England U19 vs IND U19 5th Youth ODI: Apart from the Indian men’s team, the women’s team is also present on the England tour. At the same time, the Under-19 team is also on tour, where a multi-format series is being played against England’s Under-19 team. India dominated the Youth ODI series and won 3-2. The last match of the series was played in Worcester on Monday (7 July), in which the Indian team had to face defeat. Playing first, Team India scored 210/9 in 50 overs, in response, England won by scoring 211 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 31.1 overs.
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India had to bear the brunt of a flop top order
England U19 has defeated India U19 by 7 wickets in the 5th ODI
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After winning the toss, Indian captain Ayush Mhatre decided to bat first but the team had a bad start. Mhatre, who has been a flop on the tour so far, disappointed once again and got out after scoring 1 run off 8 balls. Vihaan Malhotra also got out after scoring 1 run. Vaibhav Suryavanshi did not look in that rhythm and he played an innings of 33 runs with the help of three fours and two sixes in 42 balls. Rahul Kumar got out after scoring 21 and Harvansh Pangalia got out after scoring 24 runs. In this way, half of the Indian team returned to the pavilion with a score of 112.
RS Ambrish’s brilliant half-century innings
Due to the dismissal of half the team, a score of 200 was looking quite difficult for India, but RS Ambrish presented a brilliant batting display and took the team to a respectable score by playing an unbeaten half-century innings. Ambrish scored 61 runs with the help of six fours in 81 balls. Apart from him, no other player in the lower order contributed much. Alex French and Roffey Albert took two wickets each for England.
Ben Mays played a match winning innings for England
While chasing the target, England also had a bad start and opener Joseph Moores got out in the fourth over after scoring 5 runs. From here, the pair of BJ Dawkins and Ben Mays took the score past 100. Dawkins played an innings of 66 runs in 53 balls. Rocky Flintoff could not do anything special and got out after scoring 4 runs. Mays got the support of captain Thomas Ray (49*) and both of them gave their team victory in the 32nd over. Mays played an unbeaten innings of 82 runs in 76 balls.
