Under 19 cricket winners till date with captains

2008 (India) - Virat Kohli

Kohli

For the first time in the history of the competition, the U-19 World Cup was taking place in an associate nation, Malaysia. India got off to a flier in the opening game, beating Papa New Guinea by 195 runs. In the next two games, India went on to register victories with Virat Kohli striking an important century against West Indies.

In the quarter finals, India easily beat England while in the semifinals, the D/L method came into play, giving India a ticket to march into the finals. In the finals against South Africa, India set RSA with an easy target of 160 but the Indian bowling restricted the batsmen and led India to its second U-19 World Cup victory.

Kohli had a good tournament and ended the tournament as third-highest run-getter with 235 runs from 6 matches at an average of 43.60.