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Fri, 06 February 2026

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20:31

India beat England by 100 runs

England U-19 311 40.2 ovs) vs India U-19 411-9 | SCORECARD

Batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi lit up the grand stage with a jaw-dropping 175 to power India to a record-extending sixth ICC Under-19 World Cup title with a 100-run victory over England in the final in Harare on Friday.

The triumph adds to India's previous titles in 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018 and 2022, underlining their dominance in the tournament's history.

The 14-year-old Sooryavanshi blazed his way to a stunning 175 off just 80 balls, recording the fastest 150 in Under-19 cricket history, reaching the milestone in 71 deliveries, as India piled up a daunting 411 for 9 after electing to bat.

In response, England kept the required run rate within sight for large parts of the chase but lost wickets at regular intervals, which steadily derailed their pursuit.

They were eventually bowled out for 311 with Caleb Falconer scoring a 67-ball 115.

Sooryavanshi, who shot into the limelight during last year's Indian Premier League, smashed 15 sixes and an equal number of boundaries, registering the highest individual score by any batter in an ICC tournament final.

Chouhan continues and Falconer starts the over with a four.

It's all over for England as Falconer is caught out for 115 off 67 balls. India are 2026 Under-19 World Cup champions!

Ambrish continues Falconer goes after him, smacking him for two sixes off the first three balls to bring up his century off 64 balls. A fighting knock this.

He is not done as he hammers another flat over wide long six next ball.

He takes a single to end the over as 19 come off it.

Alex Green is the last man in.

Chouhan continues and Falconer smacks him for a six in the over before sneaking a single off the last ball of the over to keep strike.

Ambrish continues and the batters take three runs off the first five balls.

He strikes off the last ball of the over as Lumsden goes for the pull only to be caught at deep square leg. England now 9 down.

Chouhan continues, bowls full, Falconer stays back and creams the ball through cover-point for a four.

The batters then take three singles as 7 come off it.

Manny Lumsden is in at No 9. He will need to stick around with Falconer if England have to chase down the target.

After two dots, he gets off the mark with a single.

Falconer takes a single to end the over as 3 runs and a wicket come off it.

Ambrish continues and Falconer takes a single to extra cover to start the over.

Ambrish strikes next ball! Short ball, Minto attempts to pull, gets a top edge and is caught at deep backward point. He is out for 28 off 41 and the 92-run partnership is broken! England 8 down now.

Chouhan continues and Falconer and Minto take three singles in the over as Falconer saves himself from an attempted run out.

19:55

Falconer smacks quick half-ton

England U-19 265-7 (34 ovs) vs India U-19 411-9 | SCORECARD

James Minto and Falconer lead England's fightback.

After losing a slew of wickets in the middle, this duo has put on a stubborn resistance with some sensible batting, a mix of aggression and classic batting.

England need 147 off 16 overs. Can they pull it off?

Falconer in particular has taken to the attack. He was harsh on Devendran in the 26th over, smacking him for 17 runs!

The batters have since rotated the strike and kept England afloat.

India rotate the bowlers but their unable to find another breakthrough as the partnership soars to 88 off 72 balls.

19:15

England batters falling against run of play

England U-19 177-7 (22 ovs) vs India U-19 411-9 | SCORECARD

Sebastian Morgan is the new man in.

He starts with a dot before he is caught and bowled, giving a sharp chance to the bowler on the follow through. He is out for a duck and England are staring at the abyss.

Farhan Ahmed is the new man in as Devendran is brought back into the attack.

Falconer and Ahmed take three singles before the latter gets the outside edge and is caught behind. He is out for 1. England in trouble.

Ralphie Albert is the new man in and he lasts just two balls as he is run out for a duck. England are now 5 down!

Captain Mhatre brings himself on to bowl his offies and Falconer and Dawkins take three singles before the Indian skipper strikes!

Tossed up delivery, Dawkins backs away and sends it high only for Khilan to take a sharp catch at extra cover. He is out for 66 off 56 balls.

19:04

Chouhan removes danger man Rew

England U-19 171-3 (20 ovs) vs India U-19 411-9 | SCORECARD

Chouhan continues and even as the batters rotates the strike, Dawkins finds a four and a six in the over to take 13 off it.

Caleb Falconer is the new man in as Khilan continues.

Dawkins and Falconer start the over with three singles.

Falconer then comes down the track and lofts the ball over long off for a six!

He then takes a tight single before Dawkins ends the over with a six over long off. 16 runs come off the over.

Chouhan continues after drinks and Rew continues to attack the bowler smashing him for a six and a four before the bowler exacts his revenge.

Rew comes down the track and flat bats the ball straight to the man at extra cover. Rew is out for 31 off 18 and England lose their 3rd wicket against the run of play. A wicket and 12 come off the over.

As Khilan continues, Rew and Dawkins continue to pinch the singles and twos as 6 runs come off it.

Offie Kanishk Chouhan is in the attack now and Rew takes a liking to him and smacks him for two boundaries in the 16th over.

Thomas Rew and Dawkins keep the scoreboard ticking.

18:51

Mayes out after quickfire innings

England U-19 108-2 (14 ovs) vs India U-19 411-9 | SCORECARD

Thomas Rew is the new man in as Devendran continues,

Dawkins starts the over with a single before Rew gets off the mark with a four and a single.

Dawkins then hammers two fours and a single as 15 come off the over.

Khilan Patel continues and after a missed stumping and three dots, Dawkins gets a single to the leg side.

Mayes then comes down the track and lofts the ball over long-on for a six!

Khilan gets his revenge next ball as Mayes attempts a reverse sweep, the ball flies up and Henal comes under the ball and takes it at sweeper cover. Mayes' innings ends after a quickfire 45 off 28 balls.

Devendran continues and he gives 8 runs in the next over as England step on the accelerator.

Left arm orthodox spinner Khilan Patel is in the attack now and Mayes welcomes him with a six and two fours in the over as 14 runs come off it.

Medium pacer Deepesh Devendran is in the attack now and he starts with a wide down the leg side.

Dawkins then miscues a lofted shot that goes over mid-on and he gets a couple.

Dawkins then takes a single next ball before Mayes gets into the act.

A short ball from Devendran and Mayes gets cheeky as he ramps the ball over short third man for a four!

A dot later, he comes down the track and the inside edge races past deep square leg for a four.

A single to end the over as 13 come off it.

Ambrish continues and Mayes now takes on the bowler as he gets two fours in the over. The batters also take a single each off two deliveries as 10 come off the over.

Patel continues and the half-volley gets the treatment as Dawkins starts the over with a four.

A dot later, Dawkins comes down the track and smacks the length ball over mid-on for a four!

Back-to-back fours as Dawkins slashes the short ball over cover point for a boundary.

A dot later, Dawkins ends the over with a drives through extra cover for a four! 16 come off the over.

Ambrish continues and Dawkins and Mayes rotate the strike to take 5 runs in the over.

18:20

Moores out for 17

England U-19 20-1 (6 ovs) vs India U-19 411-9 | SCORECARD

Patel continues and after two dots, Dawkins takes a single off a leg bye as Mayes plays out three dots. Just a single comes off the over.

Ben Mayes is in at No 3 and starts with a dot. A wicket and 5 runs come in the over.

Ambrish continues and after a dot, Dawkins takes a single to mid-on.

A dot later, Moores flicks the short ball off the back foot through square leg for a four!

Ambrish strikes! Short ball again, too tight to cut, Moores goes for it and the inside edge crashes onto the stumps and he is out for a well made 17 off 16 balls. Just when he was getting a move on, England lose an early wicket.

Patel continues and after two dots, England get their first boundary as Moores punishes the short and wide ball for a four!

He follows it up with two more boundaries with a pull over mid-wicket and then drives the length ball down the ground for a hat-trick of fours in the over.

Moores then gets a life as Patel puts down a return catch as the ball pops out of his hand as he attempts to grab at a straight drive that Moores couldn't keep down. 12 runs come in the over.

Ambrish continues and after a dot, he bowls a length delivery and Dawkins guides it down to third man off the back foot for a single to get off the mark. England are away after 2.2 overs.

Moores is off the mark next ball as he cuts the ball past backward point for a single.

Three dots to end the over as 2 come off the over.

Henil Patel opens at the other and he too starts with a maiden as Moores is tested.

Ben Dawkins and Joseph Moores come out to chase the mammoth 412 for victory.

R Ambrish will open the attack for India.

He starts with a maiden as Dawkins plays out the over watchfully.

17:07

Suryavanshi's century powers India to 411

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

India U-19 411-9 (50 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Minto to bowl the 48th over. He plays a beautiful straight drive past the bowler for a four followed by a wide.

Three singles from the rest of the over as Minto concedes nine runs from the 48th over.

Morgan doing well to keep the Indian batters restricted to ones and twos in the penultimate over.

Henil Patel top edges the pull shot which falls safely behind square leg. However, he is run out going for the second run. A flat throw from Lumsden right next to the stumps to run out Henil for five.

India are 393/9 in 49 overs, needing just seven runs for the 400-run mark.

Kanishk takes them closer as he flicks the first ball of the final over bowled by Minto for a four through midwicket.

He pulls the next ball but it falls well short of deep square leg for two runs.

Kanishk drills the third ball over mid-off for a four to take India past 400.

He hits the fourth ball along the ground to the left of mid-off but doesn't take the single.

Kanishk swings the fifth ball high over midwicket for a six to take India to 409/9, beating the record for the highest total in this World Cup, surpassing England's 404 against Scotland.

He flicks the last ball for two runs to get 18 from the final over.

India finish on a mighty 411/9 from their 50 overs, with Kanishk finishing unbeaten 37 from 20 balls.

Sooryavanshi starred with a phenomenal innings of 175 from 80 balls, including 15 fours and 15 sixes -- the most sixes hit by a batter in an innings in Under-19 World Cup.

India were cruising at 250/2 in 25 overs at the halfway mark before Sooryavanshi's wicket saw England stage a mini fightback as they conceded just 36 runs between the 31st and 40th over.

However, the middle and lower order batters chipped in at the end, India scored 92 runs from the last 10 overs.

16:49

Khilan Patel out for 3; India 8 down

India U-19 376-8 (47 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Pacer Morgan comes back into the attack and gets the key wicket of Kundu. The left-hander walks across and tries the scoop but miscues the full toss and is caught at short fine leg, after a nice cameo of 40 from 31 balls.

In the next over, Minto bowls Ambrish, who makes room but misses the ball completely to be dismissed for 18.

Kanishk Chouhan escapes a run out chance as wicketkeeper Rew breaks the stumps with the underarm throw but the batter has dragged his bat back into the crease.

England doing well to chip away at the wickets in the death overs. Khilan attempts to swing pacer Morgan over the leg side but holes out to Joseph Moores at deep midwicket for 3.

16:31

India smash their way past 350

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

India U-19 355-5 (44 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Spinner Farhan back into the attack. He does well to concede just four singles from his ninth over.

Pacer Lumsden comes back from the other end. Abhigyan Kundu smashes the fifth ball back past the bowler for a four before he helps the next fine on the leg side for another boundary.

Farhan continues to be tidy as he gives away four singles in his final over.

But runs leak from the other end. After a few overs of batting steadily, India looking to break free.

Kundu taking on Lumsden as he hits 4, 6, 4, 4 off successive deliveries, hitting the pacer on both sides of the wicket, to take India past 350 in the 45th over.

16:19

Rampaging India race past 300 in 34 overs

India U-19 319-5 (40 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

R S Ambrish helps himself to an easy boundary, glancing Albert fine on the leg side for a four. But the spinner does well to concede just two runs from the remaining five deliveries.

Minto has been good in this spell. He picked two quick wickets to check India's charge and now does well to give away just two runs in the 39th over.

Albert also looks to build some pressure, giving away two singles in his 10th over.

India are 319/5 in 40 overs, having scored just 17 runs from the last six overs, while losing two wickets.

How many can India get in the final 10? England's first target will be to keep India under 400.

16:16

Rampaging India race past 300 in 34 overs

India U-19 309-5 (37 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

England chipping away at the wickets. Trivedi gets the leading edge trying to flick Minto and is caught at deep midwicket after scoring 32.

Minto has picked wickets in successive overs to reduce India to 308-5 in the 37th over.

15:57

Rampaging India race past 300 in 34 overs

India U-19 305-4 (35 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Farhan and Trivedi keeping things tight as they concede just five runs from two overs.

Malhotra breaks the shackles as he reverse sweeps Farhan over short thirdman for a four.

The two batters take India past 300, in the 34th over as they pick five singles off Albert's seventh over.

Left-arm pacer Minto makes the breakthrough. Malhotra attempts for a big hit down the ground but holes out to the fielder at mid-off to be dismissed for 30.

Despite the wicket, India are well-placed on 305/4 in 35 overs.

15:43

Sooryavanshi smashes 80-ball 175

India U-19 283-3 (30 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Farhan brings England back into the contest, as he strikes with the wicket of Vihaan Malhotra.

The left-hander is caught and bowled by Farhan, who takes a good return catch diving to his left.

However, the third umpire has a closer look at the replays. The bowler will rue pressing the ball against the ground as he tries to get up after taking a fantastic catch.

A lifeline for Malhotra (8) as England's players don't seem happy with the decision.

Trivedi sweeps Farhan behind square on the leg side for a four and clips the next to square leg for one.

India are set for a total around the 400-run mark as they reach 275/3 in 29 overs.

Since Sooryavanshi's departure, Malhotra and Trivedi have added 24 from 21 balls as the run rate continues to be above nine.

Spinner Albert back into the attack. He makes the mistake of bowling a half-tracker as Malhotra easily despatched it through square leg for a four.

India are 283/3 in 30 overs and even if they score at six per over for the rest of 20 overs, they will go past 400.

15:15

Sooryavanshi out for 80-ball 175

India U-19 255-3 (27 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Pacer Lumsden back into the attack. Trivedi cuts the first ball past point for a four before he takes a single off the fourth ball.

Sooryavanshi misses out as he tries to ramp the short ball directed at the body, before he ducks under the bouncer next ball.

Pacer Morgan continues as Sooryavanshi hits the second ball past the fielder at mod-off for a four.

The England bowler pitches it up and the left-hander needs no second invitation as he clobbers it back over the bowler's head for a six.

Nothing working for England. Morgan tries the short ball but Sooryavanshi able to pull it over midwicket for two sixes in a row.

He smashes the last ball over mid-on for a boundary to get 21 from the over as India race past 250, in the 25th over.

Finally, England heave a huge sigh of relief. Lumsden sends back Sooryavanshi, who misses the pull shot off the slower bounce down the leg side, as it hits the gloves and is caught down the leg side.

A few England players congratulate him before he gets a standing ovation from the fans and his team-mates at the stadium.

An incredible display of power-hitting from the 14-year-old Sooryavanshi, as he stroked his way to 175 from 80 balls, hitting 15 sixes and 15 fours.

That wicket sees England concede just three runs from the over.

Spinner Farhan concedes just two singles from the next over as normalcy returns to proceedings.

14:56

Sooryavanshi blasts 71-ball 150; India dominate

India U-19 224-2 (23 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

This is absolute carnage! Every time Sooryavanshi has taken the aerial route he has cleared the boundary.

Morgan does well to bowl three dots in a row to Sooryavanshi, who then lofts the fifth ball over long-on for a six to race to his 150 from 71 balls.

The last ball is a wide yorker as Sooryavanshi opens the face of the bat and guides it fine past short thirdman for a four.

14:52

Sooryavanshi hits 55-ball century; India race past 200

India U-19 213-2 (22 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Sooryavanshi's 55-ball century in the second fastest century in the history of Under-19 World Cup after Australian Will Malajczuk's 51-ball hundred against Japan earlier in this tournament.

Sooryavanshi rocks back to ramp Green over short thirdman for a four. Two balls later, he clubs the pacer over midwicket for a six before he swats another short ball straight down the ground for the second six of the over.

19 runs from the over as Sooryavanshi is again on the rampage after completing his century.

The left-hander smashes spinner Albert down the ground for a four through long-on. Albert gives it a bit of air as Sooryavanshi lofts it straight down the ground for a six.

No stopping Sooryavanshi. He slog sweeps Albert over midwicket for another six as India race past 200, in the 22nd over.

Albert goes wide but Sooryavanshi able to adjust as he cuts it over point for a four and swings the last ball behind square on the leg side for another four.

Sooryavanshi hits 4 6 6 4 4 from the last five balls to get 27 runs from the over.

14:40

Sooryavanshi slams 55-ball century; India in control

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

India U-19 167-2 (20 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Sooryavanshi pulls the short ball from spinner Albert for a single wide of long-on.

Vedant Trivedi gets off the mark with one to hand the strike back to Sooryavanshi.

The left-hander gently taps the full toss down to long-on for one to take his score to 99.

Sooryavanshi taps the last ball of the over into the covers for a quick single to race to his fifty from just 55 balls, laced with eight sixes and as many fours.

India on course for a huge score as they reach 167/2 in 20 overs.

14:36

Ayush Mhatre out for 53; India 2 down

India U-19 163-2 (19 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Mhatre picks one off Albert for one to bring up India's 150, in the 18th over.

Sooryavanshi in no hurry to get to his century as he drives spinner Albert to long-off for a single to take his score to 97.

Mhatre keeps strike with one from the last ball of the over.

Pacer Green comes back into the attack. England have been sloppy on the field. This time Mhatre benefits as the fielder at thirdman messes up an easy stop to concede a four.

Mhatre lofts the pacer straight back over long-off for a six to complete his fifty in great style from 50 balls.

However, he falls off the very next delivery. Mhatre top-edges the pull shot and is caught in the deep after a good hand of 53 from 51 balls.

Mhatre played the supporting role to Sooryavanshi during their dominating partnership of 142 from 90 balls for the second wicket.

14:25

Sooryavanshi on fire; India dominate

India U-19 149-1 (17 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Left-arm spinner Ralphie Albert comes into the attack with England desperate for a breakthrough.

A possible chance as Mhatre chips the ball on the off-side as the fielder in the cover leaps high but can't pouch the catch, getting his finger tips on it.

In the next over, Sooryavanshi again targets spinner Farhan. He uses his feet to smash the off-spinner out of the park over the off-side for a massive six.

The 14-year-old lofts the next ball back over the bowler's head for back to back sixes.

He uses his feet to smash the spinner in the gap through the covers for a four to race into the 90s from 50 balls.

Farhan makes the mistake of giving it some flight as Sooryavanshi sends the ball flying over midwicket for the third six of the over, which goes for 22 runs.

India are scoring at a run rate of 8.76, as they race to 149/1 in 17 overs.

14:18

Sooryavanshi hits fifty; India dominate

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

India U-19 122-1 (15 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Sooryavanshi showing some deft as he steers the wide delivery from Lumsden behind point for a four followed by a single each to the two batters.

Off-spinner Farhan does well to concede just a single in his second over, bowling five dots in a row to Mhatre, who manages just one from the last ball.

Left-arm pacer Minto back into the attack. Mhatre picks a single off the second ball to bring up India's 100, in the 14th over.

Sooryavanshi opens the face of the bat to guide the pacer past point for two runs as the fielder at thirdman puts in the slide to save the boundary.

Mhatre plays a cracking pull shot off the last ball for a boundary, the first after 14 balls.

Sooryavanshi targets spinner Farhan. He uses his feet and makes room to launch the spinner inside out over the off-side for a six.

He hammers the next ball powerfully clearing the long-on fence by a distance for another six. In fact, it has landed outside the stadium at the Harare Sports Club.

A single to the left-hander raises the 100-run stand for the second wicket from just 64 balls, with Ayush contributing 38 from 36 balls.

England captain and wicketkeeper Thomas Rew misses out on a possible stumping chance to dismiss his opposite Mhatre as he fails to pouch the ball.

15 runs from the 15th over as India are well-placed on 122/1 with Sooryavanshi dominating with 71 from 41 balls and Mhatre on 39 from 38 balls.

13:54

Sooryavanshi slams 32-ball fifty

India U-19 88-1 (11 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Off-spinner Farhan Ahmed comes into the attack. A single each to the two batters before Sooryavanshi lofts the fourth straight down the ground for a six over long-on.

He drives the next ball down to long-off or a single to race to his fifty from just 32 balls.

Mhatre keeps strike with a single from the last ball to long-on.

13:49

Sooryavanshi, Mhatre take India past 50

India U-19 79-1 (10 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

The floodgates open for India as Sooryavanshi also goes on the attack from the other end.

Left-arm pacer James Minto comes into the attack, to bowl the ninth over and comes under attack immediately.

Sooryavanshi smashes the second ball across the line for a six over midwicket before he cuts the next over point for a boundary.

Minto bowls a full toss which the left-hander hits through midwicket for a four and gets another boundary off the last ball, hitting the ball on the gap through the gap on the off-side.

33 runs from the last two overs as India look to dominate the bowlers.

Mhatre is rewarded with a boundary as the fielder at deep square leg fails to stop the ball on the bounce after Mhatre had played the pull shot off Lumsden.

The next ball is fuller as the India captain lofts it straight back over the bowler's head for another four.

He attempts a big heave across the line off the last ball but is beaten all ends up.

India are 79/1 in 10 overs, with Sooryavanshi on 42 from 29 balls and Mhatre on 26 from 20 balls.

13:38

Sooryavanshi, Mhatre take India past 50

India U-19 53-1 (8 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Morgan bowls a short ball down the leg side as Sooryavanshi whips it off his pads over short fine leg for a four. However, he is beaten next ball trying to pull it over the leg side before he picks one off his pads.

Sooryavanshi keen to dominate. He rocks back to produce a powerful cut shot, smashing Green over point for a six and takes one off the next.

Ayush Mhatre breaks free after 10 dots in a row. He gets off the mark by lofting Morgan over mid-on for a four to get off the mark.

Pacer Manny Lumsden comes into the attack. Sooryavanshi picks a single before Mhatre cracks a short wide delivery over point for a boundary.

He gets the bottom edge next ball trying to pull as the ball goes fine for a four.

Lumsden bowls short again and this time Mhatre is waiting on the backfoot as he pulls it powerfully over square leg for a six.

Mhatre didn't score a run off the first 10 balls he faced, but in the next four balls he has smashed 18 off the next four.

13:20

George out for 9; India lose early wicket

India U-19 20-1 (4 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

The in-form George, who hit a century in the previous game, looks in ominous form. He plays a wonderful straight drive off a full delivery from Green past mid-off for a four and guides the fourth ball to thirdman for one.

England strike the first blow with the wicket of George, who is caught by Ben Mayes diving to his right at point.

The right-hander went for the drive but couldn't keep it down or get it in the gap.

George is dismissed for nine as India are reduced to 20/1 in four overs.

13:16

India off to steady start vs England

India U-19 14-0 (3 ovs) vs England U-19 | SCORECARD

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Aaron George are the two openers for India, while Sebastian Morgan will open the bowling for England.

Extra bounce for Morgan as George pokes and is beaten on the outside edge. However, he plays a beautiful drive off a full delivery through the covers for a four to get India off the mark in some style.

Alex Green from the other end. Sooryavanshi defends the first ball on the leg side followed by a leave.

The left-hander is beaten as he looks to cut the back of length angled across but the ball goes past the edge.

But he hammers the wide half-volley uppishly through the covers for a four to get off the mark and keeps strike with one from the last ball.

Good bowling from Morgan as Sooryavanshi plays away from the body and is beaten before he glances the next fine on the leg side for a four.

He then attempts a big heave across the line but fails to connect followed by a leave.

12:38

India elect to bat against England

India captain Ayush Mhatre has won the toss and elected to bat against England in the Under-19 World Cup final.

India, who are unbeaten in the tournament, have retained the same team.

'It looks like a good pitch, we will look to post a good score,' says Mhatre at the toss.

'We were looking to bowl first,' says England captain Thomas Rew at the toss.

Check out the playing XIs:

India U-19: Aaron George, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre (Captain), Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (w/k), RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Deepesh Devendran.

England U-19: Ben Dawkins, Joseph Moores, Ben Mayes, Thomas Rew (Captain, w/k), Caleb Falconer, Ralphie Albert, Farhan Ahmed, Sebastian Morgan, James Minto, Manny Lumsden, Alex Green.

12:25

U-19 World Cup Final: Confident India face England test

India Under-19 team

Welcome to the coverage of the Under-19 World Cup final between India and England at Harare, on Friday.

In pursuit of a record-extending sixth title, the Indian Under-19 cricket team would bank on its swashbuckling batting line-up when it takes on a gritty England in what promises to be an evenly-matched summit clash of the ICC Under-19 World Cup, in Harare, on Friday.

India's successful chase of a massive total to humble Afghanistan in the semi-final where skipper Ayush Mhatre and opener Aaron George finally produced innings of substance, augurs well for the five-time champions, aiming to regain the trophy they last lifted in 2022.

India have shown tremendous resolve from the very first group match against the United States. In the semi-final, they decimated a hardened Afghanistan side to maintain an blemish-free record despite being in pursuit of a 300-plus target.

They now face another unbeaten team in England.

India will be aware that England have reached this far after knocking out defending champions Australia and will be high on confidence.

To pull off the win, India will need a collective performance befitting the quality in their line-up, studded with batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, whose firestorm approach has left opposition teams struggling for answers.

Sooryavanshi, who turns 15 next month, has already struck three half-centuries and a blazing century in the final could be the driving force that propels India to the title.

However, he will need to exercise caution against an England side boasting of a strong pace battery, led by Manny Lumsden, who has been pivotal to their campaign. He could prove more than a handful if India's top-order batters indulge in nonchalant shot selection.

India's record in the finals of the global age-group tournament has been brilliant. This marks their 10th appearance in the summit clash.

Having beaten England in their only previous final meeting -- in the 2022 West Indies edition -- history is also on their side.

The return to form of Mhatre, who finally broke his half-century drought in the semifinal against Afghanistan, has given India plenty to cheer about.

Adding more heft is a solid middle order with Vihaan Malhotra contributing several fine innings and wicketkeeper-batter Abhigyan Kundu proving his worth with two half-centuries and assured work behind the stumps.

INDIA ARE U-19 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS!!!

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