Team India snatched victory from the jaws, 18 year old batsman became a wall in front of Australia, ended the match like this

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|02-10-2024

The first unofficial test between the Indian Under-19 team and Australia Under-19 team was played in Chennai, which was very exciting. In this match, Team India defeated Australia's Under-19 team by 2 wickets. Nikhil Kumar was the hero of the Indian team's victory in this match. He batted brilliantly and snatched victory from Australia's jaws. At one time Australia had completely dominated this match, but Nikhil Kumar's innings cost his team.

Team India won the thrilling match by 2 wickets

Australia's Under-19 team had given a target of 212 runs to Team India to win in this match. But in response to this, the start of the Indian team was not special. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored a century in the first innings, could score only 1 run this time, which was a big blow for Team India. After this, Nitya Pandya took charge of the team's innings by scoring 52 runs, but the Indian team lost 7 wickets while reaching 167 runs. In such a situation, Australia was just 3 wickets away from victory. Then Nikhil Kumar along with the lower batsmen batted brilliantly.

Nikhil Kumar faced 71 balls and scored unbeaten 55 runs. During this, 3 fours and 4 sixes came from Nikhil Kumar's bat. Due to his brilliant innings, Team India was successful in winning this match by 2 wickets. Nikhil Kumar had also scored 20 runs in 38 balls in the first innings of this match. Due to this strong performance, he was also chosen Player of the Match.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century

Australia's Under-19 team won the toss in this match and decided to bat first. The Australian team was successful in scoring 293 runs in its first innings. In response to this, the Indian team had scored 296 runs in its first innings. During this period, 13 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi had scored a century. He played an innings of 104 runs in 62 balls. After this, the Australian team could score only 214 runs in its second innings and was all out. Now the second unofficial test match between the two teams will be played from October 7.

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