Skilful Smith, fiery Ghaffar, brutal Allen

Like most of the Fiji bowlers, he bowls at medium-pace and his action brings the ball into the batsman. His accuracy was the reason Tikoisuva took 6 for 59 against West Indies, striking twice in two overs before bettering that by striking twice in the same over.

Coach Shane Jurgensen said Tikoisuva also plays for Fiji's senior team and turned up as an opening batsman at the East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship in New Zealand last year when a back injury did not let him bowl.

Tikoisuva, who hails from Oneata Island from the Lau archipelago, is one of the few all-round talents in the team. He's sharp in the field and has been training hard to bulk up as well.

He may have just taken four wickets in the group stages, but Ghaffar is a serious fast bowler. All of his scalps came against Bangladesh in Cox's Bazar, where he made batsmen second guess themselves on a benign pitch. He pitched the ball up to get rid of Pinak Ghosh, Joyraz Sheik and Saeed Sarkar while Bangladesh captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz found out, the hard way, that he has a good short ball too. Ghaffar has been playing for Scotland from the Under-13s level and would be angling for a spot in the senior side soon.

He was the second batsman to get to a century at the Under-19 World Cup but it went in vain. Bangladesh had set South Africa 241 to win and Smith had kept them in the hunt till the 45th over, when things went sideways.

Smith is predictably good against pace but his mobility at the crease to combat the Bangladesh spinners, who learnt their trade in these conditions, was particularly impressive. He fell for a duck in the loss to Namibia that cost South Africa their championship but his proficiency for run-making was back on show in a 10-wicket victory over Scotland.

Smith looks versatile enough to adapt to the demands of a middle-order batsman too, if the need arose, and a senior call-up is unlikely take too long if he does well at the first-class level.

A failure in the shock defeat to Nepal. A start not capitalised against India. But third time really was the charm for Finn Allen as he struck 97 off 76 balls against Ireland to provide New Zealand's only win before they headed to Cox's Bazar for the plate matches.

Rescuing the team from 45 for 4 shows he can keep a good head under pressure, and that his innings featured nine fours and six sixes means he doesn't get bogged down no matter the situation. Allen was also adept at handling the spin of Harry Tector and Fiachra Tucker. He also hit the winning runs in their ninth place play-off quarter-final against Scotland.

He made a name for himself by reducing tournament favourites India to 48 for 3 in Ireland's first match of the tournament. Anders took out the dangerous Rishabh Pant and Ricky Bhui before coming back in the slog overs to dismiss Washington Sundar to finish with 3 for 35 from 10 overs, including two maidens. He went wicketless against Nepal, but claimed four of them against New Zealand to tempt thoughts of an upset, but it was not to be. Anders often bowls from wide of the crease to create an angle and dons a headband like recently-retired bowler John Mooney.