India national under-19 cricket team
Indian men's U19 cricket team
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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]
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
CaptainAyush Mathre
CoachHrishikesh Kanitkar
ColoursBlue
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| Association | Board of Control for Cricket in India | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | |||
| Captain | Ayush Mathre | ||
| Coach | Hrishikesh Kanitkar | ||
| Team information | |||
| Colours | Blue | ||
| Founded | 1979 | ||
| History | |||
| U19 Cricket World Cup wins |  (2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2026) | ||
| U19 Asia Cup wins |  (1989, 2003, 2012, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021) | ||
| International Cricket Council | |||
| ICC region | Asia | ||
| |||
| As of 06 February 2026 | |||
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
| 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 |
 1988 |
Group Stage | 6th | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Myluahanan Senthilnathan | Narendra Hirwani |
 1998 |
Second Round | 5th | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mohammad Kaif | Amit Bhandari |
 2000 |
Champions | 1st | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ravneet Ricky | Shalabh Srivastava |
 2002 |
Semi-finals | 3rd | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Manvinder Bisla | Abhishek Sharma |
 2004 |
Semi-finals | 3rd | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shikhar Dhawan | Abhishek Sharma |
| 2006 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Piyush Chawla |
 2008 |
Champions | 1st | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tanmay Srivastava | Iqbal Abdullah |
| 2010 |
Quartar-finals | 6th | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Mayank Agarwal | Saurabh Netravalkar |
| 2012 |
Champions | 1st | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unmukt Chand | Ravikant Singh |
 2014 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sanju Samson | Kuldeep Yadav |
| 2016 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sarfaraz Khan | Avesh Khan |
| 2018 |
Champions | 1st | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shubman Gill | Anukul Roy |
| 2020 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Ravi Bishnoi |
 2022 |
Champions | 1st | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Vicky Ostwal |
| 2024 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Uday Saharan | Saumy Pandey |
  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 |
| 1989 |
Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bhupinder Singh | Gyanendra Pandey |
 2003 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Robin Uthappa | Irfan Pathan |
| 2012 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Unmukt Chand | Roosh Kalaria |
| 2014 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Akhil Herwadkar | Kuldeep Yadav |
| 2016 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Himanshu Rana | Rahul Chahar |
| 2017 |
Group stage | 5th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Himanshu Rana | Vivekanand Tiwari |
| 2018 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Siddharth Desai |
| 2019 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Arjun Azad | Atharva Ankolekar |
| 2021 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Harnoor Singh | Vicky Ostwal |
| 2023 |
Semi-Finals | 4th | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Arshin Kulkarni | Raj Limbani |
| 2024 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mohamed Amaan | Chetan Sharma |
| 2025 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Abhigyan Kundu | Deepesh Devendran |
| Total | 8 titles | 52 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Honours
| Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Championships | U19 Cricket World Cup | 6 | Champions (6): 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2026 Runners-up (4): 2006, 2016, 2020, 2024 |
| ACC (Continental) | U19 Asia Cup | 8 | Champions (8): 1989, 2003, 2012s, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 Runners-up (2): 2024, 2025 |
record
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Records and statistics
International match summary – India Under-19s
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] | ||||||
