Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh earned plaudits with a superb spell for Punjab in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
With six months still to go till India tour England for five Tests, fans have gone gaga over another pacer, calling for his inclusion in the squad.
Arshdeep Singh will compete for the prestigious honour alongside Pakistan's Babar Azam, Australia's Travis Head, and Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza.
There was plenty of action over the last 12 months that kept the loyal Indian fan interested.
IPL 2025 mega auction: Arshdeep Singh was bought for Rs. 18 crore by Punjab Kings.
A total of 12 marquee players, including Indian stars like Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have created a lot of buzz within the cricket fraternity.
Punjab Kings, with INR 110.50 crore in their coffers, are ready to outbid the other franchises.
In a never-seen-before move, the dates for the next three seasons of IPL have been released.
The IPL 2025 mega auction will witness plenty of twists, turns, unexpected signings and records broken.
The player did not seem to be at his best in the first half of the series, but found his rhythm in the last two T20Is against South Africa.