Vaibhav Suryavanshi was crestfallen. He couldn’t forgive himself. It took a while for him to tug himself out of the park. The wonderboy of Indian cricket was 14 wanting a whirlwind century towards England U19 within the third Youth ODI at Northampton. The 9 sixes that he hit in simply the primary 8 overs of the match did not matter, nor did a strike fee of 277.41. Suryavanshi knew the hundred was there for the taking but it surely wasn’t to be for the attacking left-hander.
The 14-year-old, who made the most effective of the sport watch in awe throughout a record-breaking IPL season with the Rajasthan Royals, blasted a 31-ball 86 towards England U19 on Wednesday. Suryavanshi had scores of 48 and 45 within the earlier two Youth ODIs towards the identical opposition. His strike fee was 252 and 132. Clearly, hitting boundaries and scoring runs rapidly was not the issue. All he wanted was a giant rating.
Chasing 269 for victory, Vaibhav Suryavanshi walked out to open the batting with Abhigyan Kundu. It took Vaibhav Suryavanshi simply three balls to hit the primary boundary of the day. He hit one other earlier than the second over ended. The true carnage began from the third over.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi places England U19 bowlers to the sword
Vaibhav blasted Sebastian Morgan for 2 sixes to announce his intentions. Within the subsequent over, he misplaced his opening associate, Abhigyan Kundu, for 12 however made no modifications to his attacking type. Morgan continued to be within the firing line as Suryavanshi hit him for 2 extra sixes and a 4 within the fifth over of the Indian innings.
England U19’s one other new-ball bowler, James Minto, wasn’t spared. Suryavanshi hammered for 3 sixes and a 4 within the sixth over and within the course of, introduced up his half-century off simply 20 balls.
England made a bowling change by bringing in Ralphie Albert, however he, too, acquired the identical therapy from India’s dashing opener Vaibhav Suryavnashi. 14 runs got here from his first over, together with a six from Suryavanshi’s bat.
There was one other bowling change from the opposite finish. This time, right-arm medium pacer Alexander Wade got here into the assault. He was welcomed into the assault with a boundary by India’s No.3 Vihaan Malhotra however the enjoyable started when he took a single to present the strike to Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
The 14-year-old baby-faced cricketer hit two fours and a six off the primary three balls he confronted off Wade. The precise-armer then examined Vaibhav Suryavanshi with a bouncer. The left-hander went for the hook however did not get the specified and was holed out within the deep.
There was no stopping the England U19 cricketers. They knew what a giant wicket that was, as one other half an hour of Suryavnashi would have kind of sealed their destiny within the match.
