Every young cricketer dreams of representing the senior team of their country. They start from school level, growing up to state and then national level and the first ever international platform they get is the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup. Most of the current time players have represented the country in a U-19 WC. It gives the raw talents a taste of the difference between fellow players and players from other region. The following is a brief stat-book on how U-19 wc evolved as a bigger floor to choose the gems of future among the lot day by day:
| YEAR | HOSTING NATION | WINNERS | WINNING CAPTAIN | MAXIMUM RUNS SCORER | MAXIMUM WICKET Taker | PLAYERS REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRIES IN FUTURE |
| 1988 |
Australia |
Australia
|
Geoff Parker |
471,Brett Williams ( avg. 52.33) |
19, Wayne Holdsworth and Mushtaq Ahmed |
England-Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton India-Venkatapathy Raju New Zealand-Chris Cairns Pakistan-Mushtaq Ahmed, Inzamam-Ul-Haq Sri Lanka-Sanath Jaysuriya West Indies-Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, Jimmy Adams |
| 1998 | South Africa | England | Owais Shah |
364, Chris Gayle (avg. 72.80) |
16, Ramnaersh Sarwan and Mluleki Nkala |
Australia-James Hopes England- Owais Shah, Graeme Swan India- Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif Ireland-Ed Joyce New Zealand- James and Hamish Marshall, Kyle Mills Pakistan-Bazid Khan, Hasan Raza, Shoiab Malik, Abdul Razzaq Sri Lanks-Dilhara Fernando, Chamar Silva, Prasanna Jayawardena West Indies- Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels |
| 2000 | Sri Lanka | India | Mohammad Kaif |
348, Graeme Smith (avg. 87.00) |
15, Zaheed Saeed |
Australia- Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Shawn Marsh, Shane Watson England-Ian Bell Indian-Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh New Zealand-Ian Buttler, Brendon McCullum Pakistan-Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Sami South Africa-Graeme Smith, Albie Morkel Zimbabwe-Tatenda Taibu, Hamilton Masakadza |
| 2002 | New Zealand | Australia | Cameron White |
423, Cameron White (avg. 70.50) |
12, Tatenda Taibu |
Australia-Cameron White, George Bailey Bangladesh-Mashrafe mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful India-Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny New Zealand-Ross Taylor Pakistan-Salman Butt, Azhar Ali, Umar Gul South Africa-Hashim Amla, Ryan Mclaren Sri lanka- Upul Tharanga, Dhammika Prasad, Farveez Maharoof West Indies-Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons Zimbabwe-Elton Chigumbura, Brendan Taylor |
| 2004 | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Khalid Latif |
505, Shikhar Dhawan (avg. 84.16) |
22, Enamul Haque |
Australia-Moises Henriques Bangladesh-Enamul Haque, Mahmudullah England-Ravi Bopara, Alastair Cook, Luke Wright India- Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, RP Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu Ireland-Kevin O’brien Pakistan-Wahab Riaz South Africa-Vernon Philander Sri Lanka-Kaushal Silva, Angelo Mathews West Indies-Denesh Ramdin Zimbabwe-Tinashe Panyangara |
| 2006 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Anwar Ali |
349, Cheteshwar Pujara (avg. 116.33) |
16, Moises Henriques |
Australia- Aaron Finch, David Warner, Bangladesh-Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal England-Moeen Ali India-Cheteshwar Pujara, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja New Zealand-Martin Guptill, Tim Southee Pakistan-Sarfaraz Ahmed, Nasir Jamshed South Africa- Wayne Parnell Sri Lanka-Dimuth Karunaratne, Thisara Perera West Indies-Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Kemar Roach Zimbabwe-Chamu Chibhabha, Graeme Cremer |
| 2008 | Malaysia | India | Virat Kohli |
262, Tanmay Srivastava |
18, Wayne Parnell |
Australia-Phillip Hughes, Josh Hazlewood, James Faulkner, Steve Smith Bangladesh-Rubel Hossain England-Steven Finn, Chris Woakes India-Virat Kohli, New Zealand-Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Corey Anderson Pakistan-Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal, Junaid Khan South Africa-Rillee Rossouw Sri Lanka-Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimane West Indies- Darren Bravo |
| 2010 | New Zealand | Australia | Mitchell Marsh |
391, Dominic Hendriks |
15, Raymond Haoda |
Australia-Mitchell Marsh Bangladesh-Anamul Haque England-Jos Buttler, Joe Root, Ben Stokes India-KL Rahul Ireland-George Dokcrell South Africa-Quinton De Kock West Indies- Jason Holder |
| 2012 | Australia | India | Unmukt Chand | 365, Anamul Haque | 19, Reece Topley |
Australia-Gurinder Sandhu Bangladesh-Taskin Ahmed, Soumya Sarkar India-Unmukt Chand Ireland- Graeme McCarter Scotland-Matthew Cross Sri Lanka-Tharindu Kaushal |
| 2014 | Dubai | South Africa | Aiden Markram |
406, Shadman Islam (avg. 101.50) |
15, SANJ Fernando | ————————– |
With three junior World Cups each, India and Australia share the record of winning most number of the trophies.