{{Short description|Indian men's U19 cricket team}} {{About|the men's U19 team|the women's U19 team|India women's national under-19 cricket team}} {{pp-semi-indef}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox cricket team |name = India Under-19s | |image = Flag_of_India.svg |coach = Hrishikesh Kanitkar |icc_region = Asia | founded = 1979 | ground = | captain = Ayush Mathre | colours = Blue | capacity = | association = Board of Control for Cricket in India | ceo = | manager = | adviser = | title1 = U19 Cricket World Cup | title1wins = {{gold1}} (2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2026) | title2 = U19 Asia Cup | title2wins = {{gold1}} (1989, 2003, 2012, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021) | title3 = | title3wins = | title4 = | title4wins = | website = | h_pattern_la = | h_pattern_b = _IndTest23 | h_pattern_ra = | h_pattern_pants = _blue_stripes_adidas | h_leftarm = FFFFFF | h_body = 1350C1 | h_rightarm = FFFFFF | h_pants = FFFFFF | a_pattern_la = _ind_odi24 | a_pattern_b = _ind_odi24 | a_pattern_ra = _ind_odi24 | a_pattern_pants = _white_stripes_adidas | a_leftarm = 0889E6 | a_body = 0889E6 | a_rightarm = 0889E6 | a_pants = 0889E6| asofdate = 06 February 2026 }}

The '''Indian men's national Under-19 cricket team''' represents India in cricket at Under-19 level. The team has won six Under-19 World Cups and has the best win percentage in ODIs among all Under-19 national teams.<ref>{{cite web|title=Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/337074.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 June 2012}}</ref>

The team has won the Under-19 World Cup six times and finished runners-up four times. In 2000, they won it under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif, in 2008, they won it under Virat Kohli's leadership, in 2012 under Unmukt Chand, in 2018 under Prithvi Shaw, and in 2022 under Yash Dhull.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/boys-do-a-men-lift-under-19-cricket-world-cup/story-IndRmyY12yP3Y2x0lVwOUJ.html|title=Boys do a men, lift Under 19 cricket World Cup}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/u19-world-cup-raj-bawa-nishant-sindhu-the-stars-as-all-round-india-beat-england-to-win-record-extending-fifth-title-101644073386391.html|title=U19 World Cup: Raj Bawa, Nishant Sindhu the stars as all-round India beat England to win record-extending fifth title}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/icc-under-19-cricket-world-cup-final-india-vs-australia/story-yjJKkAHHschqhAr1IIV89H.html|title=ICC Under-19 World Cup: Manjot Kalra ton, bowlers give India record 4th title}}</ref> Ayush Mhatre led the team to their 6th title in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=U19 World Cup: India Beat England by 100 Runs to Win 6th Title |url=https://www.khelwire.com/articles/u19-world-cup-india-beat-england-by-100-runs-to-win-6th-title |website=KhelWire |date=6 February 2026 |access-date=6 February 2026}}</ref>

The team is currently captained by Ayush Mhatre,<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2025 |title=India’s U-19 World Cup 2026 squad: Ayush Mhatre to lead; Vaibhav Suryavanshi selected - full team |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/u19-world-cup-2026-india-cricket-team-squad |access-date=31 December 2025 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref> and coached by former India cricketer Hrishikesh Kanitkar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rahul Dravid replaced as India A India U19 coach| url=https://www.mykhel.com/cricket/rahul-dravid-replaced-as-india-a-india-u-19-coach-125777.html|access-date=24 Jan 2020}}</ref>

==Current squad== Players who were selected for the 2026 Under-19 Cricket World Cup:

* Ayush Mhatre (c) * Vihaan Malhotra (vc) * Vaibhav Sooryavanshi * Abhigyan Kundu (wk) * Aaron George * Harvansh Singh (wk) * Vedant Trivedi * Kanishk Chouhan * Khilan A. Patel * Mohamed Enaan * Henil Patel * D. Deepesh * Kishan Kumar Singh * Udhav Mohan

== Coaching staff == {| class="wikitable" ! style="background:#0889e6; color:#FF8800; text-align:center;" |Position ! style="background:#0889e6; color:#FF8800; text-align:center;" |Name |- |Head coach |rowspan="2" |Hrishikesh Kanitkar |- |Batting coach |- |Bowling coach |Sunil Joshi |- |Fielding coach |Munish Bali |}

== Tournament History == ''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within India'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+'''Key''' |style="background:gold" width="20"| |align="left"| '''Champions''' |- |style="background:silver" width="20"| |align="left"| '''Runners-up''' |- |style="background:#cc9966" width="20"| |align="left"| '''Semi-finals''' |- |}

===ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" |- ! style="background:#0889e6; color:#FF8800; text-align:center;" colspan=11|India U19 Cricket World Cup record |- ! width="70" |Year ! Result ! width="40" |{{Abbr|Pos|Position}} ! width="40" |{{Abbr|№|Number of teams}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|W|Won}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|T|Drawn}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|NR|No result}} ! width="200" | Most Runs ! width="200" | Most Wickets |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} 1988 | Group Stage | 6th | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Myluahanan Senthilnathan | Narendra Hirwani |- | {{flagicon|RSA}} 1998 | Second Round | 5th | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mohammad Kaif | Amit Bhandari |- bgcolor=gold | {{flagicon|LKA}} 2000 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ravneet Ricky | Shalabh Srivastava |-|- bgcolor=cc9966 | {{flagicon|NZL}} 2002 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Manvinder Bisla | Abhishek Sharma |- bgcolor=cc9966 | {{flagicon|BAN}} 2004 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shikhar Dhawan | Abhishek Sharma |- bgcolor=silver | {{flagicon|LKA}} 2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Piyush Chawla |- bgcolor=gold | {{flagicon|MYS}} 2008 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tanmay Srivastava | Iqbal Abdullah |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} 2010 | Quartar-finals | 6th | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Mayank Agarwal | Saurabh Netravalkar |- bgcolor=gold | {{flagicon|AUS}} 2012 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unmukt Chand | Ravikant Singh |- | {{flagicon|UAE}} 2014 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sanju Samson | Kuldeep Yadav |- bgcolor=silver | {{flagicon|BAN}} 2016 | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sarfaraz Khan | Avesh Khan |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|NZL}} 2018 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |16 |6 |6 |0 |0 |0 | Shubman Gill | Anukul Roy |-|- bgcolor=silver | {{flagicon|RSA}} 2020 | Runners-up |2nd |16 |6 |5 |1 |0 |0 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Ravi Bishnoi |-bgcolor=gold | {{flagicon|WIN}} 2022 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |16 |6 |6 |0 |0 |0 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Vicky Ostwal |- bgcolor=silver | {{flagicon|RSA}} 2024 |Runners-up | 2nd |16 |7 |6 |1 |0 |0 | Uday Saharan | Saumy Pandey |-bgcolor=gold | {{flagicon|ZIM}}{{flagicon|NAM}} 2026 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |16 |7 |7 |0 |0 |0 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Henil Patel & RS Ambrish |- !Total !'''6 titles''' ! ! !103 !82 !20 !0 !1 ! ! |}

===ACC Under-19 Asia Cup ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" |- ! style="background:#0889e6; color:#FF8800; text-align:center;" colspan=11|India U19 Asia Cup record |- ! width="90" |Year ! Result ! width="40" |{{Abbr|Pos|Position}} ! width="40" |{{Abbr|№|Number of teams}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|W|Won}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|T|Drawn}} ! width="20" |{{Abbr|NR|No result}} ! width="200" | Most Runs ! width="200"| Most Wickets |-bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} 1989 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' | 3 |3 |3 |0 |0 |0 | Bhupinder Singh | Gyanendra Pandey |-bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Pakistan}} 2003 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |4 |4 |3 |1 |0 |0 | Robin Uthappa | Irfan Pathan |-bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Malaysia}} 2012 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |8 |5 |3 |1 |1 | 0 | Unmukt Chand | Roosh Kalaria |--bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} 2014 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |8 |5 |4 |1 |0 |0 | Akhil Herwadkar | Kuldeep Yadav |-bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} 2016 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |8 |4 |4 |0 |0 |0 | Himanshu Rana | Rahul Chahar |- |{{flagicon|Malaysia}} 2017 |Group stage | 5th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Himanshu Rana | Vivekanand Tiwari |-bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} 2018 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |8 |4 |4 |0 |0 |0 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Siddharth Desai |-bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} 2019 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |8 |5 |4 |1 |0 |0 | Arjun Azad | Atharva Ankolekar |-bgcolor=gold | {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} 2021 | '''Champions''' | '''1st''' |8 |5 |4 |1 |0 |0 | Harnoor Singh | Vicky Ostwal |- bgcolor=cc9966 |{{Flagicon|UAE}} 2023 |Semi-Finals |4th |8 |4 |2 |2 |0 |0 | Arshin Kulkarni | Raj Limbani |- bgcolor=silver |{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} 2024 |Runners-up |2nd |8 |5 |3 |2 |0 |0 | Mohamed Amaan | Chetan Sharma |-bgcolor=silver |{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} 2025 |Runners-up |2nd |8 |5 |4 |1 |0 |0 |Abhigyan Kundu |Deepesh Devendran |- !Total ! 8 titles ! ! ! 52 ! 39 ! 12 ! 1 !0 ! ! |}

==Honours== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" |+ India national under-19 cricket team honours ! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; {{box-shadow border|a|#19297C|2px}}; width:1%" | Type ! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; {{box-shadow border|a|#19297C|2px}}; width:5%" | Competition ! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; {{box-shadow border|a|#19297C|2px}}; width:1%" | Titles ! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; {{box-shadow border|a|#19297C|2px}}; width:22%" | Seasons |- | rowspan="1" | '''ICC Championships''' ! scope="col" | U19 Cricket World Cup | style="background-color:gold" | '''6''' | align="left" | '''Champions (6):''' 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2026<br />'''Runners-up (4):''' 2006, 2016, 2020, 2024 |- | rowspan="1" | '''ACC (Continental)''' ! scope="col" | U19 Asia Cup | style="background-color:gold" | '''8''' | align="left" | '''Champions (8):''' 1989, 2003, 2012{{sup|s}}, 2013–14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021<br />'''Runners-up (2):''' 2024, 2025 |} {{legend|gold|record}} {{sup|s}} shared record.

==Records and statistics==

'''International match summary&nbsp;– India Under-19s'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 500px;" |- | colspan=8 align="center" | '''Playing record''' |- ! Format !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! Drawn/NR !! Win % !! Inaugural match |- | align="left"| Youth Tests || 83 || 30 || 12 || 0 || 41 || 36.14 || 20 January 1979 |- | align="left"| Youth One-Day Internationals || 315 || 244 || 66 || 2 || 3 || 78.52|| 16 August 1981 |- |colspan=8 align="center" |''Last updated 7 February 2026.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/337073.html|title=Records / Under-19s Youth Test Matches / Team Records / Result Summary|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/337074.html|title=Records / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> |}

'''Youth Test record versus other nations'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 500px;" |- ! Opponent !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! Drawn !! First win |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|AUS}} || 18 || 6 || 7 || 0 || 5 || 6 March 1994 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|ENG}} || 27 || 9 || 2 || 0 || 16 || 19 February 1993 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|NZL}} || 6 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 March 1992 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|PAK}} || 15 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 2 March 1989 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|RSA}} || 7 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 18 April 1996 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|SRI}} || 10 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 17 February 1997 |- | colspan=8 align="center" |''Last updated 12 December 2025.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=20;id=1854;type=team|title=Records / India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Under-19s Youth Test Matches / Result Summary|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> |}

'''Youth ODI record versus other nations'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 500px;" |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''Full members''' |- ! Opponent !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! NR !! First win |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|AFG|2013}} || 13 || 11 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 January 2010 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|AUS}} || 44 || 29 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 9 December 1986 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|BAN}} || 29 || 22 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 12 January 2000 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|ENG}} || 56 || 42 || 13 || 1 || 0 || 28 February 1988 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|IRE}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 28 January 2016 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|NZL}} || 21 || 18 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 20 February 1988 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|PAK}} || 30 || 17 || 12 || 1 || 0 || 8 December 1989 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|RSA}} || 29 || 23 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 22 April 1996 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|SRI}} || 50 || 43 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 14 December 1989 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|WIN}} || 10 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 27 January 2002 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|ZIM}} || 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 23 November 2005 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''Associate Members ''' |- ! Opponent !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! NR !! First win |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|CAN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 21 January 2002 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|HKG}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 17 January 2010 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|JPN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 21 January 2020 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|KEN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 15 January 1998 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|NAM}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 February 2006 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|NED}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|NEP}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 18 January 2000 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|PNG}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 17 February 2008 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|SCO}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 13 January 1998 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|UAE}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12 December 2025 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|UGA}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 22 January 2022 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{cr19|USA}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 28 January 2024 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''Other Teams ''' |- ! Opponent !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! NR !! First win |- | style="text-align:left;"| 22px ICC Associates XI || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 March 1988 |- | colspan=7 align="center" |'' Last updated 12 December 2025.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=21;id=1854;type=team|title=Records / India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Result Summary|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 February 2020}}</ref> |}

==See also== {{Portal|India|Cricket|Sports}} *India men's national cricket team *India women's national cricket team *India women's national under-19 cricket team

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Asian under-19 cricket teams}} {{Cricket in India}} {{National sports teams of India}} {{ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup winners}}

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