Indian teams have been performing phenomenally in the U-19 World Cup tournament and these junior batters have performed very well at the national level and also in the future. Hence, in this article, we will have a look at batters who scored the most runs in a single U-19 WC edition and also batters who scored the most runs in U-19 WC history overall for India.
Most runs for India in a single edition of U-19 WC:
- Shikhar Dhawan - 505 runs (7 inns) in 2004
- Yashasvi Jaiswal - 400 runs (6 inns) in 2020
- Shubman Gill - 372 runs (5 inns) in 2018
- Sarfaraz Khan - 355 runs (6 inns) in 2016
- Cheteshwar Pujara - 349 runs (6 inns) in 2006
- Ravneet Ricky - 340 runs (8 inns) in 2000
- Manvinder Bisla - 284 runs (7 inns) in 2002
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi - 278 runs (6 inns) in 2022
- Sanju Samson - 267 runs (6 inns) in 2014
- Rishabh Pant - 267 runs (6 inns) in 2016
Note: The above highlighted years were when India won the U19 WC trophy.
From the above list players like Dhawan, Jaiswal, Pujara, and Pant have reached the next level while playing for India at the senior level.
From 2000 U-19 WC team players like Mohammad Kaif, and Yuvraj Singh represented India frequently at the senior level but the highest run-scorer of that team Ravneet Ricky has never represented India unfortunately.
Most runs for India U-19 WC overall:
- Sarfaraz Khan - 566 runs (12 inns)
- Shikhar Dhawan - 505 runs (7 inns)
- Mohammad Kaif - 421 runs (14 inns)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal - 400 runs (6 inns)
- Shubman Gill - 372 runs (5 inns)
- Cheteshwar Pujara - 349 runs (6 inns)
- Gaurav Dhiman - 345 runs (12 inns)
