AUS U19 vs IND U19: Indian team defeated Australia, young player became hero in test match

AUS Under-19 vs IND Under-19 1st unofficial Test: The first unofficial test match between the Indian Under-19 team and Australia Under-19 team was played at the Chennai ground, 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 the team’s victory. While Vaibhav scored a century, Nikhil scored a half-century and was given the Player of the Match award for his good performance. 

The Indian Under-19 team had a bad start.

Chasing a target of 212 runs to win, India suffered an early blow when Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored a century in the first innings, was dismissed for one run in the second over. Australia’s decision to hand the new ball to off-spinner Thomas Brown proved to be correct as he got Suryavanshi caught by Simon Brown behind the wicket. After this, Aiden O’Connor took the return catch of Vihaan Malhotra. India’s score was 25 runs for two wickets at this time. Nitya Pandya (51 off 86 balls) and KP Karthikeya (36 off 52 balls) then shared a 71-run partnership and tried to bring India back into the match.

Nikhil Kumar won the match.

However, both were sent to the pavilion by leg spinner Vishwa Ramkumar when India’s score was 113 runs for four wickets. O’Connor then sent Soham Patwardhan as well. After the fall of five wickets, Nikhil Kumar and wicketkeeper Abhimanyu Kundu (23 runs in 52 balls) took the score past 150. O’Connor got Kundu caught behind the wicket while Ramkumar bowled Inan. Nikhil was supported by Samarth Nagaraj (19 runs in 34 balls) and both made a match-winning partnership of 47 runs for the eighth wicket. Coming in at number seven, Nikhil Kumar scored an unbeaten 55 runs in 71 balls, with the help of which India won 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 scored 293 runs in their first innings. After this, the Indian team succeeded 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 their second innings.