3. Mayank Agarwal

The Karnataka opener had a dream run in the domestic season for year 2017/18. He scored 1160 runs from 8 matches with an average of 105.45. During the Ranji Trophy season, Mayank Agarwal hit 5 centuries and 2 centuries. His best score in the tournament was 304*.

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In November 2017, Mayank Agarwal scored 1003 runs in a single month and made the batting history in Ranji Trophy. In the T20 format Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Mayank Agarwal made 258 runs from 9 matches with a strike rate of 144.94. In that tournament, Mayank hit 3 half centuries.  He continued his impressive in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017/18 finishing as leading runs scorer with 723 runs from 8 matches with an average of 90.37. In that tournament, he hit 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries.

Overall he hit 2141 runs in the 2017/18 season. He was not selected in the India senior team despite the consistent performance in the entire domestic season, but his performance in recently IPL 11 was not encouraging. Playing for Kings XI Punjab he scored just 120 runs from 11 matches with substantial contributions.

The tri-series gives a chance to Mayank Agarwal to prove his abilities with the bat in India A squad for the first time and could do justice with his hard-hitting stroke play.