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

From Left: Siva Kumar, Perry Goyal and Napoleon Einstein

#13 Duvaruppu Siva Kumar

The Andhra Pradesh medium pacer is plying his trade in the domestic cricket and has an impressive first-class bowling record. He has scalped 110 wickets at a superb average of 18.58 and he is a regular member in his Ranji side.

#14 Perry Goyal

The second wicket-keeper of that squad Perry Goyal, from Punjab, last played a first-class game in 2010. He studied management later in the prestigious S P Jain School of Global Management and he is now a Director at RSG Group, which is into Real Estate Business, as suggested by his Facebook and LinkedIn profile.

#15 Napoleon Einstein

Napoleon Einstein was a part of India's World-Cup winning squad in Malaysia in 2008, although he played only one match in the tournament. He made his debut in the Ranji Trophy one-day tournament in 2006-07 and scored 92 for Tamil Nadu against Kerala as an opener.

But his career simply failed to take off and he played his last match for his state Tamil Nadu in 2014, which was a T20. He hasn’t played a first-class game yet and has only managed to play 2 List A games and one T20 for his state. That goes to show his predicament.

So it seems, the early fame didn’t quite translate into something big for all of them. Only a few could reach the next level and others faded into obscurity. That has been the case mostly and it can be attributed to the simple logic of ‘Supply outweighing Demand’.