U-19 Stars to Forgotten: 5 Indian Cricketers Who Vanished After Early Promise

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News18•07-02-2026, 00:05
U-19 Stars to Forgotten: 5 Indian Cricketers Who Vanished After Early Promise
- •Unmukt Chand led India to 2012 U-19 World Cup victory, scoring 111 in the final, but retired from Indian cricket in 2021 to play for the USA.
- •Prithvi Shaw, 2018 U-19 World Cup winner, quickly entered and exited Team India despite a strong U-19 performance.
- •Tanmay Srivastava, part of Virat Kohli's 2008 U-19 winning team, played domestic cricket but never made it to Team India, retiring at 30.
- •Vijay Zol played two U-19 World Cups (2012, 2014) but never got a Team India call-up and is now away from cricket.
- •Ravneet Ricky, a star of the 2000 U-19 World Cup, scored 340 runs but, unlike Kaif, never got an opportunity in the senior team, retiring in 2008.
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