Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s record-breaking 175 powers Team India to sixth ICC Under-19 World Cup title, hammer England by…

Team India gained their sixth ICC Under-19 World Cup title thanks to Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s world-record breaking knock of 175 in 80 balls with 15 sixes towards England in Harare on Friday.

Up to date: February 6, 2026 8:39 PM IST

Team India ended the four-year wait for his or her record-extending sixth world title by clinching the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2026 crown with a rare show towards England within the closing in Harare on Friday led by 14-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The Indian opener smashed a plethora of information en route to smashing 175 off simply 80 balls with 15 sixes and 15 fours and India hammered England by 100 runs after posting a document complete of 411 for 9 within the closing.

It’s the highest-ever particular person rating within the closing of an ICC event, surpassing Australian Alyssa Healy’s rating of 170 in 2018. Suryavanshi accomplished his century off 55 balls – the second quickest within the historical past of the U-19 World Cup as nicely and accelerated to his 150 in 71 balls – the fastest-ever in Youth ODIs, surpassing his 84-ball 150 towards UAE final yr.

The Rajasthan Royals opener exploded within the title conflict, reaching his fifty in simply 32 balls and continued in the identical vein to torment the English bowlers together with his wide selection of strokes. His second fifty got here off simply 23 balls. The Bihar teenager now holds the document for many sixes in a Youth ODI innings, surpassing his personal 14 maximums towards UAE at ICC-Academy, Dubai in December.

Such was Suryavanshi’s onslaught that India’s run-rate at one stage was round 10 on the midway mark and the projected complete was 500 at that stage of the sport. India ended up scoring 240 runs in 4 in 30 overs whereas Suryavanshi onslaught was happening.

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He lastly received out within the twenty sixth over whereas making an attempt to scoop Manny Lumsden, solely to get his glove by to England captain and wicketkeeper Thomas Rew to full a catch down the leg aspect off a in need of a size ball from across the wicket.

He placed on 142 runs in simply 19 overs together with his skipper Ayush Mhatre, who departed following a 51-ball 53 instantly after citing his half-century. He grew to become the best run-scorer within the U-19 World Cup 2026, surpassing Afghanistan’s Faisal Shinozada with 439 runs in contrast to 36.

By clearing the ropes 15 time on Friday, Suryavanshi ended with 30 sixes within the 2026 version, leapfrogging South Africa’s Dewald Brevis, whose document of 18 sixes had stood since 2022. Suryavanshi additionally turn into the youngest centurion within the historical past of the event.

After Suryavanshi’s dismissal, Abhigyan Kundu (40 off 31 balls), Vedant Trivendi (32 off 36), Vihaan Malhotra (30 off 36) and Kanishk Chouhan (37 off 20) chipped in with helpful contributions, and despite the fact that England did handle to pull issues again a bit, they weren’t allowed to dictate.

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Their historic 6⃣th title

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Caleb Falconer century for England in useless

The English group in reply have been at all times behind within the chase, needing a world document 412 runs to win. Caleb Falconer, coming in at No. 5, swung his willow merrily to rating a memorable century in solely 63 balls with six sixes and eight fours to scale back the margin of defeat. He was lastly dismissed for 115 off 67 balls with 7 sixes and 9 fours as England have been bowled out for 311 in 40.2 overs.

England opener Ben Dawkins smashed 66 off 56 balls with two sixes and seven fours whereas Ben Mayes scored 45 off 28 balls with 2 sixes and seven fours however the asking fee at all times remained out of attain. English skipper Thomas Rew, who scored a century within the semifinal towards defending champions Australia, was trying spectacular however fell to Kanishk Chouhan for 31 off 18 balls with 1 six and 4 fours.

Pacer RS Ambrish was the choose of the bowlers, claiming 3/56 whereas Deepesh Devendran and Kanishk Chouhan picked up a few wickets every within the memorable win.