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ICC U19 World Cup 2018 is a biennial tournament and is scheduled to be hosted in New Zealand. The Junior WC was first hosted in 1988 and the trophy was lifted by Australia. However, back then it was not called the ICC U-19 WC but Youth World Cup instead. It was later in 1998, that the tournament was held again, and since then it is being held every two years. India have won the World Cup three times, and it has has proved to be a stepping stone for many to enter the senior Indian team. Let's have a look at 5 Indian players who managed to feature in Team India:
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Cheteshwar Pujara: Puji as he is normally called, played in 2006 India U19 squad. Players like Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Piyush Chawla were also part of the squad. (Reuters)
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Manish Pandey: Manish Pandey was part of the winning 2008 U 19 team which was captained by Virat Kohli. Kohli is currently the captain of the senior national team. (IE)
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KL Rahul: KL Rahul played Under 19 World Cup in 2010. (Reuters)
Shreyas Iyer: The player was part of the 2014 World Cup. He played alongside Kuldeep Yadav. Currently both are part of the Indian national squad. (IE) -
Stuart Binny: He was part of the 2002 U19 World Cup along with Irfan Pathan and Parthiv Patel. (Reuters)
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