8 Indian Players who played Under-19 World Cup & later made their international debut the same year

6.Parthiv Patel

Patel made his India debut in 2002

The Gujarat stumper was part of the Indian squad for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, where he made 184 runs in 7 matches.

A few months post that event, Patel was handed a maiden India cap against England in Trent Bridge and in the second innings of that game, he stitched together a match-saving partnership of 23 runs with Zaheer Khan, 19 of which coming from his bat.

His performance drew much praise from all quarters and in the 15 years gone-by, Patel has played 43 international matches for India and made a Test comeback in the series against England last year.