{"id":88062,"date":"2026-01-03T19:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88062"},"modified":"2026-01-03T19:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:43:47","slug":"indian-middle-order-stars-in-1st-youth-odi-dls-win-over-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88062","title":{"rendered":"Indian middle order stars in 1st Youth ODI DLS win over SA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Sydney Seshibedi\/Gallo Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A 137-run partnership between Harvansh Pangalia<\/strong> and RS Ambrish<\/strong> guided India u19<\/strong> to a 25-run Duckworth\u2013Lewis\u2013Stern (DLS)<\/strong> victory over South Africa u19<\/strong> in the first Youth ODI at Willowmoore Park<\/strong>, in Benoni, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

With the win, the visitor took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.<\/p>\n

Overcast conditions and the threat of rain prompted South Africa<\/strong> to opt to bowl first, a decision that initially paid dividends.<\/p>\n

The home side’s new-ball pairing – JJ Basson,<\/strong> of Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel<\/strong>, and Bayanda Majola<\/strong>, of Durban High School<\/strong> –\u00a0both struck inside the powerplay, leaving India in early trouble at 34\/2 in the sixth over.<\/p>\n

However, Pangalia<\/strong> and Ambrish<\/strong> demonstrated the ebb and flow of 50-over cricket with a match-defining partnership that steadied the Indian innings. Pangalia<\/strong> played the dominant role but fell agonisingly short of a century, striking seven fours and two sixes in his 93 from 95 deliveries. Ambrish<\/strong> provided solid support by compiling 65 from 79 balls.<\/p>\n

For the hosts, Basson<\/strong> was the standout bowler. He claimed three wickets in his second spell to finish with figures of 4\/54 from his 10 overs. Two run outs in the final over, one initiated by captain Muhammed Bulbulia,<\/strong>\u00a0limited India<\/strong> to 301 all out.<\/p>\n

A total in excess of 300 at Willowmoore Park is a stern challenge and that was underlined when the hosts lost early wickets.<\/p>\n

Opening batsman, Jorich van Schalkwyk<\/strong>, saw three partners depart within the first 10 overs. Deepesh Devendran<\/strong> posed the main threat, returning figures of 2\/33. Despite the pressure, however, Van Schalkwyk, clearly comfortable in Benoni\u2019s batting conditions, stood firm.<\/p>\n

The South African and international record-holder for the highest individual score in Youth ODIs – he scored 215 against Zimbabwe u19 in July 2025<\/a> <\/strong>– looked fluent at the crease – an encouraging sign for the remainder of the series.<\/p>\n

He was unbeaten on 60 when inclement weather finally brought proceedings to a halt. Armaan Manack<\/strong> offered valuable support, but his run out for 46, shortly before the interruption, contributed to South Africa<\/strong> finishing 25 runs short of the DLS target.<\/p>\n

Summarised scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n

India u19 301 <\/strong>(Harvansh Pangalia 93, RS Ambrish 65, Kanishk Chouhan 32, Khilan Patel 26, Vedant Trivedi 21, Abhigyan Kundu 21; JJ Basson 4\/54);\u00a0South Africa u19 148\/4\u00a0<\/strong>(Jorich van Schalkwyk 60*, Armaan Manack 46; Depeesh Devendran 2\/33).\u00a0India u19 won by 25 runs (DLS).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 137-run partnership between Harvansh Pangalia and RS Ambrish guided India u19 to a 25-run Duckworth\u2013Lewis\u2013Stern (DLS) victory over South Africa u19 in the first Youth ODI at Willowmoore Park, in Benoni, on Saturday. With the win, the visitor took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Overcast conditions and the threat of rain prompted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":88066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}