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IPL 2025: Emerging Player Award Winners List from 2008 to 2025

by William Campbell

IPL 2025: Emerging Player Award Winners List from 2008 to 2025Sai Sudharsan had a season to remember in IPL 2025. The young Gujarat Titans batter scored 759 runs in just 15 innings, earning him both the Emerging Player of the Year award and the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs. He made one century and six fifties and at 23 years and 231 days old, he became the youngest to win the Orange Cap. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at all 18 players who’ve won the Emerging Player award so far.

Sai Sudharsan was retained by Gujarat Titans for Rs 8.50 crore before the IPL 2025 mega auction. He lived up to his price by bringing his strong domestic form into the IPL and performing consistently. Because of this, he earned his first call-up to India’s Test team for the upcoming five-match series against England.

Emerging Player Award Winners List

Year Player 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
2020 Devdutt Padikkal Royal Challengers Bangalore
2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad Chennai Super Kings
2022 Umran Malik Sunrisers Hyderabad
2023 Yashasvi Jaiswal Rajasthan Royals
2024 Nitish Kumar Reddy Sunrisers Hyderabad
2025 Sai Sudharsan Gujarat Titans

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