India players celebrate their U-19 World Cup win in New Zealand on Saturday when they beat Australia by eight wickets in the final. Pic/PTI

There will come a time in the not-too-distant future when we look back and remember the good old days when India didn't dominate all forms of cricket. I have been saying this since 2004 when I spent extensive time in India, closely involved in seeing the passion for the game being matched by infrastructure, coaching and a growing self-belief. At the time, I firmly believed that Indian cricket was in the ascendancy, perhaps a decade or two away from dominating the world, never to be surpassed again. Here we are in 2018 and I'm prepared to bet my house on it - from what I've just seen in the U19 World Cup and the ODI series in South Africa, that moment of truth draws nearer and dearer.