India vs New Zealand, Under 19 World Cup 2026 Today Match Live Cricket Score: The Indian team will bowl first against New Zealand in their final group stage game at the ICC U19 World Cup after winning the toss, which was delayed by almost an hour due to a “wet outfield” at the the Queens Sports Club grounds in Bulawayo. The match has been reduced to 47 overs per side. Two bowlers can bowl 10 overs while three bowlers can bowl nine overs.
There has been plenty of rain at Bulawayo which has led to the Queens Sports Club grounds being soggy. For New Zealand, this will be the third game in a row that has been interrupted by rain. In fact, New Zealand’s previous two group stage games have been rained out.
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If the game does go ahead, all eyes will be on India’s top order batters Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre. A spot at the top of the Group B is there for the taking for India, should they secure their third win on the trot today.
So far in the tournament, Abhigyan Kundu has been the man in form for the Boys in Blue, while Suryavanshi stepped up in a tricky game against Bangladesh. With the ball, India will hope that Henil Patel once again comes good like he has in the previous two games.
India U19 Squad: Ayush Mhatre(c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vedant Trivedi, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhigyan Kundu(w), Harvansh Pangalia, Kanishk Chouhan, RS Ambrish, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Udhav Mohan, Kishan Kumar Singh, Aaron George, Mohamed Enaan
New Zealand U19 Squad: Aryan Mann, Hugo Bogue, Tom Jones(c), Snehith Reddy, Marco Alpe(w), Jacob Cotter, Jaskaran Sandhu, Callum Samson, Flynn Morey, Selwin Sanjay, Mason Clarke, Harry Burns, Brandon Matzopoulos, Hunter Shore, Harry Waite, Luke Harrison
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Vaibhav, the 14-year-old touted to be the starriest of the stars in the tournament, departed for two, disappointing the scattered crowd. (File)
The victorious Indian team, after blasting Bangladesh’s last seven wickets for 22 runs to defend a revised total of 165, sprinted around the ground, leaping and high-fiving. The cameras that panned into the Bangladesh dugout saw them draped in stunned silence. The contrasting moods captured the game’s significance. It was a question of bagging points, which bolsters the winner’s progression to the Super Six stage; India have one foot in the next round. It was a matter of pride and ego too, as the teams share a hostile past and a frosty present, borne out when they refused to shake hands at the toss and at the end.