India started their campaign on the opening day of the Under-19 World Cup 2026 at the Queens Park Oval in Bulawayo against the United States of America (USA), as they recently won the three-match away series against South Africa away from home, as a preparatory series, which brings more excitement.

The fielding from the Indianside, especially Vihaan Malhotra, was exceptional as he made a brilliant catch to draw the first blood for the side. Later, he showed another instance to run the batter, Adit Kappa, out as the two batters faced a massive mix-up between them, in the bowling of the spinner, Kanisk Chouhan.

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It was a tossed up around the off of delivery from the spinner as Kappa punched it to the right of cover, where Vihan, the live wire on the field, dived across and made that stop before collecting the ball and then turning around to make it a direct hit at the bowler’s end as the batters had already set off for a quick single.

Vihaan Malhotra's special fielding in U-19 World Cup 2026

Kappa was always struggling despite the dive, as he was yards short and was sent on his way by the on-field umpire without taking the help of the third umpire and the review system. He made his way back to a dugout for five runs in just 19 deliveries. It was not a great batting performance from the USA side, with only four of their batters making it into double figures.

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Nitish Sun ended up as the leading run-getter individually in the scorecard with 36 runs in 52 deliveries, thanks to his four boundaries, while Sahil Garg and Arjun Mahesh ended up with 16 runs apiece. Henil Patel celebrates his five-wicket haul for 16 runs in seven overs at an economy rate of justice over two thanks to one maiden.

The United States of America side got bundled out for just 107 runs in 35.2 overs, as the Indian side will hope to complete the chase quickly to get a massive boost in the net run rate, which will be vital heading deep into the tournament against some of the strong teams.

Brief Scores: USA U-19 107 (Nitish Sudini 36, Adnit Jhamb 18, Henil Patel 5/16) vs India U-19.