U19 World Cup 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to hit a half-century in the U19 World Cup 2026.

U19 World Cup 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to hit a half-century in the U19 World Cup 2026.

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U19 World Cup 2026: The Under-19 World Cup 2026 is currently being played in Zimbabwe and Namibia. On January 17, a match was played between the India Under-19 team and the Bangladesh Under-19 team.

In this match, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi performed brilliantly. He created history by breaking the record of an Afghan player. Vaibhav played a half-century innings and achieved another world record.

U19 World Cup 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Creates History

Against Bangladesh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi played a half-century innings. With this, he became the youngest player to score 50+ runs in the Under-19 ODI World Cup. Earlier, this record was held by Afghanistan’s Shahidullah Kamal, who achieved this feat at the age of 15 years and 19 days. But Vaibhav achieved this feat at the age of just 14 years and 296 days.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Babar Azam is in third place. He scored 50+ runs at the age of 15 years and 92 days. Besides him, Pakistan’s Parvez Malikzai achieved this feat at the age of 15 years and 125 days. In fifth place is Nepal’s Sharad Vesawkar, who achieved this milestone at the age of 15 years and 132 days.

U19 World Cup 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to hit a half-century in the U19 World Cup 2026.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Played an Innings of 72 Runs

Vaibhav performed brilliantly in this match. However, he missed out on a century. He played an innings of 72 runs off 67 balls, which included 6 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from him, Abhigyan Kundu played an innings of 80 runs off 112 balls. The Indian team scored 238 runs in 48.4 overs.

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