In the first match of the Under-19 World Cup, Henil Patel troubled the American batsmen a lot with his bowling. He dominated the USA batsmen from the beginning, taking wickets at regular intervals. He took a total of 5 wickets in the innings, which restricted USA to 107 runs. India got the target of only 108 runs to win.

Who is Henil Patel?

Henil Patel was born on 28 February 2007 in Valsad, Gujarat. 18-year-old Henil is the main bowler in the Indian Under-19 team. He is known for swinging the ball both ways, precise line length makes his bowling excellent. He had performed brilliantly against England in the Youth Test, he has also had a brilliant performance in the domestic. On the basis of his excellent performance in the Youth ODI series played against Australia, he secured a place in the team for the Under-19 World Cup.

Henil Patel took 6 wickets in two innings of a test against Australia Under-19. He took 4 wickets in 4 innings of 2 Tests against England Under-19. He took 2 wickets against Pakistan in the Under-19 Asia Cup final, although India lost that match. He plays for Gujarat Under-19 team in domestic.

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Henil Patel dominates in the first match of U19 World Cup

In the first match of Under-19 World Cup against USA Under-19, Henil Patel bowled 7 overs, in which he took 5 wickets for just 16 runs. He took the first wicket of the innings in the form of Amrinder Gill (1). After this he dismissed Arjun Mahesh, captain Utkarsh Srivastava, Amog Reddy, Sabrish Prasad and Rishabh Raj.

The Indian team is included in Group B in the Under-19 World Cup. Along with America, there are teams from New Zealand and Bangladesh. India’s next match is with Bangladesh on 17 January and the third match is with New Zealand on 23 January.

In the first match of the Under-19 World Cup, the Indian Under-19 team defeated USA Under-19 by 107 runs. Henil Patel took 5 wickets. Deepesh Devendran, Ambrish, Khilan Patel and Vaibhav Suryavanshi took 1 wicket each. Nitish Reddy scored the highest 36 runs for USA.

There were 6 players of the USA Under-19 team who could not even touch the double figures. Opener Amrinder was out on 1, captain Utkarsh Srivastava on zero, Amog Reddy on 3, Adit Kappa on 5, Sabrish Prasad on 7 and Rishabh Raj on zero. Khilan Patel completed his 5 wickets in the innings by bowling Rishabh Raj Shimpi. After this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi ended the USA innings by dismissing Nitish Reddy.

Henil Patel took 5 wickets

In this match being played at the Queens Sports Club Stadium, Indian Under-19 team captain Ayush Mhatre had won the toss and decided to bowl first. USA’s first wicket fell in the second over, Henil Patel dismissed Amrinder Gill (1). After this, other opener Sahil Garg became the victim of Dapesh Devendran after scoring 16 runs. USA captain Utkarsh Srivastava could not even open his account, he was bowled by Henil Patel.

Henil Patel took the fourth wicket of the USA innings by getting Arjun Mahesh caught out, after which he dismissed Amogh Reddy. Half of the USA team had returned to the pavilion for just 39 runs. After this, Adnit Jhamb along with Nitish Reddy Sudini made a partnership of 30 runs, he was out after scoring 18 runs. After this, wickets kept falling at the other end and Reddy kept adding important runs at one end. Somehow USA’s score crossed 100, but after this the other 3 wickets of the team also fell within 2 runs.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi also got 1 wicket

The main bowler could not dismiss Nitish Reddy Sudini, his wicket went to Vaibhav Suryavanshi. This was the last wicket of USA’s innings, which fell in the 36th over. This was Vaibhav’s first over.

Henil Patel took 5 wickets for 16 runs in the spell of 7 overs. Deepesh Devendran took 1 wicket for 19 runs in 6 overs. Ambrish gave 14 runs in 6 overs and Khilan Patel gave 27 runs in 8 overs, both also took 1-1 wicket.