India national under-19 cricket team

International competition age limited cricket team

This article is about the u-19 men's team. For the u-19 women's team, see India women's national under-19 cricket team.

India Under-19s

Association| Board of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
Captain| Uday Saharan
Coach| Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Team information
Colours| Blue
Founded| 1979
History
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup wins|  (2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022)
ACC Under-19 Asia Cup wins|  (1989, 2003, 2012, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
International Cricket Council
ICC region| Asia

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

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As of 11 June 2023

The Indian men’s national under-19 cricket team represents the nation of India in cricket at Under-19 level. The team has won five Under-19 World Cups and has the best win percentage in ODIs (77%) among all Under-19 national teams.[1]

The team has won the Under-19 World Cup five times and finished runners-up four times. In 2000, they won it under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif, in 2008, they won it under Virat Kohli's leadership, in 2012 under Unmukt Chand, in 2018 under Prithvi Shaw, and in 2022 under Yash Dhull.

The team is currently captained by Uday Saharan and coached by former India cricketer Hrishikesh Kanitkar.[2]

## ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup record

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India U19 Cricket World Cup record

Year  | Result  | Pos | № | Pld | W | L | T | NR
1988 | Group Stage  | 6th  | 8  | 7  | 3  | 4  | 0  | 0
1998 | Second Round  | 5th  | 16  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 0
2000 | Champions | 1st | 16  | 8  | 7  | 0  | 1  | 0
2002 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0
2004 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0
2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0
2008 | Champions | 1st | 16  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0
2010 | Quartar-finals  | 6th  | 16  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0
2012 | Champions | 1st | 16 | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0
2014 | Quarter-finals  | 5th  | 16  | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0
2016 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0
2018 | Champions | 1st | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0
2020 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0
2022 | Champions | 1st | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0
2024 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0
Total  | 5 titles |  |  | 96  | 75  | 20  | 0  | 1

## ACC Under-19 Asia Cup record

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India U19 Asia Cup record

Year  | Result  | Pos | № | Pld | W | L | T | NR
1989 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
2003 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0
2012  | Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0
2014  | Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0
2016 | Champions | 1st | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0
2017 | Group Stage  | 5th  | 8  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0
2018 | Champions | 1st | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0
2019 | Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0
2021 | Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0
2023 | Semi Finals | 4th | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0
Total  | 8 titles  |  |  | 42  | 32  | 9  | 1  | 0

## Honours

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### ICC

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* U-19 World Cup:
* Champions (5): 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022
* Runners-up (4): 2006, 2016, 2020, 2024

### ACC

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* U-19 Asia Cup:
* Champions (8): 1989, 2003, 2012, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021

## Records and statistics

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International match summary – India Under-19s

Playing record

Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn/NR | Win % | Inaugural match
Youth Tests | 77 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 33.76 | 20 January 1979
Youth One-Day Internationals | 287 | 221 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 16 August 1981
Last updated 11th February 2024.[3][4]

Youth Test record versus other nations

Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn | First win

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Australia | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 March 1994
England | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 19 February 1993
New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 March 1992
Pakistan | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 March 1989
South Africa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 April 1996
Sri Lanka | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 February 1997
Last updated 30 July 2019.[5]

Youth ODI record versus other nations

Full members

Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | First win
Afghanistan | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 January 2010
Australia | 38 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 December 1986
Bangladesh | 27 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 January 2000
England | 50 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 February 1988
Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 January 2016
New Zealand | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 February 1988
Pakistan | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 December 1989
South Africa | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 April 1996
Sri Lanka | 48 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 December 1989
West Indies | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 January 2002
Zimbabwe | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 November 2005
Associate Members
Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | First win
Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2002
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 January 2010
Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2020
Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 January 1998
Namibia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 February 2006
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nepal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 January 2000
Papua New Guinea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 February 2008
Scotland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 January 1998
Uganda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 January 2022
United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 January 2024
Other Teams
Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | First win
ICC Associates XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 March 1988
Last updated 11 February 2024.[6]

## Current squad

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Players who were selected for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup:

* Uday Saharan (c)
* Saumy Pandey (vc)
* Aravelly Avanish Rao (wk)
* Adarsh Singh
* Sachin Dhas
* Innesh Mahajan (wk)
* Priyanshu Moliya
* Rudra Patel
* Arshin Kulkarni
* Musheer Khan
* Murugan Abhishek
* Dhanush Gowda
* Raj Limbani
* Aaradhya Shukla
* Naman Tiwari

## Support staff

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* Head coach and batting coach: Hrishikesh Kanitkar
* Bowling coach: Sairaj Bahutule
* Fielding coach: Munish Bali

## See also

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* India portal
* Cricket portal
* Sports portal

* India men's national cricket team
* India women's national cricket team
* India women's national under-19 cricket team

## References

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1. ^ "Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
2. ^ "Rahul Dravid replaced as India A India U19 coach". Retrieved 24 January 2020.
3. ^ "Records / Under-19s Youth Test Matches / Team Records / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
4. ^ "Records / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
5. ^ "Records / India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Under-19s Youth Test Matches / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
6. ^ "Records / India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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