ind u19 vs aus u19
AUS Under-19 vs IND Under-19 1st unofficial Test: The first unofficial test match between the Indian Under-19 team and the Australia Under-19 team was played on the ground in Chennai, in which the Indian Under-19 team won by 2 wickets, in which Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Nikhil Jain performed brilliantly and Played an important role in helping the team win. While Vaibhav scored a century, Nikhil scored a half-century and was given the Player of the Match award for his good performance.
Indian Under-19 team got off to a bad start
Chasing the target of 212 runs to win, India suffered its first blow early when Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who had scored a century in the first innings, was out after scoring one run in the second over. Australia’s decision to hand the new ball to off-spinner Thomas Brown proved correct as he had Suryavanshi caught behind the wicket by Simon Brown. After this, Aiden O’Connor took the return catch of Vihaan Malhotra. India’s score at this time was 25 runs for two wickets. Nitya Pandya (51 in 86 balls) and KP Karthikeya (36 in 52 balls) then made a partnership of 71 runs and tried to bring India into the match.
Nikhil Kumar won the match
However, both of them were sent to the pavilion by leg spinner Vishwa Ramkumar when India’s score was 113 runs for four wickets. After this O’Connor also sent off Soham Patwardhan. After the fall of five wickets, Nikhil Kumar and wicketkeeper Abhimanyu Kundu (23 runs in 52 balls) took the score beyond 150. O’Connor had Kundu caught behind the wicket while Ramkumar bowled Inan. Nikhil got the support of Samarth Nagaraj (19 runs in 34 balls) and both made a match-winning partnership of 47 runs for the eighth wicket. Nikhil Kumar, who came at number seven, scored unbeaten 55 runs in 71 balls, with the help of which India registered victory in the last hour. He has proved to be the biggest hero for the team.
Spinner Mohammad Inan took 6 wickets in the second innings
The Australian Under-19 team had scored 293 runs in its first innings. After this, the Indian team was successful in scoring 296 runs thanks to Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 104 runs. In the second innings, Indian leg spinner Mohammad Inan took six wickets for 79 runs, due to which Australia could score only 214 runs in its second innings.
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