India’s 14-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi has lit up Bulawayo with a breathtaking half-century off just 30 balls, even as wickets tumbled regularly at the other end against Bangladesh U19.
Despite being the tournament’s leading run-scorer and top six-hitter, Suryavanshi remained in the dugout as India opted for Jitesh, Ramandeep Singh and Ashutosh Sharma to face the Super Over.
Put in to bat at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, where the boundaries were on a slower side, India began unusually cautiously, collecting just 10 runs in the first two overs.
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Sunday's victory was India 12th consecutive home series win as they also became the first team ever to complete four successive innings victories in the five-day format.
Sighting the pink ball was an issue, especially in twilight, and the ball did a lot in the evening sessions. Ganguly feels conditions were not drastically different to a red ball game.
Kohli said Test cricket needs to be strengthened and suggested the idea of having interaction with the fans, especially school children during the games.
India pace trio of Ishant Sharma (9 wickets in the match), Umesh Yadav (8) and Mohammed Shami (2) grabbed all the 19 wickets on as Bangladesh were whitewashed 0-2 by India.
Notably, India outplayed Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs in the second Test and swept the series 2-0. The Indian seamers wreaked havoc and claimed all the 19 wickets of Bangladesh that fell in the match.
