5 Indian players who made a successful transition from U-19 to international cricket

Rohit Sharma

Before he was smashing bowlers out of the park, before he was scoring ODI double hundreds for fun, Rohit Sharma was a young middle order batsman with a lot of promise.

Playing alongside the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara, who was the tournament's highest run scorer, and Piyush Chawla in the 2006 U-19 World Cup, the then middle-order batsman played 6 matches, scoring 205 runs at an average of 41. Rated highly among his peers, Rohit soon made the big jump and was a part of the senior team in a year.

However, inconsistent performances hampered his early career, and despite a lot of talent, he was constantly in and out of the Indian team. Once he was promoted up the order, he matured as a batsman and since 2013 i.e. the year he started playing as an opener in limited overs cricket, Rohit has been the best ODI batsman in the world.