Seventeen years after winning the U-19 World Cup, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, and Manish Pandey remain active in the Indian Premier League while former teammate Tanmay Srivastava debuts as an umpire in the upcoming edition. Srivastava, the top-scorer in the 2008 U-19 World Cup final, transitions from playing to officiating at 35, marking a significant career shift.
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