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This article is about the men's U19 team. For the women's U19 team, see India women's national under-19 cricket team.

India Under-19s
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
CaptainAyush Mathre
CoachHrishikesh Kanitkar
Team information
ColoursBlue
Founded1979
History
U19 Cricket World Cup winsGold medal – World (2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2026)
U19 Asia Cup winsGold (1989, 2003, 2012, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAsia

Test kit

ODI kit

As of 06 February 2026

The Indian men’s national Under-19 cricket team represents India in cricket at Under-19 level. The team has won six 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 six 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.[2][3][4] Ayush Mhatre led the team to their 6th title in 2026.[5]

The team is currently captained by Ayush Mhatre,[6] and coached by former India cricketer Hrishikesh Kanitkar.[7]

Current squad

Players who were selected for the 2026 Under-19 Cricket World Cup:

  • Ayush Mhatre (c)
  • Vihaan Malhotra (vc)
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
  • Abhigyan Kundu (wk)
  • Aaron George
  • Harvansh Singh (wk)
  • Vedant Trivedi
  • Kanishk Chouhan
  • Khilan A. Patel
  • Mohamed Enaan
  • Henil Patel
  • D. Deepesh
  • Kishan Kumar Singh
  • Udhav Mohan

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Batting coach
Bowling coach Sunil Joshi
Fielding coach Munish Bali

Tournament History

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within India

Key
Champions
Runners-up
Semi-finals

ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

India U19 Cricket World Cup record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR Most Runs Most Wickets
Australia 1988 Group Stage 6th 8 7 3 4 0 0 Myluahanan Senthilnathan Narendra Hirwani
South Africa 1998 Second Round 5th 16 6 4 2 0 0 Mohammad Kaif Amit Bhandari
Sri Lanka 2000 Champions 1st 16 8 7 0 1 0 Ravneet Ricky Shalabh Srivastava
New Zealand 2002 Semi-finals 3rd 16 7 4 3 0 0 Manvinder Bisla Abhishek Sharma
Bangladesh 2004 Semi-finals 3rd 16 7 5 2 0 0 Shikhar Dhawan Abhishek Sharma
Sri Lanka 2006 Runners-up 2nd 16 6 5 1 0 0 Cheteshwar Pujara Piyush Chawla
Malaysia 2008 Champions 1st 16 6 6 0 0 0 Tanmay Srivastava Iqbal Abdullah
New Zealand 2010 Quartar-finals 6th 16 6 3 3 0 0 Mayank Agarwal Saurabh Netravalkar
Australia 2012 Champions 1st 16 6 5 1 0 0 Unmukt Chand Ravikant Singh
United Arab Emirates 2014 Quarter-finals 5th 16 6 5 1 0 0 Sanju Samson Kuldeep Yadav
Bangladesh 2016 Runners-up 2nd 16 6 5 1 0 0 Sarfaraz Khan Avesh Khan
New Zealand 2018 Champions 1st 16 6 6 0 0 0 Shubman Gill Anukul Roy
South Africa 2020 Runners-up 2nd 16 6 5 1 0 0 Yashasvi Jaiswal Ravi Bishnoi
Cricket West Indies 2022 Champions 1st 16 6 6 0 0 0 Angkrish Raghuvanshi Vicky Ostwal
South Africa 2024 Runners-up 2nd 16 7 6 1 0 0 Uday Saharan Saumy Pandey
ZimbabweNamibia 2026 Champions 1st 16 7 7 0 0 0 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Henil Patel & RS Ambrish
Total 6 titles 103 82 20 0 1

ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

India U19 Asia Cup record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR Most Runs Most Wickets
Bangladesh 1989 Champions 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 Bhupinder Singh Gyanendra Pandey
Pakistan 2003 Champions 1st 4 4 3 1 0 0 Robin Uthappa Irfan Pathan
Malaysia 2012 Champions 1st 8 5 3 1 1 0 Unmukt Chand Roosh Kalaria
United Arab Emirates 2014 Champions 1st 8 5 4 1 0 0 Akhil Herwadkar Kuldeep Yadav
Sri Lanka 2016 Champions 1st 8 4 4 0 0 0 Himanshu Rana Rahul Chahar
Malaysia 2017 Group stage 5th 8 3 1 2 0 0 Himanshu Rana Vivekanand Tiwari
Bangladesh 2018 Champions 1st 8 4 4 0 0 0 Yashasvi Jaiswal Siddharth Desai
Sri Lanka 2019 Champions 1st 8 5 4 1 0 0 Arjun Azad Atharva Ankolekar
United Arab Emirates 2021 Champions 1st 8 5 4 1 0 0 Harnoor Singh Vicky Ostwal
United Arab Emirates 2023 Semi-Finals 4th 8 4 2 2 0 0 Arshin Kulkarni Raj Limbani
United Arab Emirates 2024 Runners-up 2nd 8 5 3 2 0 0 Mohamed Amaan Chetan Sharma
United Arab Emirates 2025 Runners-up 2nd 8 5 4 1 0 0 Abhigyan Kundu Deepesh Devendran
Total 8 titles 52 39 12 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 83 30 12 0 41 36.14 20 January 1979
Youth One-Day Internationals 315 244 66 2 3 78.52 16 August 1981
Last updated 7 February 2026.[8][9]

Youth Test record versus other nations

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied Drawn First win
 Australia 18 6 7 0 5 6 March 1994
 England 27 9 2 0 16 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 12 December 2025.[10]

Youth ODI record versus other nations

Full members
Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied NR First win
 Afghanistan 13 11 2 0 0 15 January 2010
 Australia 44 29 15 0 0 9 December 1986
 Bangladesh 29 22 6 0 1 12 January 2000
 England 56 42 13 1 0 28 February 1988
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 0 28 January 2016
 New Zealand 21 18 3 0 0 20 February 1988
 Pakistan 30 17 12 1 0 8 December 1989
 South Africa 29 23 6 0 0 22 April 1996
 Sri Lanka 50 43 6 0 1 14 December 1989
 West Indies 10 7 3 0 0 27 January 2002
 Zimbabwe 7 7 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
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 12 December 2025
 Uganda 1 1 0 0 0 22 January 2022
 United States 2 2 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 12 December 2025.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Boys do a men, lift Under 19 cricket World Cup".
  3. ^ "U19 World Cup: Raj Bawa, Nishant Sindhu the stars as all-round India beat England to win record-extending fifth title".
  4. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup: Manjot Kalra ton, bowlers give India record 4th title".
  5. ^ "U19 World Cup: India Beat England by 100 Runs to Win 6th Title". KhelWire. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  6. ^ "India's U-19 World Cup 2026 squad: Ayush Mhatre to lead; Vaibhav Suryavanshi selected - full team". www.olympics.com. 27 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Rahul Dravid replaced as India A India U19 coach". Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Records / Under-19s Youth Test Matches / Team Records / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Records / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Records / India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Under-19s Youth Test Matches / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Records / India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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