IND A vs SL A Final Highlights: Vaibhav’s fastest fifty in 11 balls and Yash Thakur’s 3 wickets, this is how Team India became champion.

A 15 year old young storm stepped onto the field and blew away the opposing team. The 21 year old ‘grand-record’ in the history of List A cricket has now been destroyed. In this title match of the triangular series, such a brilliant inning was played, which not only made India the champion but also surprised the cricket world.

Putting behind his failures in the league stage, Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a explosive inning of 94 runs in 29 balls, during which he also scored the fastest half-century in List A cricket history, taking India A to a mammoth score of 377 runs for 9 wickets against Sri Lanka A in the tri-series final. In reply, Sri Lanka A was all out for 311 runs, giving India A a win by 66 runs. For India, Yash Thakur took three wickets and Vipraj Nigam took two wickets. For Sri Lanka A, Sadira Samarawickrama scored 52 runs in 44 balls and Vanujaa Sahan scored 62 runs, but the team could not withstand the pressure of such a big target. Suryavanshi was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his innings of 94 runs.

Suryavanshi’s aggressive batting

Talking about the match, India A, batting first, seemed to be moving towards the score of 400 runs due to the aggressive batting of Suryavanshi, but Sri Lanka A made a brilliant comeback in the middle overs. Captain Tilak Verma led the team’s innings by playing a composed inning of 67 runs in 90 balls. Meanwhile, Anukul Roy (39 runs in 15 balls) and Vipraj Nigam (27 runs in 20 balls) scored quickly in the last overs and took India A’s score beyond 375 runs.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s stormy performance

This match was entirely in the name of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Vaibhav created a new List A record by completing his half-century in just 11 balls. He broke the 21-year-old record of Sri Lankan Kaushalya Weeraratne, who had scored fifty in 12 balls in 2005. Suryavanshi, who had not performed as expected earlier in the series, adopted an aggressive approach from the beginning. He put pressure on the Sri Lankan bowlers from the beginning and played excellent shots all around the field. He completed his half-century in just 11 balls, which included five sixes and five fours. He created a record by hitting consecutive sixes off the balls of fast bowler Dulaj Samuditha.

The opening batsman showed a wonderful combination of power and excellent timing. Initially, he scored runs on the leg side against fast bowlers and later played brilliant shots on the off side as well. His ability to send even good balls across the boundary was seen once again. The highlight of his innings were the sixes hit over extra cover; Three brilliant sixes hit in this area perfectly demonstrated his batting ability, balance and fearless style.

Suryavanshi made a partnership of 132 runs with Priyansh Arya (39) for the first wicket. He was on his way to score the fastest List-A century, but spinner Sahan Arachige got him caught at mid-off, ending his stormy innings. Arya also got out in the very next over, which gave Sri Lanka-A a chance to make a comeback in the match.

After this, experienced Ruturaj Gaikwad (40) and Tilak Verma added 63 runs for the third wicket, although the pace of scoring slowed down a bit. In the last overs, India A lost wickets in quick succession while trying to score runs quickly, but Vipraj Nigam and Anukul played useful innings to take the team to the score of 377 runs. Anukul hit three of his four sixes in the last over against Kugathas Mathulan.

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