India's batter Nikhil Kumar celebrates his half century during the first day of the 2nd Test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
On the first day of the second Youth Test, India finished at 316 for 5, powered by Nitya Pandya's solid 94. The innings featured four half-centuries, with Pandya hitting 12 fours in her 94 off 135 balls. KP Karthikeya contributed 71, while Soham Patwardhan and Nikhil Kumar each scored 61. Harry Hoekstra handed India an early blow by dismissing Vaibhav Suryavanshi (3) and eventually took down Pandya (2/29). Vihaan Malhotra could score only four runs from 10 balls.
India's batter Nikhil Kumar celebrates his half century during the first day of the 2nd Test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
India's batter Nikhil plays a shot during the first day of the 2nd Test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
India's batters Soham Patwardhan and Nikhil run between the wickets during the first day of the 2nd Test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
India's batter Soham Patwardhan plays a shot during the first day of the 2nd Test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
Australia's bowler Christian Howe celebrates the wicket of India's batter Karthikeya KP during the first day of the 2nd Test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.IND U-19 vs AUS U-19, 2nd Youth Test
India's batter Karthikeya KP plays a shot during the first day of the 2nd Test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
India's Nitya J Pandya and Karthikeya K P run between the wickets during the 2nd cricket test match between India U-19 and Australia U-19 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
India's Nitya J Pandya plays a shot during the 2nd test match between India U-19 and Australia U-19 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
India's Nitya J Pandya celebrates his half century during the 2nd test match between India U-19 and Australia U-19 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.