8 Indian Players who played Under-19 World Cup & later made their international debut the same year

2.Virat Kohli

Kohli had a debut to forget

When Virat Kohli embarked for Kuala Lumpur for the Under 19 World Cup in 2008, he had already created an image for himself as this player, who could put adversity aside and focus on the game, when a couple of years earlier, he had played a Ranji trophy game for Delhi against Karnataka after performing the last rites of his father.

In 2008, he went one notch further up when he led a bunch of young stars to glory at the Under 19 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, thereby bringing a barren run of 8 years of no glory at the event, to an end.

Later that year, Team India led by MS Dhoni went to Sri Lanka for a Tests and limited-overs tour.

Sachin Tendulkar suffered an injury early on and Kohli was picked in playing XI for the 1^st game. On his ODI debut, the then 19-year-old made 12 runs with the bat.