Australia won the ICC U19 World Cup 2024 by defeating India by 79 runs in the final match. As India struggled to chase down 103 runs with only two wickets remaining, Naman Tiwari encouraged his partner Murugan Abhishek, saying they would still learn from the experience, win or lose. Tiwari’s inspirational words have gone viral on social media. While this is not the first time India has lost an ICC final, many players have faced similar defeats and later excelled at the international level. Today, we highlight five such players who have made their mark in cricket history.

5. Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal is currently one of the important players of the Indian team. He has recently scored a double century in Test cricket. Let us tell you, Yashasvi Jaiswal got his first chance in the U19 World Cup 2020 and he performed very well in this tournament.

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 400 runs in 6 matches at an average of 133.33 and also took three wickets in this important tournament. Even though the Indian team lost to Bangladesh in the final, the young batsman won the hearts of many people with his performance in this tournament. Only after this, Rajasthan Royals included him in their team.

This player also left his mark in the IPL and is currently one of the important players for India in all formats.

4. Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant performed very well for the Indian youth team in the U19 World Cup 2016. Rishabh Pant scored 267 runs in this tournament at an average of over 45. After this, he was bought by the Delhi franchise in the Indian Premier League.

Rishabh Pant got a chance to play for the Indian team in 2017 and in the next five years he made and broke many records. Even today no one has forgotten Rishabh Pant’s innings in the Test match against Australia played at Gabba.

Rishabh Pant was involved in a car accident in December 2022, after which he is still away from cricket. In the coming time, Rishabh Pant should recover as soon as possible and can be seen playing for the Indian team once again.

3. Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara performed very well in the U19 World Cup 2006. Even though the Indian team had to face defeat in the final, Pujara left his mark in this tournament.

Pakistan was all out for 109 runs in this match, in response to which India lost all wickets and scored only 71 runs. However, Cheteshwar Pujara was the highest run scorer in this tournament. He scored 349 runs at a strike rate of over 116 and also won the Player of the Tournament award.

After 4 years, Cheteshwar Pujara made his Test debut against Australia and at present he has scored 7195 runs in 103 Test matches at a strike rate of over 43. Cheteshwar Pujara has played many important innings for the Indian team so far.

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2. Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja is also from the 2006 batch of which Cheteshwar Pujara was. He performed very well in this tournament with bowling.

However, after this, Rajasthan Royals included Ravindra Jadeja in their team in the Indian Premier League 2008. Ravindra Jadeja entered the Indian team in 2009. Jadeja’s place in the Indian team was confirmed after the 2013 Champions Trophy. Before this, he was mostly seen in and out of the team.

Ravindra Jadeja is currently considered one of the best all-rounders in the world. There are many matches which Jadeja has won for the Indian team on his own.

1. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma participated in the U19 World Cup 2006 as an all-rounder. Not only this, he also took a wicket in the final played against Pakistan. However, Rohit Sharma failed to perform well in batting and was out after scoring four runs.

However, Rohit Sharma scored 205 runs in the entire tournament at an average of 41. In the 2007 T20 World Cup, Mahendra Singh Dhoni included Rohit Sharma in his team and India won it. Not only this, Rohit Sharma played as an all-rounder for the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League 2008 and performed quite well.

In 2010, Mumbai Indians bought Rohit, however, due to injury, he could play only as a batsman. Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a great role in transforming Rohit Sharma from a middle order batsman to an opening batsman. Currently, Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian team and also one of the most important players of the national team.

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