Middle-order batters Vedant Trivedi and Rahul Kumar scored half-centuries while young left-arm spinner Khilan Patel grabbed four wickets as India Under-19 crushed Australia Under-19 by a massive 167 runs to make a clean sweep of the three-match Youth ODI series, here on Friday.
Vedant (86 off 92 balls) and Rahul’s (62 off 84 balls) 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket set the platform for a competitive 280 for 9.
Australia A were in early trouble, losing three wickets with just 39 on the board. With relentless pressure from left-arm pacer Udhav Mohan (3/26) and spinner Khilan Patel (4/26), the home side were bundled out for just 113 runs in 28.3 overs, handing India their biggest win the three match series.
They had beaten the hosts by seven wickets and 51 runs in the last two matches.
India did not have a great start after electing to bat, losing skipper Ayush Mhatre for 4 — his third single-digit score in the series, and the previous game’s half-centurion Vaibhav Suryavanshi​Middle-order batters Vedant Trivedi and Rahul Kumar scored half-centuries while young left-arm spinner Khilan Patel grabbed four wickets as India Under-19 crushed Australia Under-19 by a massive 167 runs to make a clean sweep of the three-match Youth ODI series, here on Friday.
Vedant (86 off 92 balls) and Rahul’s (62 off 84 balls) 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket set the platform for a competitive 280 for 9.
Australia A were in early trouble, losing three wickets with just 39 on the board. With relentless pressure from left-arm pacer Udhav Mohan (3/26) and spinner Khilan Patel (4/26), the home side were bundled out for just 113 runs in 28.3 overs, handing India their biggest win the three match series.
They had beaten the hosts by seven wickets and 51 runs in the last two matches.
India did not have a great start after electing to bat, losing skipper Ayush Mhatre for 4 — his third single-digit score in the series, and the previous game’s half-centurion Vaibhav Suryavanshi ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
