Former U19 Batter Aadarsh ​​Singh Hit Double Century: Uttar Pradesh’s explosive opener Adarsh ​​Singh has created history by scoring a double century. He played this brilliant innings in the quarter-final 2 match of Men’s Under-23 State A Trophy Elite at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Adarsh ​​played an unbeaten inning of 223 runs against Mumbai, thanks to this inning Uttar Pradesh made a huge score of 453/5 in front of Mumbai.

Adarsh ​​reached 100 to 200 in just 26 balls

Adarsh ​​Singh has played Under-19 Men’s World Cup for India in 2024. This young batsman played a stormy innings of 223 unbeaten runs in 138 balls, in which 18 sixes and 14 fours were hit with his bat. He did not start his innings in a stormy manner and scored his half-century in 67 balls and completed his century in 103 balls. After this, young opener Adarsh ​​took only 26 balls to complete his double century.

Adarsh ​​and Swastik made a century partnership

Young batsmen Adarsh ​​Singh and Swastik Chikara made an opening partnership of 113 runs in 16.2 overs. Batting in a dynamic style, Swastik scored 73 runs in 58 balls, in which he hit 8 fours and 5 sixes. Chikara was dismissed by Atharva Bhosle and later he dismissed Uttar Pradesh captain Sameer Rizvi for 12 runs in 20 balls. Whereas Ali Zafir Mohsin scored 31 runs with the help of 3 sixes. After this, Zaid Patankar dismissed Ritiraj Sharma (7 runs in 17 balls) and Hrithik Vats (19 runs in 14 balls).

How was Adarsh’s performance in the Under-19 World Cup?

Adarsh ​​Singh scored 238 runs in seven innings of the Under-19 World Cup at an average of 34, which included two half-centuries. In the final against Australia, he scored 47 runs in 77 balls. However, India had to face defeat by 79 runs in the final. Adarsh ​​was India’s top scorer in the final.

U-19 World Cup Schedule: ICC has released the complete schedule of Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2026. This time many big changes will be seen in the tournament. The biggest change in which is keeping India and Pakistan in separate groups. This means that the two teams will not face each other in the group stage, and their possible encounter can only be in the Super Six or knockouts.

India’s campaign will start from January 15

India will play its first match against America on January 15 in Bulawayo. This match will be a great opportunity for Team India to start the campaign with a win. After this, India will face Bangladesh on 17th January and New Zealand on 24th January. All three matches will be played on the grounds of Bulawayo.

Group A includes America, Bangladesh and New Zealand along with India. The top three teams in the group will enter the Super Six round, where two groups will be formed and each group will have six teams.

The thrill of 41 matches between 16 teams

A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. They have been divided into four groups – A, B, C and D of four teams each. A total of 41 matches will be played within 23 days, which include Super Six, semi-finals and final. The groups are as follows:

Group A: India, America, Bangladesh, New Zealand

Group B: Zimbabwe, Pakistan, England, Scotland

Group C: Australia, Ireland, Japan, Sri Lanka

Group D: Tanzania, West Indies, Afghanistan, South Africa

This time Tanzania will participate in this prestigious tournament for the first time, while Japan is returning after 2020.

Matches will be played on five different grounds

The Under-19 World Cup will be held on five grounds in Zimbabwe and Namibia.

In Zimbabwe – Harare Sports Club, Takashinga and Queens Sports Club.

in namibia – Windhoek Cricket Ground and HP Oval.

Practice matches will be held between 9 to 14 January. After this, league stage, Super Six round, two semi-finals and then an exciting final match will be played.

India’s full group-stage schedule

15 January: India vs USA – Bulawayo

17 January: India vs Bangladesh – Bulawayo

24 January: India vs New Zealand – Bulawayo