India 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
Under-19 World Cup wins	(2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022)
Under-19 Asia Cup wins	(1989, 2003, 2012, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
International Cricket Council
ICC region	Asia
	As of 12 October 2024

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 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

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

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

ICC

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

ACC

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

Records and statistics

International match summary – India Under-19s

Format	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn/NR	Win %	Inaugural match
Playing record
Youth Tests	79	28	12	0	39	35.44	20 January 1979
Youth One-Day Internationals	290	224	61	2	3	77.24	16 August 1981
Last updated 9 October 2024.^[3]^[4]

Youth Test record versus other nations

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	First win
Australia	16	4	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 9 October 2024.^[5]

Youth ODI record versus other nations

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	First win
Full members
Afghanistan	12	10	2	0	0	15 January 2010
Australia	41	26	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 26 September 2024.^[6]

Current squad

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

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

References

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

[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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