The Indian Under-19 cricket team will play three ODI matches and two four-day matches against the Australian Under-19 team. First, the two teams will play an ODI series from September 21. Then a four-day match will be organized from September 30. All three ODI matches between the two teams will be played in Puducherry. The four-day match will be held in Chennai.
Vaibhav from Bihar was also selected
Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Bihar also got a place in the Indian U-19 team for the four-day tournament. Vaibhav is said to have scored a total of 49 hundreds in a year, including different tournaments. Born in Motipur, Samastipur district, Vaibhav loved cricket since childhood. From the age of five, his father Sanjeev started making Vaibhav practice nets.
For this purpose, Vaibhav’s father installed an internet connection at home. Subsequently, Vaibhav was admitted to Samastipur Cricket Academy. Thereafter, Vaibhav was trained by Manish Ojha at Jesus College, Patna. Vaibhav’s hard work paid off and he got a chance to debut for Bihar in the last season of the Ranji Trophy. However, he has not been able to do anything special in first-class cricket so far. He has scored 31 runs in two matches at an average of 7.75.
Is Vaibhav really 13.5 years old?
Apart from sports, Vaibhav remains in the news regarding his age. Everyone is confused about Vaibhav’s real age. According to cricket website ESPN Cricinfo, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was born on March 27, 2011 and is now 13 years and 171 days old as of today (September 16, 2024). By the way, Vaibhav said in an interview that he will turn 14 in September 2023. That is, if Vaibhav’s statement is taken as the basis, his age on the 23rd of this month will be exactly 15 years.
Well-known politician Mohandas Menon expressed surprise at Vaibhav’s age. Mohandas Menon once wrote that Mohandas also said that what could be a better proof of Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s real age than this.
I saw his recent interview where he said he will turn 14 on September 27, 2023.
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 5, 2024
Vaibhav Suryavanshi had hit half centuries in last year’s Under-19 four-nation series against England and Bangladesh. Vaibhav was then part of the India B Under-19 team. Apart from the Ranji Trophy, Vaibhav has played in some big tournaments. These include the Hemant Trophy, Vinoo Mankad Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy. Suryavanshi scored 151 runs off 128 balls, which included 22 fours and 3 sixes, in the Cooch Behar Trophy against Jharkhand. He also scored 76 runs in the same match.
U19 fixtures (vs Australia U19)
September 21: First ODI, Puducherry, 9:30am
September 23: 2nd ODI, Puducherry, 9:30am
September 26: Third ODI, Puducherry, 9:30am
September 30-October 3: First four-day match, Chennai, 9:30am
October 7-10: Second four-day match, Chennai, 9:30 a.m.
India U-19 squad for ODI series: Rudra Patel, Sahil Parakh, Karthikeya KP, Mohammad Aman (captain), Kiran Chormale, Abhigyan Kundu (keeper), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (keeper), Samit Dravid, Yudhj Guha, Samarth N, Nikhil Kumar, Chetan Sharma, Hardik Raj, Rohit Raj Awat, Mohammad Anand.
India U-19 squad to play in four-day series: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitya Pandya, Vihaan Malhotra (vice-captain), Soham Patwardhan (captain), Karthikeya KP, Samit Dravid, Abhigyan Kundu (WK), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (WK), Chetan Sharma, Samarth N, Aditya Rawat, Nikhil Kumar, Anmoljeet Singh, Aditya Singh, Mohammad Anand.
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