In-form Vihaan Malhotra slams furious century to control ENG U19 vs IND U19 Youth Test

The 18-year-old India U19 top-order batter Vihaan Malhotra hit a strong century to provide control for the visitors in the second Youth Test match against the hosts England U19 in Chelmsford.

After England U19 were all out for 309 runs in the first innings of the Youth Test, the no.3 India U19 batter Vihaan Malhotra hit a 101-ball century on the third day of the second Youth Test. 

During India U19's first innings of the ongoing Youth Test, opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi lost his wicket early after scoring 20 off 14 balls. Then skipper Ayush Mhatre and Vihaan Malhotra built up a solid second wicket partnership of 133 runs. Captain Mhatre scored 80 off 90 balls with 14 fours and one six before the opener was dismissed.

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Vihaan Malhotra scored century after two 60s

Since the second wicket partnership was broken, India U19 lost their wickets at regular intervals, but Malhotra continued his impressive batting performance. He completed a century in 101 balls and scored 120 off 123 balls with the help of 19 fours and four sixes. When the left-arm spinner dismissed Malhotra and completed his fifer in the innings, India U19 were suddenly fighting at 253/7. In the first innings of the match, Malhotra also took a wicket as an off-spinner (3.3-0-4-1).

During the first Youth Test of this series, Vihaan Malhotra scored two 60s (67 & 63 runs) and also picked up two wickets (1/17 & 1/32). That Youth Test at Beckenham ended in a thrilling draw, as India U19 were three wickets away and England U19 were 80 runs away from victory at the end of the match.

Ekansh Singh's century rescued England U19 in first innings

Coming back to the ongoing second and last Youth Test of the series, the no.7 batter Ekansh Singh's century (117) and a couple of other good supports helped England U19 (Thomas Rew 51 and James Minto 46) move out from their disastrous first half of the innings, 80/5.