Harare [Zimbabwe], February 6 (ANI): India’s rising 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi saved his finest for the ICC Under-19 title conflict in opposition to England, clocking the second-fastest ton within the historical past of the event and hitting probably the most sixes in a single innings throughout a contest.
In the title conflict in opposition to England, Vaibhav tortured the bowlers along with his unreal hitting, smashing 175 in simply 80 balls, with 15 fours and 15 sixes, and ran away with the runs at a strike fee of 218.75. This is the best rating within the ultimate of the U19 WC ultimate, outdoing former Indian U19 captain Unmukt Chand, who had hit 112* in opposition to Australia in 2012. His century got here in simply 53 balls.
After Unmukt and Manjot Kalra (101* in opposition to Australia in 2018), Suryavanshi is the third Indian to smash a U19 WC ultimate century. He can also be the sixth general participant to realize this feat.
Will Malajczuk, the Australian batter holds the file for the quickest century in U19 WC historical past, with a 51-ball effort in opposition to Japan throughout this version of the event itself.
Also, he has outclassed Australian Michael Hill’s rely of 12 sixes in opposition to Namibia within the 2008 U19 WC to register probably the most sixes in a U19 WC inning. Suryavanshi ends the event with 439 runs at a median of 62.71 and a strike fee of 169.49, with a century and three fifties and a whooping 30 sixes, probably the most by a batter in a single U19 World Cup.
Sooryavanshi now has probably the most sixes for anybody in a Youth ODI innings (the place recognized), surpassing his personal 14 in opposition to UAE U19 at in December final yr.
Coming to the match, the Indian staff received the toss and elected to bat first of their bid for record-extending sixth title.
Teams: England U19 (Playing XI): Ben Dawkins, Joseph Moores, Ben Mayes, Thomas Rew(w/c), Caleb Falconer, Ralphie Albert, Farhan Ahmed, Sebastian Morgan, James Minto, Manny Lumsden, Alex Green India U19 (Playing XI): Aaron George, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre(c), Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu(w), RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Deepesh Devendran, (ANI)