By Admin 
The journey of the Indian Under-19 team and Vaibhav Suryavanshi on the Australia tour was memorable, but Vaibhav became the victim of a golden duck in the last innings. After being out on zero in the first ball, an unwanted record was registered in his name. Vaibhav was dismissed by Charles Lachmand. In this match, the Indian team got the target of only 81 runs.
14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi was caught by Australian fast bowler Charles Latchmond by Julian Osborne. Batting at number three in the first innings, he scored 20 runs in 14 balls. In the second innings, he came to open the innings with captain Ayush Mhatre, he was out on the last ball of the first over, which was his first ball.
This is the second time in 2025 that Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out on zero on the very first ball. Meanwhile, Vaibhav missed out on surpassing Gautam Gambhir in terms of runs in the Under-19 Youth Test, he needed only 1 run. Vaibhav has scored 331 runs in Under-19 multi-day matches and Gautam Gambhir also has the same number of runs.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi joins unwanted club
Vaibhav Suryavanshi is only the fourth cricketer to become the victim of a golden duck as an opening batsman in the fourth Youth Test. Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Thirimane, England’s Joe Root and England’s Ollie Robinson are in this list. This is the second time that Vaibhav has become the victim of a golden duck in the Youth Test, before this he was out for zero on the first ball against England in the same year.
Won all 5 matches on Australia tour
During the Australia tour, 3 Youth ODI and 2 Youth Test matches were played between India Under-19 and Australia Under-19 team. India won all 5 matches. After winning all three Youth ODI matches, India defeated Australia in both Youth Tests. In the final test, Australia’s first innings was reduced to 135 runs. India had scored 171 runs in the first innings.
After taking a lead of 36 runs in the first innings, the Indian team restricted Australia to 116 runs in the second innings. Indian Under-19 team had to score only 81 runs to win, chasing which Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out in the very first over. After this, captain Ayush Mhatre returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs. Vedant Trivedi scored 33 not out and Rahul Kumar scored 13 not out, India won the match by 7 wickets.