India Under-19 captain Ayush Mhatre won the toss and opted to bat first against England Under-19 in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2026 final on Friday at the Harare Sports Club, Harare.
India is playing its record 10th U19 WC final in what has been an absolute team effort, while England's campaign has been driven by batters Ben Mayes and Thomas Rew, pacer Manny Lumsden and left-arm orthodox spinner Ralphie Albert.
In a mammoth run-chase of 311 runs in the semifinal, Suryavanshi wasted no time in taking pressure off Team India, blazing to a 33-ball 68, with nine fours and four sixes in his fiery 90-run stand with Aaron George, who took some time watching Suryavanshi fire before putting out a masterclas
This was also the highest successful run-chase for India in U19 ODIs, bettering 304 against England in Taunton in 2002. India also reached their 10th U19 World Cup final, the most for any team, followed by Australia with six in 16 editions of this tournament.
After securing a historic win against Afghanistan in the second semifinal of the ongoing ICC Men's U19 World Cup, India captain Ayush Mhatre said that they will give their 110 per cent during the summit clash against England.
Opener batter Aaron George made 115 runs off 104 balls, including 15 fours and two sixes, which sealed the game for India U19. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who made 68 off 33 balls started well with George and added 90 runs for the first wicket.
Team India secured a convincing win over Pakistan by 58 runs in their Super Six match at the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup at the Queens Sports Club on Sunday.
Vedant Trivedi's fighting half-century and a crucial partnership between Kanishk Chouhan and Khilan Patel helped India to post 252 on the board against arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC U19 World Cup Super Six match at the Queens Sports Club.
India and Pakistan captains skipped the customary handshake at the toss during the Super 6 Group 2 match of the ongoing ICC Under-19 World Cup 2026 on Sunday.
India go into Sunday's clash at Queens Sports Park in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, having won all their World Cup matches, while Pakistan need a big win to secure a semi-final berth.
India continue to improve their ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup credentials, collecting a fourth-straight victory to maintain their still-perfect record at the tournament.
The five-time champions maintained their perfect record at this year's event with a clinical seven-wicket triumph over New Zealand in a rain-affected contest in Bulawayo on Saturday to ensure they took maximum points across to the Super Six phase of the tournament.