ICC Under-19 2008 World Cup winning Indian Squad: Where are they now?

#7 Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey plays for senior Indian cricket team now

Another talented middle-order batsman, who didn’t have a great tournament with the bat, will always be remembered as the first Indian to score a century in the IPL. In IPL 2009, the 19-year-old Karnataka cricketer, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, struck a free-flowing hundred against Deccan Chargers to write his name in the IPL history

But that magnificent performance did not immediately translate into an India call-up as Pandey continued to toil hard in the domestic circuit. In July 2015, six years after that swashbuckling IPL hundred in Centurion, Pandey made his international debut in Harare.

However, Pandey’s moment to fame came in Sydney when he struck his unbeaten maiden ODI century to help India chase Australia's 330 and prevent a whitewash. After that stupendous knock, Pandey will surely look to cement his place in the Indian limited-overs sides.

He, surely, has it in him to make it big.

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#8 Iqbal Abdulla

Iqbal Abdulla was impressive with the ball in that tournament

The other left-arm spinner in that squad, Iqbal Abdulla finished as the highest wicket-takers for India along with Ravindra Jadeja and Siddharth Kaul. He took 10 scalps in 6 games and bowled a great spell in the all-important final against South Africa.

After that, the Mumbai spinner, Abdulla's finest season rose to the occasion in the 2010-11 season after taking 27 wickets in the Ranji Trophy. He also claimed 16 wickets playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2011, thus securing the Under-23 player of the tournament award. Abdulla's form took a dip after that season but the young lad rediscovered his mojo in 2013-14 as he helped Mumbai sneak into the Ranji quarter-finals with some crucial performances.

Currently, he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2016 and recently might have played the knock of his life as he and AB de Villiers bailed RCB out of a precarious position to help them reach the final. He surely will want to win this one at any cost.