Harare [Zimbabwe], February 6 (ANI): Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s blistering knock of 175 runs off simply 80 balls propelled India U19 to an enormous whole of 411/9, setting a frightening goal of 412 for England U19 within the title conflict of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 held on the Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe on Friday.
Opting to bat first, India U19 opened with the in-form pair of Aaron George and Sooryavanshi. Centurion within the semi-final, George bought off the mark with a boundary within the first over towards Sebastian Morgan.
The 14-year-old Sooryavanshi focused Alex Green within the subsequent over and hit his first boundary. Green bought the primary breakthrough when he dismissed George for simply 9 runs within the fourth over of the innings.
Captain Ayush Mhatre joined Sooryavanshi and took his time to get off the mark with a boundary on his eleventh supply within the match. Mhatre focused Manny Lumsden and hit him for 2 fours and a six in his first over.
Sooryavanshi, alternatively, stored discovering boundaries at common intervals and stored the scoreboard shifting. James Minto was launched into the assault within the ninth over, and he extracted 18 runs, together with three fours and a six.
Mhatre managed to get two extra boundaries within the subsequent over of Lumsden.
Farhan Ahmed was launched within the subsequent over, and Sooryavanshi hit him for a six and accomplished his fifty with a single in simply 32 balls.
India U19 reached 100 runs within the 14th over, and the left-handed batter began the subsequent over with two consecutive sixes off Ahmed. The duo additionally accomplished a 100-run stand for the second wicket in the identical over.
Sooryavanshi focused Ahmed once more within the seventeenth over and hit him for 3 sixes and a 4 to gather 22 runs from the over.
Mhatre accomplished his half-century within the nineteenth over with a six off Green, however misplaced his wicket on the very subsequent supply. He made 53 off 51 balls. Vedant Trivedi changed him on the crease.
Sooryavanshi accomplished his century with a single within the twentieth over. He reached the milestone in simply 55 balls. This is the second-fastest ton by any batter after Will Malajczuk of Australia, who made a 51-ball ton towards Japan earlier on this version.
Sooryavanshi began going berserk after that and picked up 27 runs within the subsequent over of Ralphie Albert.
In the subsequent over of Morgan, Sooryavanshi reached his 150 with a six. His 150 runs got here in simply 71 balls, which is the quickest 150 within the historical past of the event. He smashed two sixes and 4 within the subsequent over of Morgan.
In the twenty sixth over, Lumsden dismissed Sooryavanshi on the rating of 175 runs. He hit 15 fours and as many sixes in his mammoth innings. Before this knock, Sooryavanshi had hit 15 sixes, and he completed with 30 sixes within the event, which is the best within the event’s historical past.
His 15 sixes in an innings can be the best by any batter in a U19 World Cup innings.
Trivedi (32 off 36 balls) and Vihaan Malhotra (30 off 36 balls) additionally performed properly and stored the scorecard shifting. Abhigyan Kundu’s 40 off 31 balls helped India not lose the momentum.
Kanishk Chouhan 37 not out off 20 balls, helped India cross the 400-run mark. India completed with 411/9 after 50 overs.
On the bowling entrance, Minto claimed three wickets, whereas Green and Morgan shared two wickets every.
England U19 now face the formidable activity of chasing a document 412-run goal to say the title, whereas India U19 look to increase their document with a sixth U19 World Cup trophy. (ANI)