already progressed into Duleep Trophy cricket
Aryan Pandey was the player I came closest to missing entirely when putting this ranking together.
That would have been a fairly significant mistake.
The Madhya Pradesh seamer has already taken 40 first-class wickets at 23.30, despite only beginning his first-class career in 2023/24. His best figures are 4/17 and he has already progressed into Duleep Trophy cricket.
There are players below him with substantially bigger reputations and more spectacular pace. There are very few with better evidence that their bowling already works against senior batsmen.
Forty first-class wickets at barely 23 apiece before your 23rd birthday is not an automatic route to Test cricket, but it is enough evidence that Pandey deserves to be treated as considerably more than an interesting prospect.
4. Aaqib Khan
- Made his first-class debut aged only 16
- 52 first-class wickets at 26.09
- Has already represented India A
Aaqib Khan has been playing senior cricket for so long that it is easy to forget he is still eligible for this list.
He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh at only 16 and has now taken 52 first-class wickets at 26.09. He has also progressed into the India A system.
His career therefore looks completely different from that of a player such as Deepesh Devendran. Aaqib is not here because we have seen three overs at 146 km/h and imagined what might happen next; he is here because we already have six years of evidence that he can take wickets against senior professional batsmen.
There may be bowlers below him with higher ceilings, but very few have built a stronger foundation at the same age.
3. Naman Tiwari
- 12 wickets in six matches at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup
- 19 wickets at 16.26 in the 2025 Uttar Pradesh T20 League
- Left-armer capable of operating around 145 km/h
Naman Tiwari gives India something every international side wants: a young left-arm fast bowler who can bowl properly quickly.
Tiwari took 12 wickets in six matches at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup and has continued progressing since then rather than disappearing into the enormous Indian domestic system. In the 2025 Uttar Pradesh T20 League, he took 19 wickets in ten matches at 16.26, which helped convince Lucknow Super Giants to spend ₹1 crore on him ahead of IPL 2026.
He has also been reported around the 145 km/h mark.
The combination is what puts him this high. There are bowlers with better senior red-ball records, and there may even be teenagers capable of bowling slightly faster, but genuinely quick left-arm pace remains one of the rarest commodities in cricket.
2. Himanshu Chauhan
- 38 first-class wickets at 23.92
- Three first-class five-wicket hauls
- Best figures of 5/39
Himanshu Chauhan does not have the IPL profile of Sakib Hussain or the extreme speed-gun numbers of Deepesh Devendran.
What he has is an extremely persuasive first-class record.
The Delhi fast bowler has already taken 38 first-class wickets at 23.92, with three five-wicket hauls and best figures of 5/39. That is a serious body of work for a bowler still this young, and it is why I have him above several players who are probably better known outside Indian domestic cricket.
Fast-bowling prospect rankings can easily become too obsessed with pace. Bowling 145 km/h is exciting, but taking good batsmen’s wickets is ultimately the point.
Chauhan has already shown that he can do that.
1. Sakib Hussain
- 15 wickets in 11 matches during IPL 2026
- Best IPL figures of 4/24
- Regularly operates above 140 km/h
Sakib Hussain is number one because he has already answered the question that hangs over almost every young fast bowler on this list: what happens when you put him in front of elite batsmen?
In IPL 2026, the Bihar quick took 15 wickets in 11 matches at 26.47, with best figures of 4/24, immediately establishing himself as far more than an interesting domestic prospect.
The story behind his rise is extraordinary — from tennis-ball cricket in Bihar to professional cricket and eventually the IPL — but it is his bowling rather than the story that puts him at number one. Hussain bowls above 140 km/h, can generate bounce and showed during his breakthrough IPL season that he already possesses enough variation to avoid becoming predictable.
His first-class numbers are not as good as Himanshu Chauhan’s or Aryan Pandey’s. He has not accumulated the senior wicket tally of Aaqib Khan.
But none of those bowlers has yet produced an IPL season like this one.
At 21, that gives Sakib Hussain the strongest combination of pace, performance at a high level and future upside anywhere in this ranking.
Which Young Indian Fast Bowlers Have Already Proved Themselves in First-Class Cricket?
One problem with a ranking like this is that Deepesh Devendran and Aaqib Khan are technically competing for the same places despite being at completely different stages of their careers.
One is an 18-year-old whose appeal is largely based on what he might become. The other made his first-class debut six years ago.
It is therefore worth separating projection from production.
| Player | First-Class Wickets | Bowling Average |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 70 | 30.81 |
| Aaqib Khan | 52 | 26.09 |
| Aryan Pandey | 40 | 23.30 |
| Himanshu Chauhan | 38 | 23.92 |
| Anuj Thakral | 26 | 19.42 |
| Eden Apple Tom | 23 | 26.47 |
| Sakib Hussain | 16 | 30.75 |
| Rajvardhan Hangargekar | 13 | 42.46 |
| Raj Limbani | 12 | 44.91 |
The records that stand out most are not necessarily those with the largest raw totals.
Nitish Kumar Reddy has taken the most wickets, but he has played considerably more cricket and his role is fundamentally that of an all-rounder. Aryan Pandey’s 40 wickets at 23.30, Himanshu Chauhan’s 38 at 23.92 and Anuj Thakral’s extraordinary start at below 20 arguably tell us more about their chances of becoming specialist frontline bowlers.
Aaqib Khan’s 52 wickets are significant for another reason: he started incredibly young. He had already played first-class cricket at 16 and has essentially spent his entire late teenage period learning against senior batsmen.
Sakib Hussain is the obvious reminder that first-class statistics cannot answer everything. His red-ball record is far less impressive than those of Chauhan or Pandey, but 15 wickets in an IPL season exposes a bowler to a quality and depth of batting that almost no age-group competition can replicate.
That is why the ranking cannot simply be sorted by bowling average.
Who Is the Fastest Young Indian Bowler?
The honest answer is that we cannot produce a definitive league table.
Speed-gun data is inconsistent outside major televised competitions, a bowler’s fastest recorded delivery tells us very little about his normal operating speed and there will inevitably be young quicks in India’s domestic system who simply have not been measured under comparable conditions.
What we can say is that Deepesh Devendran has produced one of the most eye-catching recent numbers.
At 18, he reached 146 km/h during the 2026 Tamil Nadu Premier League.
Naman Tiwari has also been reported around 145 km/h and is particularly valuable because he does it left-handed, while Rajvardhan Hangargekar has been clocked in a similar range. Sakib Hussain regularly operates above 140 km/h and has already demonstrated that his pace survives the jump into the IPL.
That is probably the most encouraging part of this entire list.
India has not simply found one unusually fast teenager.
There are multiple bowlers in this generation capable of reaching 140 km/h or considerably more, coming from different states, different age groups and different pathways.
How Unusual Is It to Take 40 or 50 First-Class Wickets Before 23?
Aryan Pandey’s 40 wickets before his 23rd birthday initially looked extraordinary to me.
Then I compared it with previous Indian fast bowlers.
The answer is more interesting.
Jasprit Bumrah took 38 wickets at 21.15 in eight matches during his first Ranji Trophy season. Mohammed Shami already had 71 first-class wickets before making his Test debut shortly after turning 23. Mohammed Siraj took 41 wickets in nine Ranji matches during his breakthrough 2016/17 season, while Avesh Khan took 35 in seven games in 2018/19. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 31 Ranji wickets while still only 18.
That changes how I would describe the records of Pandey, Chauhan and Aaqib.
They are not unprecedented.
They are, however, exactly the sort of records that serious Indian fast-bowling prospects have often produced at this stage of their careers.
That distinction matters. Forty first-class wickets at 23 does not mean Aryan Pandey is destined to play Test cricket, just as taking 50 before 23 does not make Aaqib Khan the next Mohammed Shami.
But it does mean we are no longer discussing hypothetical talent.
These bowlers have already dismissed senior professional batsmen repeatedly.
What Does India’s Next Generation of Fast Bowlers Look Like?
What I find most encouraging is the variety.
Naman Tiwari and Mohammed Izhar provide left-arm angles. Deepesh Devendran has extreme pace. Sakib Hussain has already taken wickets in the IPL. Himanshu Chauhan, Aryan Pandey, Aaqib Khan and Anuj Thakral have substantial first-class evidence. Henil Patel and RS Ambrish emerged from the 2026 Under-19 World Cup, while several others are only beginning to move out of age-group cricket.
There is no guarantee that any of them becomes a Bumrah, Shami or Siraj.
In fact, history strongly suggests that several will not. Fast bowling is brutal on young bodies, early pace can disappear through injury or technical changes, and dominating Under-19 cricket is very different from trying to dismiss international batsmen on flat pitches.
But India does not need all 20 to make it.
If three or four eventually become high-quality international fast bowlers, another group become strong IPL or first-class players and one turns into something genuinely special, this will have been an extremely productive generation.
For now, Sakib Hussain is my number one because he has already shown that his bowling can work against IPL batsmen.
Himanshu Chauhan may have the stronger red-ball case. Naman Tiwari might possess the most valuable combination of pace and left-arm angle. Deepesh Devendran could have the highest ceiling of all.
And there are probably two or three names currently outside this top 20 who will make the whole ranking look ridiculous within a couple of years.
That is usually how these things work.
FAQs
Who is the best young Indian fast bowler in 2026?
I have Sakib Hussain at number one. The 21-year-old took 15 wickets in 11 matches during IPL 2026 and combines 140 km/h-plus pace with bounce and increasingly good variation.
Who is the fastest young Indian bowler?
Deepesh Devendran has one of the fastest verified recent speeds among India’s young prospects, reaching 146 km/h during the 2026 Tamil Nadu Premier League despite being only 18.
Who is the best young left-arm fast bowler in India?
Naman Tiwari ranks highest among the left-arm fast bowlers on this list. He took 12 wickets at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup, followed that with 19 wickets at 16.26 in the 2025 Uttar Pradesh T20 League and has been reported bowling at around 145 km/h.
Which young Indian fast bowler has the best first-class record?
Among the specialist fast bowlers near the top of this ranking, Anuj Thakral has the lowest average, with 26 wickets at 19.42, although his sample remains relatively small. Aaqib Khan has the largest established specialist body of work with 52 wickets at 26.09, while Aryan Pandey and Himanshu Chauhan have taken 40 at 23.30 and 38 at 23.92 respectively.
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