ICC U19 World Cup 2024: Uday Saharan To Musheer Khan, Top 5 India Players To Watch Out For (Aakash Chopra' Picks)

India begin their U19 World Cup campaign on January 20 in the game vs Bangladesh U19. India's group stage matches will be played in Bloemfontein. After Bangladesh, they face Ireland on January 25. Their final group game against the United States will be on January 28. (Image: Instagram)

Born in Rajasthan, Uday moved to Punjab and has played his cricket there. He has received a lot of support from his father and even the Punjab Cricket Association has invested heavily in him. We’ll see him play at No. 4 and 5. He played well in the tri-series featuring South Africa and Afghanistan recently and scored a century against South Africa. He is a good stroke-maker and is a proper batsman. He has good temperament and shows a lot of patience. (Image: Instagram)

He faced many challenges in childhood. Many people don’t know, he was born prematurely, so it took some time for his body to develop. He fought these circumstances and developed into a left-arm spinner. He has the ability to keep bowling at the same spot. He’s not a huge turner of the ball and varies the pace well. He is an accurate bowler and that should help him get wickets in South Africa. (Image: Instagram)

He took 7/13 against Nepal in the U-19 ACC Cup. He swings the ball very well. He tries to hit the pads regularly. Some of the balls straighten and he’s capable of finding the outside edges. It will be interesting to see how he bowls on South African pitches. (Image: Instagram)

He bats in the top six and is also a pace bowler. He’s a rare commodity in that sense. Everyone I have spoken to has said he’s a good player. He was picked by Lucknow Super Giants for the IPL. Hopefully, we’ll see him do well at the World Cup. He was impressive in the Maharashtra Premier League and was successful with both bat and ball. He scored a 100, took four wickets and also defended six runs in the last over, all in the same match. (Image: Instagram)

Musheer is Sarfaraz Khan’s brother. There are shades of Sarfaraz in him when it comes to scoring heavily. His style of batting is quite interesting. He looks slightly off-balance, looks a bit ungainly but he scores a lot of runs and scores at a good pace. He’s someone who’s actually a game-changer. I feel he’ll grab his opportunities here as he knows well that you don’t get too many opportunities to rise to the top. (Image: Instagram)