With dravid and vvs having retired there has been a lot of talk about whether india's young batting prospects can take over the mantle and who, when the time comes can replace tendulkar and sehwag. here, we can talk about india's up and coming batting prospects, who will and won't do well if given the chance, who can bat where. now there are a lot, i'm going to go through the ones who are already on the fringe or who are known a bit and then the ones who aren't as known.
Cheteshwar Pujara: currently in the test #3. 5 tests ave 40.37 1 century, 1 half century, top score 159. FC ave 53.94 15 centuries 21 half centuries top score 302* 24YO right hand batsman
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/32540.html
Suresh Raina: current test #6, 17 matches ave 28.44 1 century, 7 half centuries, top score 120. FC ave 42.38 9 centuries 33 half centuries top score 204* 25YO left hand batsman
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/33335.html
Manoj Tiwary: 0 test matches to-date. FC ave 58.58 16 centuries, 11 half centuries, top score 267 26YO right hand batsman
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/35565.html
Rohit Sharma: 0 test matches. Fc ave 59.89 12 centuries, 17 half centuries, top score 309* 25YO right hand batsman
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/34102.html
Ajinkya Rahane: 0 tests. Fc ave 63.94 18 centuries, 18 half centuries, top score 265*. 24YO right hand top order batsman
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/277916.html
Abhinav Mukund: 5 tests ave 21.10, 0 centuries 1 half century, top score 62. FC ave 54.05, 16 centuries, 13 half centuries, top score 300* 22YO left hand top order batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/302582.html
Subramaniam Badrinath: 2 tests ave 21.00, 0 centuries, 1 half century, top score 56. FC ave 60.74 28 centuries, 34 half centuries top score 250 32YO rigth hand batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/26806.html
Murali Vijay: 12 test matches ave 30.45, 1 century, 2 half centuries, top score 139. FC ave 47.74, 9 centuries, 17 half centuries, top score 243. 28YO opening batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/237095.html
Ravindra Jadeja: 0 tests. FC ave 45.61, 5 centuries, 10 half centuries, top score 314. 23YO allrounder, left handed batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/234675.html
Abhishek Nayar: 0 test matches played. FC ave 51.07, 8 centuries, 12 half centuries, top score 259. 28YO allrounder, left handed batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/32091.html
Manish Pandey: 0 tests. FC ave 54.56, 8 centuries, 11 half centuries, top score 218. 22YO right handed top order batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/290630.html
Mandeep Singh: 0 test matches. FC ave 63.17, 3 centuries, 7 half centuries, top score 175*. 20YO Right handed top order batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/398506.html
Robin Bist: 0 test matches played. FC ave 50.77, 6 centuries, 15 half centuries, top score 176. 24YO middle order batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/262464.html
Suryakumar Yadav: 0 test matches. FC ave 66.80, 3 centuries, 6 half centuries, top score 200 s/r 85.86. 21YO batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/446507.html
Ashok Menaria: 0 tests. FC ave 56.25, 4 centuries, 5 half centuries, top score 230. 21YO left handed batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/371150.html
Akshath Reddy: 0 test matches played. FC ave 52.56, 4 centuries, 3 half centuries, top score 151. 21YO opening batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/376109.html
Ankit Bawne: 0 test matches. FC ave 45.41, 5 centuries, 3 half centuries, top score 166*. 19YO right handed batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/327123.html
Chirag Khurana: 0 tests. FC ave 59.88, 2 centuries, 3 half centuries, top score 123. 19YO right handed batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/327125.html
Uday Kaul: 0 tests. FC ave 49.17, 9 centuries, 16 half centuries, top score 162. 24YO left handed wicket keeper batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/30235.html
Unmukt Chand: 0 test matches. FC ave 43.41, 1 century, 4 half centuries, top score 151. 19YO right hand opening batsman.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...er/446499.html
also to mention are the highly touted u19 players Vijay Zol and Baba Aparajith. also amit kumar and manprit juneja (201* on debut) can be watched.
now that's a lot of players, some are still early in their careers so could do with a bit more seasoning before making the jump to international cricket, but you never know with indian cricket, often they select out of nowhere or just off one FC season.