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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