The Indian team has several talented youngsters who have been doing well too. Meanwhile, former India batsman Suresh Raina is quite impressed with this talented bunch and named his favourite players as well. However, the Indian team is currently in England and preparing for the Test series. And, the second-string Indian team is in Sri Lanka for the upcoming limited-overs series.

However, ever since his debut in 2005, Suresh Raina played a key role for India in the middle-order. While talking to News24 Sports, he was asked to name three players who have impressed him the most, Raina revealed his surprising choices.

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“I think Devdutt Padikkal from Karnataka. After him, Ruturaj Gaikwad from Maharashtra. He is a gun player. Axar Patel has worked really hard, and he performed brilliantly well in the absence of Ravindra Jadeja,” Raina said. On being enquired about Rishabh Pant, he said, “See, he has entered the senior category. He’s grown. He is also hitting fours now and not only sixes,” he expressed.

Suresh Raina also complimented the veteran Rahul Dravid for his contribution to junior cricket in India. “Even Mohammed Siraj is bowling so well. And somewhere I feel credit goes to Rahul Dravid who has worked extremely hard with the Under-19 team which is why he is with the senior team now and my best wishes to Shikhar Dhawan, that he does well and return to the Test team because he too is a very big player for India and he must be hoping to perform well in Sri Lanka,” Suresh Raina further added.

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“Then definitely Priyam Garg from Uttar Pradesh. Karn Sharma is another player from Uttar Pradesh who has performed really well. From Punjab, there is Abhishek Sharma, who has impressed me a lot. Sachin Baby is also putting in a lot of hard-work,” he concluded.