"Couple Of Them Will play for India": U-19 Head Coach's Strong Belief After World Cup

12.02.2024 - 08:51 sports.ndtv.com

India U-19 head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar is confident that at least couple of players from the 2024 batch will go on to play for the senior team.

Although five-time champions India lost the final to Australia by 79 runs, players like skipper Uday Saharan, Musheer Khan, Saumy Pandey and Sachn Dhas were impressive throughout the tournament. "Definitely (the future of India is very bright).

As a bowling side and as a batting side, there have been stand out performances by quite a few players. "They have shown maturity in tough situations and that bodes well for Indian cricket," Kanitkar said at the post-match press conference on Sunday.

The Indian team has always been an age-group powerhouse and the U-19 World Cup has presented stars like Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal to name a few. "Every time time there are a couple of guys who step up either in the IPL or the Indian team.

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