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  JASPRIT BUMRAH (IND)

  -17 WICKETS AT 14.64 FROM 8 ODIS
  -28 WICKETS AT 18.82 FROM 21 T20Is
  

  Was the leading wicket-taker on either side in India’s 3-0 T20I win against Australia early in the year. Took 14 wickets in six games against Zimbabwe in June.
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  STEPHEN COOK (SA)

  -575 RUNS AT 47.91 FROM 7 TESTS
  

  The sixth South African to score a century on debut. Followed it up with a fifty against New Zealand mid-year, and another two hundreds, against Australia and Sri Lanka.
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  EVIN LEWIS (WI)

  -224 RUNS AT 44.80 FROM 5 ODIS
  -111 RUNS AT 22.20 FROM 5 T20IS

  Made a barnstorming, six-studded, even 100 in one of the Florida T20Is against India, and a big hundred against Sri Lanka in the tri-series in Zimbabwe later in the year.
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  MEHEDI HASAN MIRAZ (BAN)

  -19 WICKETS AT 15.63 FROM 2 TESTS
  

  Backed up his exploits in the U-19 World Cup in February with 6 for 80 in his first Test innings, against England, and then bettered it with a match total of 12 for 159 in the win in Dhaka.
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  JAYANT YADAV (IND)

  -9 WICKETS AT 29.55 AND 221 RUNS AT 73.66 FROM 3 TESTS
  -1 WICKET FROM 1 ODI AT 8.00

  Made a solid start in Tests, taking four wickets each in his first two games, also making a half-century in the second, and then the first hundred by an Indian No. 9 in his third.
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  HASEEB HAMEED (ENG)

  -219 RUNS AT 43.80 FROM 3 TESTS

  England's find of the series on their India tour. Impressed with 31 and 82 in his debut Test, in difficult circumstances, and a brave 59 not out with a broken finger two games later.
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  JEET RAVAL (NZ)

  -148 RUNS AT 49.33 FROM 2 TESTS

  Was instrumental in New Zealand's series win over Pakistan, with a steady, assured 55 and 36 on debut in a low-scoring match in testing conditions, and another 55 in the next game.
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  KARUN NAIR (IND)

  -320 RUNS AT 160.00 FROM 3 TESTS
  -46 RUNS AT 23.00 FROM 2 ODIS

  Became only the third man in cricket history to convert a debut Test hundred into a triple, against England in Chennai, making possible an emphatic 4-0 series win.
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  PETER HANDSCOMB (AUS)

  -249 RUNS AT 83.00 FROM 3 TESTS

  Helped Australia set the platform for their consolation win against South Africa in the Adelaide Test. Got to a debut Test century in style with a six and a four off consecutive balls against Pakistan.
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  KEATON JENNINGS (ENG)

  -167 RUNS AT 41.75 FROM 2 TESTS

  Became only the third England opener to score a Test century – 112, the highest score by a debutant opener against India – in the last 50 years, looking assured against spin as he did.