RESULT
1st Youth ODI, Hove, June 27, 2025, India Under-19s tour of England
(24/50 ov, T:175) 178/4

IND Under-19 won by 6 wickets (with 156 balls remaining)

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Suryavanshi produces the fireworks as India Under-19s rout England

IPL's breakout star produces another fast-paced innings after Rocky Flintoff top-scores for England

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 48 off 19 balls, England U-19 vs India U-19, 1st Youth ODI, Hove, June 27, 2025

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 48 off 19 balls  •  Bipin Patel

India U19 178 for 4 (Suryavanshi 48, Kundu 45*) beat England U19 174 (Flintoff 56, Mohammed 42) by six wickets
India's 14-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 48 from just 19 balls as India's Under-19 side made short work of beating England in the first of five Youth ODIs at Hove.
Suryavanshi, who became the youngest-ever century maker in men's T20 when he hit 101 off 38 balls for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL earlier this year, made a startling debut to competitive cricket in England, putting on 71 in 7.3 overs with his captain, Ayush Mhatre as England were overwhelmed, losing by six wickets with 26 overs to spare.
The young India side have made a memorable start to their tour of England. Three days earlier they had won another 50-over game, against a Young Lions Invitational XI at Loughborough, by 231 runs.
Here, Suryavanshi was the star attraction, bludgeoning five sixes and three fours. Jack Home's first over cost 21 runs as the left-hander top-edged his pull shot for six before driving over mid-on and pulling to cow corner for other sixes. But when slow left-armer Ralphie Albert came on Suryavanshi immediately skied to point.
It was a different game after that, with India losing three more wickets before crossing the line, keeper Abhigyan Kundu leading the way with an unbeaten 45.
England had been bowled out for a disappointing 174 in 42.2 overs, with only Rocky Flintoff (56) and Isaac Mohammed (42) reaching the 20 mark.
There was a constant cloud cover and a green tinge to the pitch but it was India's spinners, Mohamed Enaan and Kanishk Chouhan, who caused most problems, sharing five wickets and proving the most economical of the bowlers.
England, who had chosen to bat, had started so positively, with Ben Dawkins and Isaac putting on an aggressive 39 for the fist wicket. The left-handed Isaac, one of two debutants in the team, along with French, was particularly exciting, pulling Henil Patel over square-leg for the first of his four sixes - there were also three fours in his 28-ball innings.
The 17-year-old is related to England's Moeen Ali and Worcestershire's assistant head coach Kadeer Ali. He signed a three-year contract for Worcestershire from the Warwickshire Academy earlier this month.
England lost their first wicket in the eighth over when Dawkins edged to first slip. But Isaac responded by striking Yudhajit Guha for successive sixes to bring up the 50 in the ninth over. Isaac then pulled Enaan over square-leg and out of the ground for another six. But three balls later he was caught at backward square-leg going for another big hit.
Flintoff, the youngest player to score a century for the side, again looked in fine form. But his efforts were compromised by the constant fall of wickets at the other end. Ben Mayes looked in good touch when he drove through mid-on for four, but he was caught behind next ball to make it 80 for three and then captain Tom Rew was caught behind third ball.
Flintoff, unsure whether to stick or twist, waited for some decent company but it didn't arrive. Joe Moores and Albert fell cheaply to the off-spin of Chouhan and then Home was run out for five to make it 129 for seven. Flintoff was finally forced to hit out, and there were three sixes and three fours in his 90-ball innings before he was last out, going for another heave.

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