5 India under-19 players to watch out for

#2 Prithvi Shaw

Skipper Prithvi Shaw with the trophy after beating England 5-0

Prithvi Shaw came into the limelight when he scored 546 runs off 330 balls for his school team Rizvi Springfield in a Harris Shield match, the highest score in any form of the game since 1901.

Since then, there has been no turning back for the Mumbaikar as he is hailed as the future of Indian batting. He did live up to the reputation as his performances earned him a place in the Mumbai Ranji team ahead of a crucial semi-final against their arch-rivals Tamil Nadu earlier this year.

He scored a century on debut and became the second youngest Mumbai batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to do so. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian under-19 team and will look to lead by example in the World Cup.

He scored 160 runs in five innings at an average of 32 and a strike-rate of over 100 in the recently-concluded series in England and managed to score 126 runs in three innings @ 42 when the Poms toured India earlier this year.

He is easily better than what the numbers suggest and he will look to take inspiration from Virat Kohli make a statement in the World Cup next year.