In the Under-19 World Cup, India batted first and scored 238 runs. This match is being played in Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), in which Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhigyan Kundu scored half-centuries for Team India. This match affected by rain will now be of 49-49 overs. The Indian team could not even play the entire over and was all out for 238 runs.

In this match, Bangladesh won the toss and invited Team India to bat first. Captain Ayush Mhatre could score only 6 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an innings of 72 runs in 67 balls, during which he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. There was also an important partnership of 62 runs between him and Abhigyan Kundu.

Abhigyan Kundu took over

Abhigyan Kundu also played a strong innings and scored 80 runs. In this pressure-heavy innings, he played 112 balls. At one time Team India had lost 5 wickets till the score of 119. Here even the score of 200 seemed difficult for Team India, but Abhigyan Kundu played a slow but steady innings. His partnership of 54 runs with Kanishk Chauhan proved to be very important.

Kanishk Chauhan was out after scoring 28 runs. Whereas Abhigyan Kundu remained firm till the 47th over. He scored 80 runs in 112 balls. Apart from Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhigyan Kundu, Kanishk Chauhan and Deepesh Devendran, no Indian batsman could touch double figures in terms of runs.

This bowler wreaked havoc

Bangladesh’s fast bowler Al Fahad wreaked havoc on the Indian batsmen. While bowling 9.2 overs, he gave only 38 runs and took 5 wickets. He dismissed Ayush Mhatre, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu, Khilan Patel and Deepesh Devendran. He gave a double blow to the Indian team in the beginning by dismissing Ayush and Vedant on consecutive balls.

The match will be of 49-49 overs

In this match being played in Bulawayo, it rained after the 39th over of the Indian innings. Due to this the game remained halted for more than half an hour. Due to rain, now 49 overs will be played in each innings of this match.

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In the Under-19 World Cup, Indian captain Ayush Mhatre and Bangladesh vice-captain Jawad Abrar did not shake hands with each other after the toss. Relations between the two countries are not going well right now, which has affected cricket as well. BCB does not want to send its team to India even for the T20 World Cup 2026, regarding which ICC officials are talking to BCB.

Today, the Indian team is playing its second group stage match in the Under-19 World Cup 2026, while it is Bangladesh’s first match. In this match being played at Queens Sports Club, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. There is a tradition that after the toss, the captains of both the countries shake hands with each other, but this did not happen here. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav had not shaken hands with the Pakistan captain during the Asia Cup, this became a way of expressing protest.

‘No handshake’ in India vs Bangladesh match

Team India captain Ayush Mhatre and Bangladesh vice-captain Jawad Abrar came on the toss, because Bangladesh captain Mohammad Azizul Hakim is out of the match due to illness. After the toss, both did not shake hands, although there was no comment on this from both the teams.

Why is there dispute between India and Bangladesh

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with the Pakistan captain during the Asia Cup, it was a way of protesting against the Pahalgam terrorist attack. There were reports of atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh for some days. After the murder of 2 Hindu youths, protests started in India, due to which KKR also came under target. Actually, for IPL 2026, Bangladeshi bowler Mustafizur Rahman was bought by KKR for a huge amount of Rs 9.20 crore.

When there was protest, BCCI directed KKR to release Mustafizur. When the franchise did this, Bangladesh banned IPL telecast in its country. Bangladesh told ICC that it will not go to India for the T20 World Cup. They expressed their desire to play their matches in Sri Lanka, which is co-hosting the tournament with India.

The match between India and Bangladesh in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup is being played in Bulawayo (Zimbabwe). The Indian team was invited to bat first, for which Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a strong half-century. Suryavanshi was out cheaply in the match against USA, but he thrashed the Bangladeshi bowlers. He scored 72 runs in this match.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi started the Indian innings along with captain Ayush Mhatre. Ayush was out after scoring only 6 runs, but 14-year-old Suryavanshi held one end and completed 50 runs in 28 balls. He was out after scoring 72 runs in 67 balls. In this innings he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. His wicket was taken by Iqbal Hussain.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi overtakes Virat Kohli

On the basis of this fifty, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has touched the figure of one thousand runs in Youth ODI cricket. In Youth ODI cricket, Suryavanshi has scored 1,047 runs in 20 innings. He has left Virat Kohli behind in terms of scoring the most runs in this format. Virat had scored 978 runs in 25 innings in his youth ODI career.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is currently at seventh place in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in Youth ODI cricket. Shubhman Gill, Vijay Jol, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tanmay Srivastava, Unmukt Chand and Sarfaraz Khan are ahead of him in this list.

Abhigyan Kundu also shined

Wicketkeeper batsman Abhigyan Kundu has maintained his excellent rhythm. He scored an unbeaten 42 runs in the first match of the Under-19 World Cup. Till the time of writing this article, he has completed half-century in the match against Bangladesh.

In the World Cup, Team India is present in Group A, which also includes Bangladesh, USA and New Zealand. In its first match, Team India defeated USA by 6 wickets.

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