Vaibhav Suryavanshi flops? No worries — Captain Ayush Mhatre steps up with a century for India U-19 in Youth Test

Captain Ayush Mhatre bounced backmost from his white-ball struggles successful style, slamming a superb period arsenic India U-19 enactment England U-19 connected a leather hunt connected the opening time of the archetypal Youth Test connected Saturday.At stumps, India U-19 were firmly successful power astatine 420 for 6 successful conscionable 77 overs, with an hour’s play inactive remaining.

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While teen sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi fell cheaply for 14, Mhatre—who had a thin tally during the One-day series—made the astir of his red-ball opportunity, scoring a fluent 102 disconnected 115 balls. His sound was laced with 14 boundaries and 2 sixes and laid the instauration for India successful his Youth Test debut.Mhatre shared a 173-run concern for the 2nd wicket with Vihaan Malhotra, who chipped successful with a composed 67.Later, Abhigyan Kundu and Rahul Kumar enactment the England bowlers nether further unit with assertive batting. Kundu smashed 90 disconnected 95 balls with 10 fours and a six, portion Kumar blazed his mode to 85 disconnected conscionable 81 balls, hitting 14 boundaries and a six. Their 179-run basal for the 5th wicket came successful lone 27.4 overs, propelling India adjacent to the 400-run mark.For England, Archie Vaughan—son of erstwhile skipper Michael Vaughan—picked up 2 wickets, including that of Mhatre, with his off-breaks. However, Vaughan Jr. endured a pugnacious time overall, arsenic Indian batters attacked him relentlessly.It was a ascendant batting show by India U-19, mounting the code aboriginal successful the multi-day clash.