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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's drawback (screengrabs)
NEW DELHI: India’s opening lucifer of the U19 Asia Cup 2025 turned into a showcase of dominance, power-hitting, and diversion brilliance, capped by a flying drawback from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi that matched the authorization of his record-shattering 171 connected Friday.
The infinitesimal arrived successful the 38th implicit of UAE’s chase, erstwhile Prithvi Madhu, battling to support the innings alive, miscued a lofted changeable disconnected Vihaan Malhotra.
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Sooryavanshi, stationed successful the deep, sprinted crossed and launched himself full-length to pouch a sharp, dying chance. Watch:
The dismissal ended Madhu’s diligent 50 disconnected 87 balls and enactment a seal connected India’s overwhelming 234-run victory.Earlier, it was Sooryavanshi’s bat that ripped the crippled open.
He unleashed a brutal battle connected the UAE bowlers, smashing 171 disconnected conscionable 95 balls, peppered with 9 fours and a staggering 14 sixes. His onslaught complaint of 180 defined India’s innings, but the carnage didn’t halt there. Aaron George (69) and Vihaan Malhotra (69) added to the momentum, portion precocious surges from Vedant Trivedi (38), Abhigyan Kundu (32 not retired disconnected 17), and Kanishk Chouhan (28 disconnected 12) pushed India to a towering 433/6.
UAE’s effect ne'er gathered pace. Early jolts near them tottering astatine 48/5 wrong 11 overs. Only skipper Uddish Suri offered absorption with a gritty unbeaten 78 disconnected 106, portion Madhu held 1 extremity for astir of the innings until Sooryavanshi’s diving instrumentality ended his fight. India’s bowlers operated with discipline, with Deepesh Devendran (2/21), Khilan Patel (1/35), and Kishan Kumar Singh (1/30) keeping the scoring tight.By the last overs, the result was inevitable. UAE crawled to 199/7, obscurity adjacent to threatening India’s towering total.
