U19 World Cup: Vihaan Malhotra ton headlines India's massive win

A brilliant century from Vihaan Malhotra headlined India's massive 204-run win over hosts Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in their Super Six fixture of the U19 World Cup.

India's openers, Aaron George and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, raced to 44/0 in the first four overs. Suryavanshi continued to bring up a quickfire half-century. Zimbabwe then picked up three quick wickets, including Suryavanshi, to reduce India to 130/4 but couldn't capitalise.

Malhotra joined forces with Abhigyan Kundu to resurrect India with a century stand. Kundu hit a half-century, while Malhotra batted deep into the innings. He finished unbeaten on 109, with Khilan Patel's 12-ball 30 helping India breach 350.

For Zimbabwe, losing an opener off the second ball compounded matters. Three of the top four failed to cross double digits as RS Ambrish and Henil Patel made early inroads. Only Leeroy Chiwaula stood tall with a fighting half-century. Skipper Ayush Mhatre took three wickets before Udhav Mohan's double strike ended the innings in the 38th over.

Brief scores: India 352/8 in 50 overs (Vihaan Malhotra 109*, Abhigyan Kundu 61; Tatenda Chimugoro 3/49) beat Zimbabwe 148 in 37.4 overs (Leeroy Chiwaula 62; Ayush Mhatre 3/14, Udhav Mohan 3/20) by 204 runs.

Pakistan swat aside New Zealand

New Zealand remained winless in the Super Six after an 8-wicket loss to Pakistan in Harare, keeping Pakistan's semifinal hopes alive ahead of their clash against India.

New Zealand began poorly, losing Marco Alpe for 2. A second-wicket partnership took them to 59/1 inside 8 overs, but from there they lost their last 9 wickets for just 51 runs. Hugo Bogue's dismissal triggered the collapse, with Abdul Subhan and Ali Raza combining for seven wickets to end the innings in the 29th over.

Chasing 111, Pakistan were always in command despite an early wicket. Sameer Minhas starred again, hammering an unbeaten 76 with 10 fours and two sixes as the target was wiped out in 17.1 overs.

Brief scores: New Zealand 110 in 28.3 overs (Hugo Bogue 39; Abdul Subhan 4/11, Ali Raza 3/36) lost to Pakistan 112/2 in 17.1 overs (Sameer Minhas 76*; Mason Clarke 1/34) by 8 wickets.