India Under-19s
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
CaptainUday Saharan
CoachHrishikesh Kanitkar
Team information
ColoursBlue
Founded1979
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 regionAsia

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 11 June 2023

The Indian 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 thrice. 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
Australia 1988 Group Stage 6th 8 7 3 4 0 0
South Africa 1998 Second Round 5th 16 6 4 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2000 Champions 1st 16 8 7 0 1 0
New Zealand 2002 Semi-finals 3rd 16 7 4 3 0 0
Bangladesh 2004 Semi-finals 3rd 16 7 5 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2006 Runners-up 2nd 16 6 5 1 0 0
Malaysia 2008 Champions 1st 16 6 6 0 0 0
New Zealand 2010 Quartar-finals 6th 16 6 3 3 0 0
Australia 2012 Champions 1st 16 6 5 1 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2014 Quarter-finals 5th 16 6 5 1 0 0
Bangladesh 2016 Runners-up 2nd 16 6 5 1 0 0
New Zealand 2018 Champions 1st 16 6 6 0 0 0
South Africa 2020 Runners-up 2nd 16 6 5 1 0 0
Cricket West Indies 2022 Champions 1st 16 6 6 0 0 0
South Africa 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
Bangladesh 1989 Champions 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0
Pakistan 2003 Champions 1st 4 4 3 1 0 0
Malaysia 2012 Champions 1st 8 5 3 1 1 0
United Arab Emirates 2014 Champions 1st 8 5 4 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 2016 Champions 1st 8 4 4 0 0 0
Malaysia 2017 Group Stage 5th 8 3 1 2 0 0
Bangladesh 2018 Champions 1st 8 4 4 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 2019 Champions 1st 8 5 4 1 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2021 Champions 1st 8 5 4 1 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2023 Semi Finals 4th 8 4 2 2 0 0
Total 8 titles 42 32 9 1 0

Honours

ICC

ACC

Records and statistics

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 250 190 55 2 3 77.32 16 August 1981
Last updated 30 November 2019.[3][4]

Youth Test record versus other nations

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied Drawn First win
 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
Records complete to Youth Test #283. Last updated 30 July 2019.[5]

Youth ODI record versus other nations

Full members
Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied NR First win
 Afghanistan 8 6 2 0 0 15 January 2010
 Australia 36 22 14 0 0 9 December 1986
 Bangladesh 22 18 3 0 1 12 January 2000
 England 49 37 11 1 0 28 February 1988
 Ireland 1 1 0 0 0 28 January 2016
 New Zealand 19 16 3 0 0 20 February 1988
 Pakistan 23 14 8 1 0 8 December 1989
 South Africa 17 12 5 0 0 22 April 1996
 Sri Lanka 47 40 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
 Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 15 January 1998
 Namibia 2 2 0 0 0 6 February 2006
   Nepal 2 2 0 0 0 18 January 2000
 Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1
 Papua New Guinea 4 4 0 0 0 17 February 2008
 Scotland 4 4 0 0 0 13 January 1998
Other Teams
Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied NR First win
ICC Associates XI 1 1 0 0 0 7 March 1988
Records complete to YODI #1278. Last updated 4 February 2020.[6]

Current squad

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

Support staff

See also

References

  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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