AI Simulation, AUS U19 vs IND U19 | Schiller’s sensational bowling performance guides Australia U19 to beat India U19

Pitch and Weather

It is expected to be a hard surface with a light grass sheen, good bounce early, but is expected to slow by Day 3.

It will be bright sunshine in Mackay, Queensland, throughout with mild crosswinds and there will be no rain throughout the entire game.

Toss

Australia U19 won the toss and decided to bat first.

Lineups

AUS U19 XI: Alex Turner, Alex Lee Young, Steven Hogan, Will Malajczuk (C), Zed Hollick, Simon Budge (WK), Tom Hogan, John James, Aryan Sharma, Hayden Schiller, Tom Paddington.

IND U19 XI: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (WK), Rahul Kumar, RS Ambrish, Anmoljeet Singh, Deepesh Devendran, Kishan Kumar. 

Match Report

After opting to bat first, Australia U19 faced two early blows in Alex Turner (12) and Steven Hogan (5) at the team score of just 41 runs in 17.2 overs. Then came a crucial partnership of 54 runs for the third wicket between Alex Lee Young (47) and skipper Will Malajczuk before the former fell prey to Rahul Kumar on the fifth ball of the 30th over, getting trapped in an LBW. Following his departure, Malajczuk added another important 60-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Zed Hollick, who scored 39 runs off 64 balls, with five fours, before he was caught at midwicket by Ayush Mhatre off RS Ambrish. Malajczuk went on to play a brilliant knock of 88 runs off 142 balls, with 10 fours and a six. Later, Simon Budge’s (21) and Aryan Sharma’s (26) contributions took the team’s score to 276 runs in the first innings. RS Ambrish ended up as the leading wicket-taker for India, picking 3 wickets for 64 runs in 17.3 overs. Besides him, Kishan Kumar and Deepesh Devendran also scalped two wickets each.

In response to Australia’s 279-run total, India U19 opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant knock of 51 runs off 97 balls, with seven fours. Ayush Mhatre went back to the pavilion after getting dismissed early at the individual score of just 22 (45). Later in the innings, it was Vedant Trivedi who played the much-needed knock of 67 runs off 121 balls, with eight fours and a six. However, the middle order and lower middle order of the visitors collapsed, and they were bundled out at the score of 244 runs, getting 35 runs short of Australia U19’s first-innings total. Hayden Schiller scalped 4 wickets for just 61 runs to help her side take a lead of 35 runs at the end of the first innings. He was accompanied by Aryan Sharma and Tom Paddington.

Later in the second innings, Australia U19 were bundled out at the score of 214 runs, courtesy of Simon Budge’s 64 runs off 89 balls, following Will Malacjzuk’s 41 (73). Besides these two, opener Alex Lee Young also contributed with 33 runs off 77 balls, with four fours. On the back of these contributions, Australia U19 secured a lead of 249 runs to set a target of 250 to chase for India U19 to chase. Rahul Kumar was the most successful bowler for the tourists in the second innings, registering the figures of 4/57, alongside RS Ambrish (3/52), and Kishan Kumar (2/44).

While chasing the target, India U19 faced an early blow, losing skipper Ayush Mhatre at the individual score of 16 (35), followed by Vihan Malhotra’s 27 runs off 49 balls. Only Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Vedant Trivedi scored the knocks of 38 and 42 runs, respectively, amidst the middle order’s collapse. Their knocks went in vain as India U19 were bowled out at the score of 201 runs, falling 46 runs short of the target. Hayden Schiller shone with the ball once again and claimed a five-wicket haul in the second innings, picking 5 wickets for 43 runs, alongside three wickets picked by Tom Paddington. Apart from these two, Aryan Sharma also bagged two wickets for 39 runs. With this win, Australia U19 equalled the two-match Youth Test series by 1-1.

Player of the Match

Hayden Schiller won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his match-winning bowling performance as he scalped a total of nine wickets in the entire game. It also included his match-winning five-wicket haul (5/43) in the second innings.

Scorecard