It takes one special innings to move a young talent from near anonymity to grabbing all the eyeballs. Numerous young talented players have emerged from the IPL over the years. However, only a few have made it count while most have faded away, finding it difficult to live up to the expectations. Another prodigious talent was on display on Tuesday night at the New Chandigarh Stadium. 

Yet to play FC cricket

The way the 24-year-old Delhi-based Priyansh Arya tore into the Chennai Super Kings’ bowling was a sight to behold. His 39-ball century is the joint fourth fastest in IPL history, but what is unique is that it is the fastest hundred by an uncapped player, be it an Indian or an overseas batter. Leave alone being uncapped, the Delhi-based opener has not even played first-class cricket. He has appeared in only seven List A (50 overs) domestic matches and 21 T20 games for Delhi, yet his maturity stood out. He has joined a small band of batters — Manish Pandey, Paul Valthaty and Yashasvi Jaiswal — to score IPL centuries as uncapped players.