Top 5 run-getters in Under-19 World Cups

#2 Babar Azam, Pakistan

Babar Azam captained Pakistan Under-19 in the 2012 World Cup

585 runs at 58.50 in 12 matches

The elegant Babar Azam has risen through the Under-19 ranks to occupy the number three spot for Pakistan in ODI cricket post the days of Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq. Having played in the 2010 and 2012 editions, Babar began the former with a bang when a slammed a 129 against West Indies and took Pakistan to a win. Against Bangladesh, a few games later, the then fifteen-year-old Babar announced his potential by top scoring with 91 in a successful run chase of 251.

Babar returned to the scene as captain of Pakistan Under-19 in 2012 and led from the front with knocks of 75 against Afghanistan in a handsome win, 106* against Scotland in a nine-wicket romp and 50 against India in an excruciating finish which Pakistan just failed to pull into their favour.

Overall, Babar boasts of two centuries and three fifties in a tournament where he ended up averaging 58.50.