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Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a breezy fifty, and skipper Ayush Mhatre grabbed 3 wickets with his part-time off-spin arsenic India U19 defeated Australia U19 by 51 runs successful the 2nd Youth ODI connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025).
The triumph helped India instrumentality an unassailable 2-0 pb successful the three-match series, and the last crippled volition beryllium played connected Friday astatine the Ian Healy Oval here.
Middle-order batter Jayden Draper made a 72-ball 102 for the Aussies but they could lone negociate 249 each retired successful 47.2 overs, chasing the beardown people of 301 that India set.
Suryavanshi (70 disconnected 68 balls) laid the instauration for India’s complaint aft his chap opener Mhatre fell for a two-ball duck.
The teen batting sensation and Vihaan Malhotra (70, 74b) added 117 runs for the 2nd wicket to bring India backmost connected way but the dismissal of Suryavanshi robbed India of the momentum.
Wicketkeeper Abhigyan Kundu (71, 64b) kept the committee ticking with tiny yet captious partnerships with late-order batters arsenic India made 300 earlier getting each retired successful 49.4 overs.
Australia’s pursuit looked successful bully signifier erstwhile they reached 63 for 1 successful 18.5 overs. But off-spinner Kanishk Chouhan dismissed Steve Hogan to trigger a mini collapse.
The location broadside mislaid 2 much wickets astatine the people of 63 — Alex Turner and Yash Deshmukh — to gaffe to 63 for four.
It soon became 109 for six arsenic the Aussies stared astatine a rout. But Draper and Aryan Sharma (38) added 112 runs for the seventh wicket to support the combat connected for Australia.
However, Mhatre stepped successful astatine this juncture to container the wickets of Draper and Aryan successful speedy succession to snuff retired Australia’s hopes.
Brief scores: India U19: 300 each retired successful 49.4 overs (Vaibhav Suryavanshi 70, Vihan Malhotra 70, Abhigyan Kundu 71; Will Bryom 3/71, Yash Deshmukh 2/31) bushed Australia U19: 249 each retired successful 47.2 overs (Jayden Draper 102, Aryan Sharma 38; Ayush Mhatre 3/27).
