India Under-19 completed a 3-0 clean sweep of their Youth ODI series against Australia Under-19, chasing down a target of 255 with six wickets and more than eight overs in hand at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on September 23. An unbeaten 110 off 106 balls from captain Lakshya Raichandani anchored the chase in what was technically a dead rubber, with the series already sealed 2-0 heading into the finale.
Batting first, Australia Under-19 posted 254 all out in 48.4 overs, built around a top-order innings of 87 from Zed Hollick and 51 from Neel Patel. India's bowling attack chipped away steadily rather than running through the innings in one spell, with Mohit Ulva (3 for 42) and Manal Chauhan (3 for 48) both finishing with three wickets to keep the target within a comfortable range for the chase that followed.
India's reply never looked in serious trouble. Raichandani built the chase through three separate stands — 58 with Aaryavir Sehwag, 85 with Kushagra Ojha, and an unbroken 80 with Rajat Baghel, who finished unbeaten on 44 — and India got home in 41.5 overs with 258 for 4 on the board. It was a six-wicket win with more than eight overs unused, and it earned Raichandani the player-of-the-match award for the second time in the series.
India had already sealed the series with a match to spare — a tight seven-run win in the opener on September 18, followed by a dominant 103-run win in the second match built on a century from Yashbardhan Chauhan. This third match carried no bearing on the series outcome, but a second individual hundred in three matches — this time from Raichandani rather than Chauhan — adds another name to the group of batters building a case ahead of future age-group selection.
Youth ODI series rarely make headlines outside dedicated domestic-cricket coverage, but a clean sweep against Australian opposition, with two different centurions across the series, is a meaningful data point for the BCCI's age-group selectors. Raichandani and Chauhan's form with the bat, alongside Chauhan and Ulla's contributions with the ball across the series, will all factor into India's Under-19 planning over the coming months.
The margin across all three games is arguably as significant as the 3-0 scoreline itself: a seven-run win, followed by a 103-run rout, followed by a six-wicket chase completed with almost a full ten overs unused, shows India controlling matches in three different ways rather than relying on one method to win repeatedly. For selectors trying to build a squad rather than just identify individual talent, that range matters — bowlers who can defend a modest total, a top order that can flatten an opponent, and now a middle order capable of chasing down a target of 254 without alarm.
Both age-group sides now return to domestic commitments, with India's Under-19 set-up expected to track form through the upcoming domestic season before future squads are finalised. The result extends a strong recent run for India across age-group and A-team cricket this month, alongside wins for India A's women's group in their own series against Australia A.
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