India vs USA HIGHLIGHTS U19 World Cup 2026: Henil-Kundu shine as India beat USA in tournament opener
ICC U19 World Cup HIGHLIGHTS India vs USA: Henil Patel, with his five-wicket haul, was India's pick of the bowlers in the match
India U19 vs USA U19 full scorecard
Indian pacer Henil Patel stole the spotlight in the ICC U19 World Cup 2026 opening fixture between India and the USA at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Thursday, as his five-wicket haul helped the Men in Blue beat the USA by six wickets in a rain-curtailed match. India will now face Bangladesh next on Saturday.
Earlier, India U19 won the toss and invited USA U19 to bat first. The five-time champions got off to a great start as pacer Henil Patel struck in the second over to remove Amrinder Gill (1 run off 7 balls). His opening partner Sahi Garg (16 runs off 28 balls) also could not do much and lost his wicket to Deepesh Devendran.
Skipper Utkarsh Shrivastava (0 off 5 balls) then lost his wicket to Henil Patel, who, after three balls, also removed Arjun Mahesh (16 runs off 29 balls), before Khilan Patel dismissed Amogh Arepally (3 runs off 13 balls) as the USA lost half their side inside the 50-run mark.
RS Ambrish then got Adnit Jamba (18 runs off 41 balls) caught behind before Adit Kappa (5 runs off 19 balls) ran himself out as USA U19 was reduced to 80 for 7.
Henil Patel dismissed Sabrish Prasad (7 runs off 17 balls) and Rishabh Shimpi (0 off 1 ball) on back-to-back deliveries to complete his fifer and push the USA to the verge of being all out.
Nistish Sudhini (26 runs off 52 balls) played a fighting innings to take the USA’s total to 107 all out before falling as the final wicket off Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
In reply, India suffered an early setback after Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (2 runs off 4 balls) was dismissed by Ritvik Appidi. India scored 21 runs off four overs before rain arrived, forcing play to be halted.
The game finally resumed after a two-hour delay, with India getting a revised target of 96 runs in 37 overs. However, India’s resumption was not as planned as they lost Venadt Trivedi (2 runs off 10 balls) to Ritvik Appidi in the first over after the restart.
Skipper Ayush Mhatre (19 runs off 19 balls) then lost his wicket to Rishabh Shimpi in the very next over as the USA somehow found themselves in a fighting position. Vihaan Malhotra (18 runs off 17 balls) then took India close to the target before losing his wicket to Utkarsh Shrivastava.
Abhigtan Kundu (42 runs off 41 balls) and Kanish Chouhan (10 runs off 14 balls) then helped India avoid any further damage as they finally crossed the revised 96-run mark with six wickets and 118 balls to spare.
Scorecard:
USA U19:
| United States of America Under-19s (50 ovs maximum) | ||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Amrinder Gill | c Malhotra b Henil Patel | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
| Sahil Garg | c Henil Patel b Deepesh | 16 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Arjun Mahesh † | c Ambrish b Henil Patel | 16 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 55.17 |
| Utkarsh Srivastava (c) | b Henil Patel | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adnit Jhamb | c †Kundu b Ambrish | 18 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 43.9 |
| Amogh Arepally | c Malhotra b Khilan Patel | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 |
| Nitish Sudini | c Khilan Patel b Sooryavanshi | 36 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 69.23 |
| Adit Kappa | run out (Malhotra) | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.31 |
| Sabrish Prasad | c Chouhan b Henil Patel | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 41.17 |
| Rishabh Shimpi | b Henil Patel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ritvik Appidi | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1) 5 | |||||
| Total | 35.2 Ov (RR: 3.02) 107/10 | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s |
| Deepesh Devendran | 6 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3.16 | 24 |
| Henil Patel | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2.28 | 32 |
| RS Ambrish | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2.33 | 26 |
| Khilan Patel | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3.37 | 32 |
| Kanishk Chouhan | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.12 | 29 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
India U19:
| India Under-19s (T: 96 runs from 37 ovs) | ||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Ayush Mhatre (c) | c Amrinder Gill b Shimpi | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 100 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | b Appidi | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Vedant Trivedi | c Amrinder Gill b Appidi | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Vihaan Malhotra | c Sahil Garg b Srivastava | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 105.88 |
| Abhigyan Kundu † | not out | 42 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 102.43 |
| Kanishk Chouhan | not out | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 |
| Extras | (b 2, nb 1, w 3)6 | |||||
| Total | 17.2 Ov (RR: 5.71) 99/4 | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s |
| Ritvik Appidi | 5 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 4.8 | 18 |
| Rishabh Shimpi | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 16 |
| Sabrish Prasad | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Utkarsh Srivastava | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.25 | 14 |
| Adit Kappa | 2.2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5.57 | 7 |
7:44 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India scorecard
| India Under-19s (T: 96 runs from 37 ovs) | ||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Ayush Mhatre (c) | c Amrinder Gill b Shimpi | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 100 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | b Appidi | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Vedant Trivedi | c Amrinder Gill b Appidi | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Vihaan Malhotra | c Sahil Garg b Srivastava | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 105.88 |
| Abhigyan Kundu † | not out | 42 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 102.43 |
| Kanishk Chouhan | not out | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 |
| Extras | (b 2, nb 1, w 3)6 | |||||
| Total | 17.2 Ov (RR: 5.71) 99/4 | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s |
| Ritvik Appidi | 5 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 4.8 | 18 |
| Rishabh Shimpi | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 16 |
| Sabrish Prasad | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Utkarsh Srivastava | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.25 | 14 |
| Adit Kappa | 2.2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5.57 | 7 |
7:39 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India beat USA
Over Summary: 1 6; IND U19 99/4 after 17.2 overs (37 overs max); Abhigyan Kundu 42 (41), Kanishk Chouhan 10 (14)
Adit Kappa continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 6 runs from the first two balls as India beat USA in the tournament opener.
7:37 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 4 runs to win in 20 overs
Over Summary: 0 1 1 0 4 0; IND U19 92/4 after 17 overs (37 overs max); Abhigyan Kundu 36 (40), Kanishk Chouhan 9 (13)
Utrakrsh Shrivastava continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 6 runs from the over.
7:35 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 10 runs to win in 21 overs
Over Summary: 1 1 2B 0 2 0; IND U19 86/4 after 16 overs (37 overs max); Abhigyan Kundu 31 (35), Kanishk Chouhan 8 (12)
Adit Kappa continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 6 runs from the over.
7:32 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 16 runs to win in 22 overs
Over Summary: 0 1 0 1 0 2; IND U19 80/4 after 15 overs (37 overs max); Abhigyan Kundu 30 (34), Kanishk Chouhan 5 (7)
Utrakrsh Shrivastava continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 4 runs from the over.
7:30 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 20 runs to win in 23 overs
Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 0 1; IND U19 76/4 after 14 overs (37 overs max); Abhigyan Kundu 27 (30), Kanishk Chouhan 4 (5)
Adit Kappa comes in the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 2 runs from the over.
7:26 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 22 runs to win in 24 overs
Over Summary: 0 1 W 0 WD 0 3; IND U19 74/4 after 13 overs (37 overs max); Abhigyan Kundu 26 (26), Kanishk Chouhan 3 (3)
Utrakrsh Shrivastava continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 5 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Vihaan Malhotra (18)
7:22 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 27 runs to win in 25 overs
Over Summary: 4 1 2 0 0 1; IND U19 68/3 after 12 overs (37 overs max); Vihaan Malhotra 18 (16), Abhigyan Kundu 25 (24)
Sabrish Prasad continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 8 runs from the over.
7:19 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 35 runs to win in 26 overs
Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 1 0; IND U19 61/3 after 11 overs (37 overs max); Vihaan Malhotra 13 (14), Abhigyan Kundu 22 (20)
Utkarsh comes in the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 2 runs from the over.
7:16 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 37 runs to win in 27 overs
Over Summary: 1 0 1 2 1 1; IND U19 59/3 after 10 overs (37 overs max); Vihaan Malhotra 12 (11), Abhigyan Kundu 21 (17)
Sabrish Prasad comes in the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 6 runs from the over.
7:11 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 43 runs to win in 28 overs
Over Summary: 1 2 1 0 0 4; IND U19 53/3 after 9 overs (37 overs max); Vihaan Malhotra 8 (8), Abhigyan Kundu 19 (14)
Ritvik continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 8 runs from the over.
7:07 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 51 runs to win in 29 overs
Over Summary: 4 4 WD 1 0 0 0; IND U19 45/3 after 8 overs (37 overs max); Vihaan Malhotra 5 (6), Abhigyan Kundu 14 (10)
Rishabh continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 10 runs from the over.
7:01 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 61 runs to win in 30 overs
Over Summary: 4 0 1 0 0 1; IND U19 35/3 after 7 overs (37 overs max); Vihaan Malhotra 5 (3), Abhigyan Kundu 5 (7)
Rishabh continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 6 runs from the over.
6:56 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 67 runs to win in 31 overs
Over Summary: 4 W 0 0 4 0; IND U19 29/3 after 6 overs (37 overs max); Vihaan Malhotra 0 (0), Abhigyan Kundu 4 (4)
Rishabh continues the attack for the USA U19. He gives away 8 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Ayush Mhatre (19 runs).
6:50 PM
ICC U19 World Cup 2026 India vs USA LIVE SCORE UPDATES: India need 75 runs to win in 32 overs
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 W; IND U19 21/2 after 5 overs (37 overs max); Ayush Mhatre 15 (17)
Ritvik continues the attack for the USA U19. He bowls a maiden over and takes the wicket of Vedant (2).
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First Published: Jan 15 2026 | 12:11 PM IST