Powered by standout batting performances from Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, and Abhigyan Kundu, along with skipper Ayush Mhatre taking a three-fer, India clinched an unassailable 2-0 lead in the second game of the three-match Youth ODI series vs Australia with a 51-run victory at the Ian Healy Oval here on Wednesday.
Pushed into batting first, Kundu top-scored with 71 off 64 balls, while Suryavanshi and Malhotra hit knocks of 70 each for India to post 300 in 49.4 overs. Suryavanshi quickly brought up his fifty with a six off Kasey Barton and went on to score 70 off 68 balls, a knock laced with five fours and six sixes.
The innings also saw Suryavanshi break the record for most sixes in Youth ODIs, surpassing Unmukt Chand’s tally of 38. Suryavanshi, 14, now has 41 sixes from just 10 innings.
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