Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s blistering 171 off 95 balls powered India U19 to a commanding 234‑run victory over UAE U19 of their Asia Cup opener on the ICC Academy in Dubai on Friday.
Aside from Suryavanshi’s spectacular knock, Aaron George (69) and Vihaan Malhotra (69) contributed with essential half-centuries. Vedant Trivedi (38), Abhigyan Kundu (32) and Kanishk Chouhan (28) offered the ending touches to India U19 posting an enormous 433/6, the best rating in event’s historical past.
It is also India’s highest whole in U19 ODIs and the third‑highest ever rating in males’s U19 one‑day cricket. Suryavanshi’s knock was laced with 9 fours and 14 sixes coming at a strike charge of 180. He introduced up his half-century in 30 balls, earlier than getting his century in simply 56 deliveries and reaching his 150 in 84 balls.
His 14 sixes are probably the most by any batter within the event’s historical past, going previous Afghanistan’s Darwish Rasooli who struck 10 towards UAE in 2017. In reply, UAE made 199/7 in 50 overs, with Uddish Suri’s unbeaten 78 and Prithvi Madhu’s fifty being the lone resistance acts for the hosts. India U19 will subsequent face Pakistan U19 of their group stage conflict on Sunday.
In the meantime, Pakistan U19 launched their marketing campaign with a crushing 297‑run win over Malaysia at The Sevens Stadium. Centuries from Ahmed Hussain and debutant Sameer Minhas powered the facet to 345/3 earlier than the bowlers bundled Malaysia out for simply 48 in 19.4 overs.
Minhas was the star of the present with an unbeaten 177 off 148 balls, putting 11 fours and eight sixes to assert the Participant of the Match honour. He shared a mammoth 293‑run stand with Hussain, who made 132 off 114 deliveries, and ensured Pakistan’s dominance from the outset.
Malaysia by no means recovered from early blows within the chase, as Ali Raza struck with the brand new ball to complete with 3-11, whereas Mohammad Sayyam additionally took three wickets and Daniyal Ali Khan and Niqab Shafiq chipped in to finish a convincing win for Pakistan U19.
Transient Scores: India U19 433/6 in 50 overs (Vaibhav Suryavanshi 171, Vihaan Malhotra 69; Yug Sharma 2-75, Uddish Suri 2-77) beat UAE U19 199/7 in 50 overs (Uddish Suri 78 not out, Prithvi Madhu 50; Deepesh Devendran 2/21, Henil Patel 1/31) by 234 runs