Top 11 of Virat Kohli's U19 Batchmates Playing in ODI World Cup 2023

Virat Kohli is one of the few players to have won both the U19 World Cup and the main ODI World Cup for his team. While he was the captain of the Indian U19 World Cup winning team in Malaysia, he was part of MS Dhoni’s 2011 World Cup winning team.

Kohli was earmarked for greatness as he had shown an amazing cricketing talent and level-headedness. After the passing of his father, Kohli was focused on doing well in cricket to make a name for himself and make his family proud. 

However, the same sentiments were shared by multiple other cricketers of the teams who participated in the U19 World Cup in 2008. And many went on to play international cricket as well and are still playing for their respective sides.

In a piece of where they are now, we take a look at 11 players who played with Virat Kohli in U19 and are now part of the ICC World Cup 2023 which is being played in India.

Here are 11 of Virat Kohli's U19 Batchmates Playing in ODI World Cup 2023:

11. Sybrand Engelbrecht

Sybrand Engelbrecht was born in Johannesburg South Africa and played U19 cricket for Proteas as well. He featured in the South Africa youth team in the U19 World Cup in 2008 in Malaysia and his terrific fielding and athletic catches drew comparison with Jonty Rhodes. 

But he failed to get chances in senior cricket in South Africa and moved to the Netherlands to play club cricket. After meeting ICC residency qualifications, he played for the Netherlands and made his ODI debut in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 against New Zealand.