Under-19: The Indian Under-19 (Under-19 ) team is currently on a tour of South Africa for a three-match ODI series under the captaincy of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. In the first match, India defeated the South African Under-19 team by 25 runs using the Duckworth-Lewis method. In this match, India batted first and scored 301 runs. South Africa had scored 148 runs for the loss of four wickets after 27.4 overs. However, rain interrupted the match and play could not resume. India was later declared the winner by the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Two Indian batsmen scored half-centuries
The Indian Under-19 team had a poor start to the match, as Aaron George and Vaibhav Suryavanshi failed to make a significant impact and were dismissed early. Suryavanshi scored only 11 runs. Later, Vedant Trivedi and Abhigyan Kundu scored 21 runs each. Harvansh Pangalia then scored 93 runs off 95 balls, including 7 fours and two sixes. RS Ambrish also scored a powerful half-century, playing an innings of 65 runs. During this time, he hit 7 fours. Kanishk Chauhan contributed 32 runs. Thanks to these players, India posted a big score of 301 runs. Harvansh and Ambrish proved to be big heroes for India with their half-centuries.
South African Under-19 batsmen were a flop
For the South African Under-19 team, JJ Basson bowled well, taking four wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs. Byanda Mjola, Ntando Soni and Bandile Mbatha took one wicket each. Following this, Jorich van Schalkwyk of the South African Under-19 team tried to hold his ground at the crease for a while, but he didn’t receive much support from the other players. Jorich contributed 60 runs, while Armaan Manack scored 46. Captain Muhammad Bulbulia proved to be a complete failure, getting out after scoring just five runs. When the rain arrived, South Africa had scored 148 runs for the loss of four wickets in 27.4 overs. For India, Deepesh Devendran took the most wickets, claiming two. Khilan Patel also took one wicket.
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