{"id":88186,"date":"2026-01-07T20:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88186"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:52:09","slug":"suryavanshi-century-seals-3-0-whitewash-for-india-u19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88186","title":{"rendered":"Suryavanshi century seals 3-0 whitewash for India u19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aaron George of India hits out during the 3rd Youth ODI match between South Africa u19 and India u19 at Willowmoore Park on 7 January 2026. Photo: Sydney Seshibedi\/Gallo Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wednesday will certainly be a day the South Africa u19<\/strong> side would prefer to erase from memory as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

The young South Africans suffered their heaviest defeat of their three-match Youth ODI series, going down by a crushing 233 runs to India u19<\/strong>, who completed a 3\u20130 whitewash at Willowmoore Park<\/strong>, in Benoni.<\/p>\n

As had been the case on Monday, it was once again the Vaibhav Suryavanshi<\/strong> show.<\/p>\n

The teenage sensation surpassed his superb effort in Monday’s second match<\/strong><\/a>, blasting a scintillating century in another blistering onslaught on the South African attack.<\/p>\n

Suryavanshi opened the batting alongside Aaron George<\/strong>, who also impressed, and their opening partnership of 227 effectively knocked the wind out of the hosts’ sails. In a rare occurrence, George’s superb innings of 118 from 106 deliveries was merely the second fiddle to his partner’s brilliance.<\/p>\n

Just 14 years of age but the captain of the side, Suryavanshi exhibited breathtaking ball-striking and raced to 127 from just 74 balls, hammering 10 sixes and nine fours, while laying the foundation for India’<\/strong>s imposing total of 393\/7.<\/p>\n

With the century, the Indian skipper completed the three-match series with 206 runs at an average of 68.6.<\/p>\n

Ntando Soni<\/strong> was the best of the South African bowlers. His figures of 3\/61 included the prized wicket of the Indian captain during his second spell, which was, arguably, the highlight of South Africa’s 50 overs in the field.<\/p>\n

Jason Rowles<\/strong> (2\/59) and a spectacular run-out from Soni <\/strong>brought an end to a bruising innings that left the hosts facing the daunting task of chasing almost 400 for victory.<\/p>\n

Chasing such a total was akin to rowing upstream without paddles. The South African<\/strong> batsmen were given little opportunity to settle in and wickets tumbled rapidly. After 11 overs, the scoreboard read 50\/5 and the writing was on the wall.<\/p>\n

Paul James<\/strong>, the younger brother of former SA u19<\/strong> captain Juan James<\/strong>, and Daniel Bosman<\/strong> offered stubborn resistance. James<\/strong> top-scored with 41 from 49 deliveries, while Bosman<\/strong> battled his way to a patient 40 from 60 deliveries.<\/p>\n

Once they departed, however, sustained pressure from a disciplined Indian<\/strong> bowling attack, spearheaded by Kishan Kumar<\/strong>‘s 3\/15, led to the home team collapsing to a disappointing 160 all out, which brought a difficult series for South Africa to a sobering conclusion.<\/p>\n

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

India u19 393\/7 <\/strong>(Vaibhav Surhyavanshi 127, Aaron George 118, Vedant Trivedi 34, Mohammed Enaan 28*, Extras 26, Abhigyan Kundu 21; Ntando Soni 3\/61, Jason Rowles 2\/59);\u00a0South Africa u19 160 <\/strong>(Paul James 41, Daniel Bosman 40, Corn\u00e9 Botha 36*; Kishan Kumar 3\/15, Mohammed Enaan 2\/36).\u00a0India u19 won by 233 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday will certainly be a day the South Africa u19 side would prefer to erase from memory as quickly as possible. The young South Africans suffered their heaviest defeat of their three-match Youth ODI series, going down by a crushing 233 runs to India u19, who completed a 3\u20130 whitewash at Willowmoore Park, in Benoni. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":88198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88186","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\/88186","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=88186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}