India Under-19s completed a dominant tour of Australia, wrapping up the second four-day match inside two days in Mackay to clinch a 2–0 series sweep. The visitors bowled out Australia for 116 in the second innings before chasing down 81 runs in just 12.2 overs to win by seven wickets.
Match Summary:
Australia Under-19s:
135 (Alex Lee Young 66; Henil Patel 3-21, Khilan Patel 3-23) & 116 (Young 38; Pushpak 3-19, Henil 3-23)
India Under-19s:
171 (Deepesh Devendran 28; Barton 4-57) & 84/3 (Vedant Trivedi 33*, Barton 2-32)
Result: India Under-19s won by 7 wickets
Both pace and spin dominated proceedings throughout the match, as Australia’s batting lineup once again faltered against India’s disciplined bowling attack. Apart from wicketkeeper-batter Alex Lee Young who scored 66 and 38 none of the Australian batters managed to offer significant resistance.
India Under-19s
After dismissing Australia for 135 in the first innings, India secured a valuable 36-run lead with their total of 171. Henil Patel and Deepesh Devendran extended India’s innings in the morning session before Australia’s Kasey Barton, who finished with 4 for 57, cleaned up the tail.
Australia’s second innings began disastrously, slumping to 9 for 3 within seven overs. Henil Patel and Udhav Mohan struck early, while Naman Pushpak and Henil shared six wickets between them to bundle the hosts out cheaply.
Chasing 81, India stumbled early but regained control through Vedant Trivedi (33*) and Vihaan Malhotra (21), finishing the job comfortably. Trivedi and Rahul Kumar sealed victory in style, completing the chase in 12.2 overs.
India’s bowlers Henil Patel (6 wickets), Mohan (4), Khilan Patel, and Pushpak (3 each) were instrumental in the series win. With this result, India completed a clean sweep, having already won the preceding one-day series 3–0.