Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's power set India U19 big win against Scotland U19 in ICC U19 CWC 2026 warm-up

India U19 claimed a big win against Scotland U19 in the warm-up game ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2026, where the opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi played another fiery innings to earn the Player of the Match award. 

After Scotland U19 chose to field first at Bulawayo on Saturday (January 10), India U19 scored 374/8 in 50 overs. In reply, Scotland U19 were restricted to 112/9 in 23.2 overs before rain stopped the game, while they had a revised target of 234 runs in 23.2 overs, as India U19 won the match by 121 runs in the DLS method. 

Four Indian batters scored half-centuries, including Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 96 runs

Opener Ayush Mhatre and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi provided a stormy start with a 70-run partnership for the first wicket in seven overs. Skipper Ayush scored 22 runs before losing his wicket, while Vaibhav continued his fiery batting performance with Aaron George. 

Apart from opener Ayush Mhatre, the other four among the top five batters scored 50s in the first innings. Vaibhav scored 96 off 50 balls with nine fours and seven sixes, and he had a 78-run partnership with Aaron for the second wicket. Aaron scored 61 runs off 58 balls with eight fours. 

The no.4 batter Vihaan Malhotra scored 77 runs off 81 balls with six fours and one six, while the no.5 batter Abhigyan Kundu scored 55 off 48 balls with seven fours. Also, RS Ambrish had a cameo of 28 not out in 24 balls with one four and one six. 

Scotland used 10 bowlers, while the right-arm pacer Ollie Jones took four wickets with the bowling figures of 10-0-70-4.

Only four Scottish batters managed to reach double-digit scores

In Scotland's innings, only four batters managed to reach double-digit scores. Those batters were opener Theo Robinson (30), the no.3 batter Max Chaplin (22), the no.7 batter Manu Saraswat (23*), and the last batter Jake Woodhouse (12*).

Among the Indian bowlers, Khilan Patel (3/4) and Deepesh Devendran (3/14) got three wickets each, while Mohamed Enaan (2/24) had two wickets.