5 U19 World Cup stars who faded away

#3 Zahid Saeed, Pakistan

The highest wicket-taker at the 2000 U19 World Cup never got a chance to represent Pakistan at the senior level (Image Credits: Cricinfo)

Zahid Saeed was one of the star players of the 2000 U19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. He was the highest wicket-taker of the tournament, with 15 wickets at an impressive average of just 7.60 and an equally brilliant economy rate of 2.58. 12 of those wickets came during the Super League stage, including the tournament’s best spell of 5/14 against Australia.

Pakistan exited the tournament in the semi-finals, but Saeed made quite a name for himself. However, he never played international cricket for Pakistan despite having 299 First-Class wickets to his name. Saaed was once fined by the PCB in 2002 for ball-tampering during a domestic tournament in Pakistan called the Ramadan Cup.