Vaibhav’s blazing knock powers India to sixth U-19 World Cup title
New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu) – India defeated England by 100 runs in the final of the World Cup 2026 to win the title for the sixth time. In this historic match played on Friday, Indian opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a memorable innings of 175 runs with 30 boundaries.
India, who won the toss and elected to bat at the Harare Sports Club, scored 411 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. India suffered their first wicket loss when Aaron George (9) was dismissed at just 20. Vaibhav Suryavanshi then steadied the team with a 142-run partnership for the second wicket with captain Ayush Mhatre. Mhatre then departed after scoring 53 runs off 51 balls, after which Suryavanshi, along with Vedant Trivedi, added 89 runs off 39 balls for the third wicket to take India to 251. Vaibhav was dismissed for 175 runs off 80 balls, including 15 fours and as many sixes. After this, Vihaan Malhotra added 51 runs with Vedant Trivedi to take the team past 300.
Vihaan was dismissed for 30, followed by Abhigyan Kundu's 40 off 31 balls. Kanishk Chauhan, who scored an unbeaten 37 in the final overs, took India to 411/9. For the opposition, James Minto took three wickets, while Sebastian Morgan and Alex Green took two each. Manny Lumsden took one wicket.
In reply, the English team was all out for 311 in 40.2 overs. The team lost Joseph Moores (17) at the score of 19. From there, Ben Dawkins tried to revive the team by sharing a 74-run partnership for the second wicket with Ben Mayes. Mayes was dismissed for 45 off 28 balls, hitting two sixes and seven fours. After this, Dawkins added 49 runs for the third wicket with Thomas Reeves and 32 runs for the fourth wicket with Caleb Faulkner.
England lost their fourth wicket at 174 in 20.4 overs, and by 21.6 overs, the team's score was 177/7. From here, Caleb Faulkner took charge. He scored 115 runs in 67 balls with 7 sixes and 9 fours, but could not win the title for England. For India, RS Ambris took the maximum 3 wickets. Deepesh Devendran and Kanishk Chauhan took 2 wickets each. Mhatre took one wicket.