Over the years, many players who have done well at the U-19 World Cup have graduated to the senior stage with spectacular success, while others showed promise but lost their way. TOI takes a look…
India’s under-19 cricketers have once again reached the final of the World Cup. This Sunday in Benoni in South Africa, Uday Saharan and Co. will have the opportunity to lift the title one more time. Other than the skipper himself, players like Musheer Khan, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Saumy Pandey and Naman Tiwari have also impressed. This is the ninth time India’s junior cricketers have reached the final, a record. They’ve also triumphed five times, another record. Which ones will graduate to the big league from here? Which ones will disappear? The under-19 World Cup stage is a fascinating story of both stalwarts and also-rans…