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In the final of the Under-19 World Cup 2026, the Indian Under-19 team won the World Cup title for the sixth time by defeating England by 100 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi emerged as the hero of India in the final match. He completely turned the match in India’s favor by playing an explosive inning of 175 runs. He was also named ‘Player of the Tournament’ and ‘Player of the Match’ in the final. In such a situation, let us look at his performance and statistics.
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Vaibhav’s performance was like this in the tournament
Vaibhav played 7 matches in the tournament and scored 439 runs in its 7 innings at an average of 62.71. His strike rate was 169.49. Apart from 1 century, 3 half-centuries also came from his bat. His best score was 175 runs which came against England in the final. Only Ben Mays of England scored more runs than him in the tournament. His bat yielded 444 runs in 7 innings of 7 matches at an average of 74.
Vaibhav hit 30 sixes in the tournament
Vaibhav hit 30 sixes in this World Cup. In the final match alone, this player hit 15 sixes. 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. Apart from this, he has also become the first and only batsman in the world to hit 100 sixes in Under-19 cricket.
Vaibhav became the batsman to hit most sixes in an innings
Vaibhav became the batsman who hit the most sixes (15) in an innings of the Under-19 World Cup. He broke the record of Michael Hill, who had hit 12 sixes against Namibia in the 2008 World Cup. In third place is Craig Simmons with 11 sixes.
Vaibhav scored the second fastest century in the history of the tournament
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 this record of Babar Azam
At the age of 14 years 316 days, Vaibhav 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.
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