India’s dominance at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup cannot just be measured in trophies, but also in the number of future stars which the U19 sides have produced. With the tournament in its 16th edition, several U19 players have gone on to make appearances in the senior side, leaving the fans questioning – which India U19 squad has contributed most players to Team India?
In every edition, at least 4-5 players have stood out, and their consistent performances have led them to make their international debut. From the trailblazing U19 CWC 2000 winning side to the 2018 squad, a lot of players have made their India debut, but the 2004 squad had most players feature in the Indian colours.
List of players to play for Team India after U19 CWC success
The India U19 team from the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2004 edition saw most number of players feature in the Indian national colours. Although India did not have a great U19 CWC campaign that year as they bowed out of the competition after a five-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the semi-final in Dhaka, the side which was captained by Ambati Rayudu, saw as many as seven members of the squad make their debuts in Indian colours.
The then skipper, Rayudu made his international debut in July 2013, whereas Shikhar Dhawan made his international debut in 2010 in an ODI match against Australia. Apart from them, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, RP Singh, Robin Uthappa and VRV Singh also made their respective debuts.
India’s U19 squad for ICC U19 CWC 2004: Ambati Rayudu (C), Robin Uthappa, Gaurav Dhiman, Praful Waghela, Faiz Fazal, Shikhar Dhawan, Abhishek Sharma, Suresh Raina, Praveen Gupta, RP Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), VRV Singh, Sunny Singh, Nikhil Rathod.
List of players to graduate from U19 World Cup to Team India:
- 1988: Pravin Amre, Narendra Hirwani, Nayan Mongia, Venkatapathy Raju
- 1998: Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Reetinder Sodhi, Laxmi Shukla, Amit Bhandari
- 2000: Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Reetinder Sodhi, Venugopal Rao, Ajay Ratra
- 2002: Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny
- 2004: Ambati Rayudu, Shikhar Dhawan, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, R. P. Singh, V. R. V. Singh, Robin Uthappa
- 2006: Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Piyush Chawla, Shahbaz Nadeem
- 2008: Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Manish Pandey, Siddarth Kaul, Abhinav Mukund, Saurabh Tiwary
- 2010: Mayank Agarwal, Harshal Patel, KL Rahul, Jaydev Unadkat, Sandeep Sharma
- 2012: Hanuma Vihari, Sandeep Sharma
- 2014: Avesh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Sarfaraz Khan
- 2016: Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar
- 2018: Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi, Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh
- 2020: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Varma
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