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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 14, Sets Youngest U19 World Cup Fifty With 72 vs Bangladesh

The 14-year-old's innings pushed him past 1,000 youth ODI runs, overtaking Virat Kohli's India U19 tally.

Overview

  • Opening for India in Bulawayo, Sooryavanshi hit 72 off 67 balls with six fours and three sixes, reaching his fifty in 30 deliveries.
  • At 14 years and 296 days, he became the youngest player to score a half-century in the men's U19 World Cup.
  • His knock took his youth ODI total to 1,047 runs in 20 matches, making him the seventh Indian to cross 1,000 and moving him beyond Kohli’s 978.
  • He revived India from an early collapse with a 62-run fourth-wicket stand alongside Abhigyan Kundu.
  • He was dismissed on the second ball of the 27th over by Iqbal Hossain Emon, caught by Al Fahad, after a toss that Bangladesh won and a reported skip of the customary captain’s handshake.