Harare [Zimbabwe], February 6 (ANI): India Below-19 captain Ayush Mhatre gained the toss and opted to bat first towards England Below-19 within the ICC Below-19 World Cup 2026 remaining on Friday on the Harare Sports activities Membership, Harare.
Ayush Mhatre and his crew are aiming for a sixth Below-19 World Cup title, having final gained the event in 2022. Notably, that is India’s tenth look within the Below-19 World Cup finals.
Thomas Rew’s England facet, in the meantime, are looking for their second Below-19 World Cup triumph, with their solely earlier victory relationship again 28 years to 1998. For England, that is their third U19 World Cup remaining look
Each India and England have been undefeated within the event to this point. Whereas India defeated Asian counterparts Afghanistan by seven wickets within the semifinal, England outdid arch-rivals and the second-most profitable crew on the tournament-Australia-by 27 runs within the semis.
India recorded the highest-ever profitable run chase within the historical past of the U19 World Cup by searching down the goal of 311 runs within the semifinal towards Afghanistan. Aaron George’s 115-run knock and fifties from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and skipper Ayush Mhatre did the job for the Males in Blue.
England, alternatively, defeated Australia by 27 runs. Captain Thomas Rew performed the match-defining innings of 110 runs within the first innings earlier than his bowlers did the job and stopped Australia captain Oliver Peake (100 runs off 888 balls) from working away with the sport.
India Below-19 vs England Below-19 World Cup 2026 remaining taking part in 11s:
India U19 taking part in 11: Aaron George, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre(c), Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu(w), RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Deepesh Devendran.
England U19 taking part in 11: Ben Dawkins, Joseph Moores, Ben Mayes, Thomas Rew(w/c), Caleb Falconer, Ralphie Albert, Farhan Ahmed, Sebastian Morgan, James Minto, Manny Lumsden, Alex Inexperienced. (ANI)
