The Under-19 Cricket World Cup has long been a breeding ground for some of the sports best cricketers.
Looking back on past additions, stars such as Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith and Babar Azam have left their mark with terrific on-field performances.
Moving forward, these squads can be seen as a future core of international players for a country if their trajectory and development continues in a positive direction.
The 2022 World Cup has been played in the West Indies featuring 16 nations.
We have crunched the numbers and selected the standout player from nine of the participating countries.
Note New Zealand withdrew from the World Cup due to quarantine restrictions on minors upon return to the country.
7. South AfricaÂ
Dewald Brevis
The likely winner of player of the tournament, Dewald Brevis had an outstanding World Cup campaign and is an exciting prospect for South African cricket moving forward.
Brevis piled on a mammoth 368 runs for the tournament at an average of 73.60. His best performance came against Uganda where he put together a score of 104. He followed that century with scores of 96 and 97 against Ireland and England respectively, while starting the tournament with a 65 against India.
Alongside his batting, Brevis was effective with ball in hand. Bowling leg-spin, Brevis collected seven wickets at an average of 23.71 and a strike rate of 26.4.
