LUCKNOW, Dec. 1 -- Come the white ball season, and it's time for the 10 franchises of the cash-rich India Premier League to start hunting for talent as they know that the shortest format of the game is the best suited to their plans.

Top Indian cricketers discovered through IPL talent scouting include Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Tilak Varma, who were all identified by franchises like the Mumbai Indians. Other examples include Abhishek Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who impressed scouts with their performances in domestic and youth tournaments before becoming IPL stars and making it to the national team.

The process is still on and the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, country's premier domestic T20 cricket competition, perfectly ser...