{"id":233139,"date":"2025-07-02T22:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233139\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T22:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:42:13","slug":"86-off-31-14-year-old-india-wonderkid-narrowly-misses-all-time-record-hundred-v-england-u19-eng-u19-vs-ind-u19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233139\/","title":{"rendered":"86 off 31: 14-Year-Old India Wonderkid Narrowly Misses All-Time Record Hundred v England U19 | ENG U19 vs IND U19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200px\" height=\"675px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iMwsniGgUQ.png\"  alt=\"Vaibhav Suryavanshi versus England U19 in a Youth ODI\" importance=\"low\" class=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"drop-cap-intro\">Fourteen-year-old wonderkid <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/players\/vaibhav-suryavanshi-114349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaibhav Suryavanshi<\/a> <\/strong>continued his rapid rise in Indian cricket, smashing 86 off 31 for India U19 against England U19 in the ongoing Youth ODI series.<\/p>\n<p>Suryavanshi has already generated headlines for his teenage cricketing achievements, none more than his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/series\/ipl-2025\/cricket-news\/youngest-t20-centurion-second-fastest-ipl-ton-every-record-broken-by-14-year-old-vaibhav-suryavanshi-in-whirlwind-knock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whirlwind century in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals<\/a><\/strong>. Currently part of the India U19 setup \u2013 still alongside teammates senior to him \u2013 he put forth another incredulous performance in the third Youth ODI against England U19.<\/p>\n<p> Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashes 20-ball fifty <\/p>\n<p>Opening the batting alongside captain Abhigyan Kundu, he smashed 86 off just 31 balls, setting the platform for his side&#8217;s chase of 269. He hit nine sixes in all, five of which came in a ten-ball stretch. <\/p>\n<p>He reached his fifty with his six, off 20 balls, in the sixth over of the innings. By the eighth over, he was in the 80s.<\/p>\n<p>He was dismissed trying to pull a short one towards fine leg, and was taken by Joseph Moores off Alexander Wade. <\/p>\n<p>It was Suryavanshi&#8217;s sixth innings in Youth ODIs, half of which have come in the ongoing series. So far, he&#8217;s put together scores of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/cricket-news\/48-off-19-14-year-old-ipl-prodigy-smashes-england-rapid-u19-odi-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">48 (19)<\/a><\/strong>, 45 (34) and now 86 (31) in the series, leading the run-charts for the Indian contingent.<\/p>\n<p>His strike-rate was the second-best for a fifty-plus score in Youth ODIs for India, behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/players\/rishabh-pant-65756\/cricket-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rishabh Pant<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s 78 off 24 for India U19 against Nepal in the 2016 U19 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p> Fastest fifty-plus score for India in Youth ODIs   <\/p>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 173px; height: 18px;\"><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\"><strong>Strike-rate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 220px; height: 18px;\"><strong>Opposition<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 173px; height: 18px;\">Rishabh Pant<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">78 (37)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">325<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 220px; height: 18px;\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 173px; height: 18px;\"><strong>Vaibhav Suryavanshi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\"><strong>86 (31)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\"><strong>277.41<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 220px; height: 18px;\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 173px; height: 18px;\">Suresh Raina<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">90 (38)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">236.84<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 220px; height: 18px;\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 173px; height: 18px;\">Yuvraj Singh<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">58 (25)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">232<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 220px; height: 18px;\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 173px; height: 18px;\">Manan Vohra<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">79* (35)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px; height: 18px;\">225.71<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 220px; height: 18px;\"\/><\/tr>\n<p>If he did reach his century, he would have been the youngest Indian to score a Youth ODI hundred. <strong>Sarfaraz Khan is currently the youngest, having reached three figures aged 15 years and 338 days<\/strong> against South Africa U19 in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>At 14 years and 97 days, Suryavanshi would have comfortably surpassed him.<\/p>\n<p>Among those players with age available, <strong>Bangladesh&#8217;s Najmul Hossain Shanto, who recently stepped down as Test captain, is the youngest to score a Youth ODI ton<\/strong>, reaching the landmark aged 14 years and 241 days against Sri Lanka U19 in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was dismissed, he looked on course to hit the fastest Youth ODI century ever. The record currently sits with Pakistan&#8217;s Kamran Ghulam, who hit a 53-ball century against England U19 in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Among Indians, that record belongs to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/series\/icc-under-19s-mens-cricket-world-cup-2021-22\/cricket-news\/ipl-2022-interview-meet-raj-angad-bawa-punjab-kings-under-19-world-cup-winner-following-in-the-footsteps-of-yuvraj-singh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raj Angad Bawa<\/a><\/strong>, who hit a 69-ball ton against Uganda in the 2022 U19 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Follow Wisden for all cricket updates, including <\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/live-cricket-scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/live-cricket-scores\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" class=\"c-link\">live scores<\/a><\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\">, match stats, <\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/daily-quiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/daily-quiz\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" class=\"c-link\">quizzes<\/a><\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"> and more. Stay up to date with the <\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/cricket-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/cricket-news\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" class=\"c-link\">latest cricket news<\/a><\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\">, player updates, team standings<\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/series\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2024\/points-table-standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/series\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2024\/points-table-standings\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" class=\"c-link\">,<\/a><\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"> match highlights, <\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WisdenCricket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WisdenCricket\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" class=\"c-link\">video analysis<\/a><\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"> and <\/strong><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/cricket-betting?utm_source=outro&amp;utm_medium=interlink&amp;utm_campaign=cricketbet_hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/cricket-betting?utm_source=outro&amp;utm_medium=interlink&amp;utm_campaign=cricketbet_hub\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" class=\"c-link\">live match odds<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> Cover StoriesTrending StoriesCover Stories UKVaibhav SuryavanshiCover Stories IndiaTrending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fourteen-year-old wonderkid Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued his rapid rise in Indian cricket, smashing 86 off 31 for India U19&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-233139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114786058096168846","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}