List of Under 19 Cricket World Cup Winners

The ongoing Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa (from 17 January to 9 February 2020) has concluded. The Bangladesh team won the Under 19 World Cup 2020 & the Indian team is the runner up. There are 16 teams participated in this tournament. The Under-19 Indian Cricket team was led by the Priyam Garg. 

Before this match, the Indian team has won the under 19 world cup four-time and followed by Australia with 3 titles so far. The first edition of the Under 19 world cup was played in Australia in 1988. 

List of Under 19 Cricket World Cup Winners

In the under 19 cricket world cup 2020, the Indian team has defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets in the semifinal. This is the 7th occasion when the Indian team has entered into the final of the under 19 cricket world cup. So the performance of the Indian cricket team was very fantastic in this tournament.

It's very surprising that India did not host any under 19 cricket world cup so far. The Indian team had won the first title of under 19 cricket world cup in 2000. This tournament was won in the captaincy of the Muhammad Kaif.

Virat Kohli had played 2008 under 19 cricket world cup along with Ravindra Jadeja, Manish Pandey, and Sidharth Kaul.

Some interesting records of the under 19 Cricket World Cup

1. Eoin Morgan (England) holds the record of most runs (606) in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The record of most wickets (27) is shared by Moises Henriques (Australia) and Greg Thompson (Ireland).

2. The record of the highest individual score (191) in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup is held by the Hasitha Boyagoda of Sri Lanka.

3. India’s Shikhar Dhawan (2004) holds the record of most runs (505) in a single tournament.

4. Indian team holds the record of most consecutive wins i.e. 11 in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

So this was the list of all the Under-19 Cricket World Cup winners. To read more articles click on the link given below;

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