Vinoo Mankad Trophy: Team India’s former explosive batsman Virender Sehwag’s elder son Aryaveer Sehwag has also followed in his father’s footsteps. Aryaveer, who had debuted for India’s Under-19 team, had not yet been able to show the stormy style like his father Virender Sehwag. But as soon as he became the captain, his bat started spitting fire. While captaining Delhi in the BCCI Under-19 tournament Vinoo Mankad Trophy, Aryaveer scored 173 runs in just 143 balls. However, despite this his team lost.
Captain Aryaveer fought alone for the team
In this match played in Andhra Pradesh on Friday, October 16, Delhi Under-19 was facing Chhattisgarh Under-19. Delhi team batted first in this match but captain Aryaveer did not get good support from other batsmen. Opener Arnav Bagga initially made a partnership of 98 runs with Aryaveer but the subsequent batsmen did not last long and kept returning to the pavilion.
But like his father Virender Sehwag, Aryaveer also did not hesitate in taking information about the bowlers. This young right-handed batsman displayed explosive batting and scored a stormy century. When Aryaveer, who came to open, was out in the 46th over, Delhi’s score was 268 runs. Out of this, 173 runs were scored by Aryaveer Sehwag alone. In this memorable inning of 143 runs, the young opener hit 8 sixes and 19 fours. His strike rate was 121.
This batsman’s century proved costly
If Aryaveer Sehwag had got the support of other batsmen also, his Delhi could have made a score bigger than 289 runs, which would have been enough to win. But this did not happen and the result was Delhi’s defeat. Like Aryaveer, Chhattisgarh’s opener Rupesh Yadav also played a brilliant innings and scored a century. Rupesh, who was out just 4 runs before victory, scored 167 runs in just 125 balls, which included 23 fours and 5 sixes. On the basis of this innings, Chhattisgarh won by 5 wickets in just 42 overs.