5 current overseas players you might not know played against Virat Kohli in the 2008 U19 World Cup

#2 Steven Smith

Steven Smith featured as a leggie in the U-19 World Cup 2008

Having made his debut as a leg-spinner in the domestic circuit across formats in 2007-08, Steven Smith's boyish charm and similarities in his action drew parallels from the then recently retired Shane Warne.

Smith featured in the 2008 U-19 World Cup for Australia and made his international debut for Australia against Pakistan in 2010 as a leg-spinner who could bat a bit, amid skepticism on his credentials by fans and pundits alike. After having copped a plethora of criticism on his selection or his pedigree as a Test match player, Smith was axed from all formats of the game after Australia lost the coveted urn at home to the English in the summer of 2010-11.

However, it was the same opposition three years later that saw the resurgence of Smith. His different technique along with an exaggerated trigger movement coupled with a constant shuffle paved the way for Smith's redemption as his crucial hundred at Melbourne Cricket Ground as the Aussies to clinched the Ashes in 2013-14.

If 2013-14 were an indication of Smith's resurgence, the succeeding season would establish his credentials as the best Test batter. Smith scored over 700 runs against India at home in 2014-15 empowering him to reach the zenith of Test rankings.

Nevertheless, his finest hour in Test cricket arrived last year when he scored a tenacious hundred in the second innings at Pune on a dust-bowl masquerading as the first Test pitch to help Australia win their Test in India since Nagpur, 2004. Smith was at it again in the home Ashes against England as the former Aussie skipper as he accumulated 687 runs in seven innings with two double-hundred at a monstrous average of 137.40, recording the second-highest score by an Aussie captain in a single Ashes series.

He may be out of active cricket for one year due to the ball-tampering scandal but Smith's transformation from a leggie to a world-beating batsman truly panders to the romantics of this beautiful game.