Tanmay Srivastava on 2008 U19 World Cup winning team: ‘We used to see everything as ‘We’… There was no ‘I or me’ culture’ | Cricket News
4 min readMumbaiUpdated: Feb 9, 2026 09:26 AM IST By Tanmay Srivastava India has just won the ICC Under-19 World Cup and I know the feelings the players will be going through on their return home. We still have a WhatsApp group of the ‘2008 Champion Team’. Like us, these boys will have to lock all their memories in their under-19 group. The Under-19 World Cup is a ladder, a short cut to get attention and a chance to make it to the senior team. Earlier, domestic cricket was the route to get noticed and now the IPL is considered a way to get to the Indian team. Domestic cricket is the longest route and I feel it’s the toughest too. A player’s patience and skill is tested every game. Like this batch, we started our preparation for the 2008 under-19 World Cup nearly two years in advance. Piyush Chawla was my captain initially and then for a couple of series, I was asked to lead. And then came Virat Kohli, under whom we won …
