Team India’s Impressive Batting Display
Team India won the toss and decided to bat. Maat salami pair failed. Vihan Malhotra was dismissed with 10 runs and Vaibhav Suryavanshi with 3 runs. Nitya Pandya and KP Karthikeya then shared a century partnership for the third wicket. Nitya scored 94 runs in 135 balls. Karthikeya scored 71 runs in 99 balls. Nikhil Kumar scored 61 and captain Soham Patwardhan contributed 63 runs. Harvansh Panglia then scored a century of 117 runs. Mohammad Enan scored 26 runs and Sarmath Nagaraj scored 20 runs. All four bowlers from Australia took 2 wickets each.
Australia’s Struggles with the Bat
Only two from Australia could score 50+ runs in the first innings. While others knelt before Team India. Peak scored 117 off 199 balls off Captain Oli. Alex Lee Young added 66 runs. Mohammad Enon and Anmoljit Singh both took 4 wickets each for Team India. Australia had to wait more in the second innings. Only three from Australia could reach double figures. Steven Hoang top scored with 29 runs. Anmoljit Singh took the most 5 wickets from India
Playing XIs
Team India U19: Soham Patwardhan (C), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihan Malhotra, Nitya J Pandya, Karthikeya KP, Harvansh Singh (WK), Nikhil Kumar, Mohammad Enan, Chetan Sharma, Samarth N, Anmoljit Singh.
Australia U19: Ollie Peake (C), Riley Kingsale, Simon Budge, Steve Hogan, Alex Lee Young (WK), Christian Howe, Aidan O’Connor, Ollie Patterson, Lachlan Ranaldo, Vishwa Ramkumar, Harry Hoekstra