Vaibhav Suryavanshi Shines as India Win Third U-19 ODI

IND U19 Vs ENG U19: India defeated England in the Under-19 Youth ODI match and took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. In the rain-affected third match, India defeated England by four wickets. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an important role in India's victory. Vaibhav played a quick innings of 86 runs in 31 balls.

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 02:07 AM (IST)
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi Shines as India Win Third U-19 ODI
Vaibhav Suryavanshi Shines as India Win Third U-19 ODI

India beat England in the Under-19 Youth ODI game and went 2-1 ahead in the five-match series. In the rain-hit third match on Wednesday, India Under-19 team beat England Under-19 by four wickets. Batting first, England made 268 runs in 6 wickets. In reply, due to Vaibhav Suryavanshi's tempestuous innings, India won the game by reaching 274 runs for 6 wickets in 34.4 overs.

As it rained, this match was completed for 40-40 overs. England, batting first, had a good start. The first wicket of the team was lost at 78 when Isaac Mohammad was out. He scored 41 runs. BJ Dawkins scored an innings of 62 runs. After this, India lost two wickets quickly.

Ben Mayer was out after scoring 31 and Rocky Flintoff was out after scoring just 16 runs. Captain Thomas Ryu once again played a useful innings for the team. Thomas scored 76 runs in 44 balls, which included 9 fours and 3 sixes. Due to this innings, England was able to cross the score of 250. Kanishk Chauhan took the maximum of three wickets from India's side.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave a fast start to the Indian team chasing the challenging target of 269 runs. However, Abhigyan Kundu was out after scoring 12 runs on a score of 38. Despite this, Vaibhav's bat did not stop. Vaibhav completed his fifty in 20 balls. This was the second fastest fifty by an Indian in Under-19. Earlier, Pant had done this feat against Nepal in 19 balls.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a stormy innings of 86 runs facing 31 balls. Due to this innings, Suryavanshi also took revenge from Thomas. Actually, in the second ODI match, Suryavanshi played a strong innings and took India to a fighting total, but Thomas snatched the match from India by scoring a century.

Apart from Vaibhav, Vihaan Malhotra played an innings of 46 runs. In the end, Kanishk Chauhan (not out 43) and Ambrish (not out 31) finished the match in 34.3 overs. Ambrish gave India victory by hitting a six. India has taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match ODI series.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer