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Vaibhav Suryavanshi Six Short of Kohli Youth-ODI Mark for India’s U19 World Cup Opener

A 35-ball IPL hundred plus a 190 in List A cricket have already reset expectations for a youth tournament.

Overview

  • India begin against the USA in Bulawayo, with group games to follow against Bangladesh on January 17 and New Zealand on January 24.
  • Suryavanshi needs six runs to pass Virat Kohli’s 978 Youth ODI runs and 27 more to become the seventh Indian to 1,000.
  • The 14-year-old has 973 runs in 18 Youth ODIs at an average of 54.05, with three centuries and four half-centuries.
  • His recent lead-in includes knocks of 68 and 127 against South Africa Under-19 and a 50-ball 96 in a warm-up versus Scotland.
  • He struck a 35-ball IPL century for Rajasthan Royals to become the youngest men’s T20 centurion and later hit 190 off 84 for Bihar to set a men’s List A age record in a world-record team total of 574.