New Delhi, 17 October 2026: Aryaveer Sehwag, son of former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag, is currently leading the Delhi Under-19 team (as captain) in the 2026-27 Vinoo Mankad Trophy. The 73rd match of this tournament is being played between Delhi Under-19 and Chandigarh Under-19. Batting first, Aryaveer played a explosive inning for Delhi; He scored 173 runs in 143 balls, which included 19 fours and 8 sixes.
Aryaveer and Arnab Bugga entered the field to start the innings. Arnab scored 47 runs in 39 balls, in which he hit 6 fours and one six. This pair gave a strong start to the team, but the subsequent batsmen could not maintain this pace, and the team failed to register a big score as expected. Aryaveer and Arnab made a partnership of 98 runs for the first wicket.
Wickets kept falling from one end to the other, but Aryaveer stood firm till the end. He was out in the 46th over, which was Delhi's fifth wicket at the score of 268. Aryaveer had given a strong base to the innings; After his departure, the team could not add more runs in the remaining overs.
Delhi could not even reach the score of 300
After a strong start, it looked as if the team would easily score over 300 runs in their 50 overs; However, the score could not even reach 300. In stipulated overs, Delhi scored 289 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Rupesh Yadve from Chandigarh took the maximum of 2 wickets.
Delhi had to face a heavy defeat in the previous match.
Delhi played their previous match against Karnataka Under-19. Aryaveer's bat remained quiet in that match; Batting first, Karnataka had scored 418 runs, while in reply Delhi team was all out for only 220 runs. Aryaveer, who was leading the team, could score only 28 runs. After the poor performance of the last match, this is a big relief for them.