Ayush Mhatre scored 64 balls in tests, Brendon McCullum's 24 -year -old record collapsed

The second youth test played between India and England was also a draw. India had a target of 355 runs to win in the last innings of the match. The Indian team was only able to drive 290 runs for 6 wickets and the match was draw. Captain Ayush Mhatre scored 126 runs for Team India. This Judge -handed batsman of Mumbai completed a century in just 64 balls in the second innings of the second youth test played on Chelmsford’s County Ground. This is the second century of Ayush Mhatre in the youth test. In the first innings of the match, he scored 80 runs in 90 balls. In the match, he scored a total of 206 runs in 170 balls at a strike rate of 121.17. During this time, he broke the 24 -year -old record of former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum. Mhatre became the batsman who scored more than 200 runs at the highest strike rate in the Under-19 Test match. McCullum scored 232 runs at a strike rate of 108.41. On the other hand, 14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi couldn’t even open an account in the second inning. He returned to the pavilion on the very first ball. In the first innings of the first youth test played on the Kent County Cricket Ground in Belekham last week, Mhatre scored 102 of 115 balls. Mhatre plays for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. He scored 126 runs off 80 balls on Wednesday. He beat 13 fours and six sixes. His batting rate was 157.50. In their first innings, England talked about the match and scored 309 runs. Eksh Singh scored 117 runs. In response, India scored 279 runs. Vihan Malhotra scored 120 runs. England declared their first innings for 324 for 5 wickets. In this way, India got a target of 355 runs to win. Earlier, the first game of the series was also a draw. Share this story -tags