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Harare. Thanks to the explosive century of Vaibhav Suryavanshi (175) and the excellent performance of the bowlers, India won its sixth title of the Under-19 World Cup by registering a huge victory over England by 100 runs in the final match on Friday. England, who set out to chase the huge target of 412 runs, did not get off to a good start and lost the wicket of Joseph Moores (17) in the fifth over itself.

After this, Ben Mayes came to bat and BJ Dawkins added 74 runs for the second wicket. In the 13th over, Khilan Patel gave the second blow to England by dismissing BJ Dawkins. BJ Dawkins scored 45 runs in 28 balls hitting seven fours and two sixes. Captain Thomas Ryu (31) was dismissed by Kanishk Chauhan. After this, in the 21st over, India confirmed its victory by taking three wickets of England.

Ralphie Albert (0) was run out, Farhan Ahmed (one) and Sebastian Morgan (0) were dismissed by Deepesh Devendran. Caleb Falconer (115), James Minto (28) were out after scoring runs. The England team could score only 311 runs in 40.2 overs and lost the match by 100 runs. Deepesh Devendran took two wickets for India. Ambrish got two wickets, Kanishk Chauhan took two wickets, Khilan Patel and Ayush Mhatre dismissed one batsman each.

Earlier today, thanks to the explosive century of Vaibhav Suryavanshi (175), captain Mayank Agarwal (53) and Abhigyan Kundu (40), India scored a huge score of 411 runs for nine wickets against England. Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit 15 fours and 15 sixes in 175 runs in 80 balls. With him at the crease, India seemed to be moving towards 500 runs, but England made a good comeback in the last 10 overs. India won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indian team, which came to bat, did not have a good start and lost the wicket of Aaron George (nine) in the fourth over itself.

After this, captain Ayush Mhatre, who came to bat, handled the innings with splendor and both the batsmen scored runs rapidly. There was a partnership of 142 runs between the two batsmen for the second wicket. In the 19th over, Alex Green broke this partnership by dismissing Ayush Mhatre, but a ball before that he had completed his half-century by hitting a six. Ayush Mhatra faced 51 balls and hit seven fours and two sixes. After this, Vedant Trivedi, who came to bat, stood holding one end.

From the other end, Vaibhav Suryavanshi kept increasing his and his team’s score rapidly by hitting sixes and fours. Meanwhile, Vaibhav Suryavanshi completed his century in 55 balls. He scored his century by taking one run on the last ball of the 20th over.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out as the third wicket in the 26th over. He was caught behind the wicket by Thomas Rieu off the bowling of Manny Lumsden. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an explosive century inning of 175 runs hitting 15 fours and 15 sixes in 80 balls. During this time, he became the batsman who hit most sixes in an innings of Under-19. Apart from this, he also made a record of scoring the highest number of 1412 runs in Youth ODI.

He broke Vijay Zol’s record of 1404 runs. After Vaibhav’s dismissal, the pace of India’s runs stopped and the wickets started falling. Vihaan Malhotra (36), Ambrish (18) and Khilan Patel (three) were out after scoring runs. Abhigyan Kundu played an innings of 40 runs in 31 balls hitting six fours and one six. Khilan Patel (five) was run out in the 49th over.

Kanishk Chauhan scored 18 runs in the last over of the innings and took India’s score beyond 400. Kanishk Chauhan played an unbeaten inning of 37 runs in 20 balls, hitting three fours and a six. James Minto took three wickets for England. Sebastian Morgan and Alex Green got two wickets each. Manny Lumsden dismissed one batsman.