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In the Under-19 World Cup final, the Indian Under-19 team won the World Cup title for the sixth time by defeating the England Under-19 team by 100 runs. Earlier, India had won the Under-19 World Cup trophy in the years 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018 and 2022. Batting first, India had made a mountain-like score of 411/9. In reply, the England team could only score 311/9. Let’s look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
match account
In the final, India won the toss and decided to bat first. His decision proved correct. Opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a explosive inning of 175 runs. Captain Ayush Mhatre scored 53 runs. James Minto took maximum 3 wickets for England. In reply, Indian bowlers restricted England to 311 runs. Caleb Falconer played an inning of 115 runs for England, but could not lead his team to victory.
Such was Vaibhav’s innings.
The first blow to the Indian team was on 20 runs. Aaron George was out after scoring only 9 runs. After this Vaibhav took over the innings along with captain Ayush. There was a partnership of 142 runs in 90 balls between the two. Vaibhav added 89 runs in 38 balls with Vedant Trivedi. This batsman faced 79 balls and scored 175 runs. 15 fours and 15 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 221.52.
Vaibhav made this record of sixes in his name
Vaibhav made a big record in his name during this innings. He has become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in the Under-19 World Cup. He has broken the records of Dewald Brewis and Finn Allen. Both these players had hit 18 sixes each. Vaibhav now has 30 sixes in the Under-19 World Cup. Apart from this, he has also become the first and only batsman in the world to hit 100 sixes in Under-19 cricket.
Fastest century in the final match
Vaibhav has scored the fastest century in the history of Under-19 World Cup final. Apart from Vaibhav, only two more batsmen from India have scored centuries in the final of the Under-19 World Cup. These players are Manjot Kalra and Unmukt Chand. At the same time, the second fastest century in the history of the tournament has come in the name of Vaibhav. Australia’s Will Malajchuk scored a century in just 51 balls against Japan. He is at first place in this list.
Vaibhav broke Babar Azam’s record
At the age of 14 years 316 days, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest batsman to score a century in the Under-19 World Cup. Earlier this record was in the name of Babar Azam, who scored a century against West Indies in 2010 at the age of 15 years and 92 days. Left-handed batsman Vaibhav hit 15 sixes in his innings, which is the most sixes hit by any player in an innings in Youth ODI cricket.
Vaibhav also made these records in his name
Vaibhav played an inning of 175 runs in the Under-19 World Cup playoff match. This is the first 150+ score in any Under-19 World Cup playoff match. Earlier, the highest score was by Nicholas Pooran (143 runs) in the quarterfinal of 2014. This is also the second highest individual score for India in youth ODI cricket. A score higher than this (177 runs) was made only by Ambati Rayudu against England Under-19 team in 2002.
A look at Ayush’s half-century innings
Ayush faced 51 balls and scored 53 runs. 7 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 103.92. This player scored a half-century in the second consecutive match. In the semi-final match, he scored 62 runs in 59 balls against Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team. 5 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 105.08.
Falconer’s century innings was like this
Falconer faced 67 balls and scored 115 runs. 9 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 171.64. This was the first century of his youth career. He has played 14 matches so far and has scored 542 runs in 13 innings while remaining unbeaten twice. His average is 49.27 and strike rate is 92.96. He also scored 2 half-centuries with his bat.
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