Anukul Roy's all-round performance helps India U19 to win the first Youth ODI

India Under-19s continued their successful run in the One-Day Internationals on their tour of England by defeating the home side by 5 wickets in the first of the 5-match Youth ODI series. After winning the 2-match Youth Test series by 2-0, India featured in the first Youth ODI at the Cardiff under the leadership of Prithvi Shaw.

England got off to a cautious start after they elected to bat first as the Indian Pacers Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi bowled tight lines. Liam Banks and Liam Trevaskis scored 43 and 33 respectively but the middle and lower order failed to get going against the spin duo Anukul Roy and Rahul Chahar. Anukul picked up a 4-for while Chahar and Mavi took 3 wickets each to restrict England to 181.

Chasing a small total, India scored runs at a quick pace early on but lost wickets at the same time as they were half side down for 70 runs in 13.4 overs. But Anukul stepped up with the bat and put up an unbeaten century stand with Salman Khan, who top-scored with 69 to guide India to victory with 93 balls to spare.

Here we look at some of the major stats and records created during the game:

5 – Anukul Roy became the only 5th Indian player to score 40+ runs and take 4 or more wickets in the same Youth ODI game. All the five Indians to do the double are spinners.

List of Indian players with 40+ runs and 4-wicket haul in Youth ODIs:

7 – Innings Shubman Gill has taken for completing 500 runs in Youth ODIs; the joint fastest among the 17 Indians who have aggregated over 500 runs in Under-19 ODIs. Shikhar Dhawan took 7 innings to complete 500 ODI runs for India U19.

Quickest to 500 runs for India in Youth ODIs:

7 – Number of consecutive wins in Youth ODIs for India vs England in England. The English side won the first 3 games they played at home against India between 1981 and 1994 but lost all the 7 matches since 2002.

77 – Number of times India have won while chasing in Youth ODIs; the most number of wins for any team while chasing in this format going past Pakistan’s tally of 76. India have won 77 games while chasing and lost in 18 while Pakistan won 76 and lost 47 while batting 2nd.

115* – Partnership stand between Salman Khan and Anukul Roy for the 6th wicket in this game is the 2nd highest partnership for India in Youth ODIs for 6th or lower wicket. Piyush Chawla and Debabrata Das put on 129 for the 6th wicket against South Africa in 2005.