Magnificent tons by Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw helped Indian colts to win by a 230-run margin and pocket the ODI series against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Indian under-19 team scored 382 for 9 in 50 overs- their second highest total after being asked to bat.
In fact, at one point, Gill and Shaw even looked like taking the India U-19 team to its biggest one-day total ever - 425-3 against Scotland in Dhaka in 2004, before both were dismissed in the early part of slog overs.
They then produced a clinical performance with the ball too, needing merely 37.4 overs to fold up England for 152, to complete a big win, with seamers Kamlesh Nagarkoti (4-31) and Vivekanand Tiwary (3-20) doing the maximum damage.
Coming off an unbeaten 138 in the previous game, the in-form Gill began his assault with a beautiful on-drive for four off Matt Fisher on just the second ball of the match, and kept punching boundaries all over the park. The Punjab batsman hits the ball hard, particularly when he executes the short-arm pull to smash the ball in the mid wicket region.
The final game of this series, scheduled for Wednesday here, is now just a mere formality. India Under-19s: 382-9 (Gill 160, Shaw 105, Brookes 2-58) beat England Under-19s 152 (Pope 59, Jacks 44, Nagarkoti 4-31) by 230 runs.
