14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi was in action for the India U-19 team in the first Youth ODI against Australia U-19 on Sunday, September 21, at Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane, and in the match that the Ayush Mhatre-led side won by seven wickets, he scored 38 runs from just 21 balls. During his stay at the crease, the young Indian batter hammered seven fours and one six.
He began his innings by hitting Hayden Schiller for a four on the opening ball of the run chase, followed by another boundary on the fourth ball of the same over. After scoring 8 runs from the first over, Suryavanshi could only manage to add one run to India’s total from three balls of the second over bowled by Charles Lachmund. However, in the third over, he once again smacked Schiller for fours
on the first, third and fourth balls.
In the fourth over of India’s innings, he smashed a six on the third ball bowled by Lachmund and scored back-to-back boundaries on the next two deliveries to reach the total of 36 runs from 20 balls. He was, however, unlucky to miss out on a deserving fifty. On the last ball of the fifth over of the run chase, he was sent back to the pavilion by Schiller. Aryan Sharma completed his catch and brought an end to his 22-ball 38-run knock.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dealing in maximums… where have we seen this sight before?
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Suryavanshi, who holds the record of scoring the fastest century in IPL history by an Indian batter, added 50 runs in five overs for the first wicket with Mhatre, who could only manage to score 6 runs from 10 balls in the 226-run chase.
For India, Abhigyan Kundu top-scored in the run chase. He remained unbeaten on 87 runs from 74 balls and scored 8 fours and 5 sixes. On the other hand, No. 4 batter Vedant Trivedi scored 61 runs from 69 balls. He hammered eight fours and added an unbeaten 152 runs for the fourth wicket.
Earlier in the first half of the match, the hosts rode on No. 8 batter John James’ unbeaten 77-run knock from 68 balls to post a total of 225/9 in 50 overs. For the India U19 team, Henil Patel picked up three wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs, and two host batters each were sent back to the pavilion by Kanishk Chouhan and Kishan Kumar.
The second youth ODI between the India and Australia U-19 teams will be played at the same venue on Wednesday, September 24.
