Middle-order batters Vedant Trivedi and Rahul Kumar scored half-centuries while young left-arm spinner Khilan Patel grabbed four wickets as India U-19 crushed Australia U-19 by 167 runs to make a clean sweep of the three-match Youth ODI series, here on Friday.
Vedant (86 off 92 balls) and Rahul’s (62 off 84 balls) 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket set the platform for a competitive 280 for 9.
Australia was in early trouble, losing three wickets with just 39 on the board. With relentless pressure from left-arm pacer Udhav Mohan (3/26) and spinner Khilan Patel (4/26), the home side was bundled out for just 113 runs in 28.3 overs, handing India its biggest win the three-match series.
It had beaten the hosts by seven wickets and 51 runs in the last two matches.
India did not have a great start after electing to bat, losing skipper Ayush Mhatre for 4 — his third single-digit score in the series, and the previous game’s half-centurion Vaibhav Suryavanshi for 16.
At 36/2, it was the left-handed Vihaan Malhotra, who batted with caution to score a 52-ball 40 and shared a 69-run stand with Vedant, who has been one of the standout batters in the series, scoring two half-centuries.
Vedant ensured a healthy run-rate while his partner played cautiously to guide India through the crucial middle overs.
Wicketkeeper-batter Harvansh Pangalia (23) and tail-ender Khilan Patel’s unbeaten 19 runs gave India U-19 a fighting total.
But it proved to be more than sufficient as the home side went into self-destructive mode, losing wickets at regular intervals with just three batters scoring in double digits.
India’s 19-year-old left-arm pacer Udhav Mohan (3/26) demolished the top-order getting rid of opener Alex Lee Young, Steven Hogan and skipper Will Malajczuk in quick succession.
Left-arm spinner Khilan then wiped out the middle-order and tail to leave the hosts with its worst defeat in the series.
Published on Sep 26, 2025