The Emerging Player of the Year Award is given every year in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to the promising youngster who shone throughout the tournament.
Shreevats Goswami was the first player to win the IPL Emerging Player of the Year Award in the inaugural season in 2008.
Here is the winner’s list of this award every year in the IPL so far:
| YEAR | WINNER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Shreevats Goswami | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2009 | Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers |
| 2010 | Saurabh Tiwary | Mumbai Indians |
| 2011 | Iqbal Abdulla | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 2012 | Mandeep Singh | Kings XI Punjab |
| 2013 | Sanju Samson | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2014 | Axar Patel | Kings XI Punjab |
| 2015 | Shreyas Iyer | Delhi Daredevils |
| 2016 | Mustafizur Rahman | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 2017 | Basil Thampi | Gujarat Lions |
| 2018 | Rishabh Pant | Delhi Daredevils |
| 2019 | Shubman Gill | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 2021 | Devdutt Padikkal | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2022 | Umran Malik | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 2023 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2024 | Nitish Reddy | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 2025 | Sai Sudharsan | Gujarat Titans |
Rohit Sharma, the current Indian captain, won the emerging player award in his early career in 2009, playing for Deccan Chargers.
Other notable winners in this list are Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, Mustafizur Rahman, and Shubman Gill.
Interestingly, Chennai Super Kings, the franchise that has won the championship five times so far, hasn’t produced a single recipient of this award yet.
Sunrisers Hyderabad is the only team to have three players who have won the Emerging Player of the Year award. Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals (earlier Daredevils), Rajasthan Royals, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the other teams to have two Emerging Player award winners each.
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