Youngest World Cup cricket player

Canada opener Nitish Kumar became the youngest player to play at cricket's World Cup.  The opening batsman for the Canadian team Nitish kumar, who took to the field for his team's Group A match against Zimbabwe on 28-02-2011 is just 16 years 283 days old.

Bangladesh's Talha Jubair, who was 17 years and 70 days old when he featured against the West Indies in the 2007 World Cup, had been the previous youngest player in the tournament.

Ironically Nitish Kumar opened the batting with John Davison, who is the oldest player of the tournament at the age of 40 years.

A useful allrounder, Nitish Kumar played in all but one of Canada's eight matches at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers. He is also the youngest player to debut for Canada in a first-class match when he played in an ICC Intercontinental Cup fixture against Kenya in August 2009, and then subsequently became the second youngest ODI player in February 2010 at the age of 15 years 273 days - only eclipsed by Pakistan's Hasan Raza in 1996.