Rachin Ravindra: Stars who played U19 world cup with Rachin Ravindra: Rachin Ravindra has emerged as the best young talent of the New Zealand team in the last few years. In 32 ODIs, he has scored 1196 runs at an average of 44.29, which includes five centuries. Ravindra’s performance in the Champions Trophy has been excellent and he has scored two centuries so far.
Rachin Ravindra: The Kiwi team will have high expectations from him in the final against India. He has played the Under-19 World Cup twice in 2016 and 2018. Let’s take a look at those five players who played the Under-19 World Cup with Ravindra and are star players of their teams today.
5. Rachin Ravindra: Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Afridi, the leader of Pakistan’s current fast bowling lineup, played the 2018 Under-19 World Cup. He took 12 wickets and was Pakistan’s most successful bowler. Shaheen took six wickets for 15 runs against Ireland.
4. Shubman Gill
Gill, who played the Under-19 World Cup in 2018, has become a very important batsman for India in all three formats today. Playing under the captaincy of Prithvi Shaw, Gill batted at number three and was the highest run scorer for India by scoring 372 runs. He scored a century and three half-centuries.
Happy birthday, Shubman Gill 🎂
— ICC (@ICC) September 8, 2020
He was India's leading run-scorer in their victorious ICC U19 @cricketworldcup campaign in 2018 🏏
He made 327 runs at an average of 124, including this majestic 102* against Pakistan in the semi-final 📹 pic.twitter.com/JuX9Zc9xpp
Gill played an unbeaten 102-run innings against Pakistan in the semi-finals, helping India win the match by 203 runs. In the final, he scored 31 runs in 30 balls against Australia. India won the title.
3. Sam Curran
Sam Curran also demonstrated his all-rounder skills for England in 2016. He scored 201 runs and also took six wickets. It was due to Curran’s performance that England reached the quarter-finals where they lost to Sri Lanka.
2. Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan, one of the most successful spinners in the world at present, played the Under-19 World Cup for Afghanistan in 2016. Rashid took 10 wickets in the tournament, but still his team was eliminated in the first round after winning only one match out of three.
1. Rishabh Pant
In the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, Rishabh Pant opened the innings for India along with Ishan Kishan. He scored 267 runs in the tournament with an average of 44.50. He played an innings of 111 runs in 96 balls against Namibia. Due to his performance, the team reached the final, but lost to West Indies there.