Chauhan and Anvay Dravid added 69 in 34 balls, and Australia’s captain fell seven short
Yashbardhan Chauhan’s 54 and 2 for 28 won him the match award in Rajkot, where Aaryavir Sehwag opened on debut with his father watching.
Sep 19, 2026
India Under-19s beat Australia Under-19s by seven runs at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on 18 September, in a first Youth ODI that rain had trimmed to 20 overs a side.
India made 182 for 6. Australia finished on 175 for 7. Most of that margin was built in 34 balls in the middle of India’s innings, and then defended by the same teenager who had made the runs.
India were 88 for 4 in the 12th over
For twelve overs this looked like a total in the 140s. Aaryavir Sehwag and Lakshya Raichandani had put on 45 for the first wicket, but the innings stalled after that and four wickets had gone by the time Anvay Dravid walked out at No. 6.
What followed was the passage of play that decided the match. Dravid, who kept wicket, made 38 from 18 balls with two fours and three sixes. Yashbardhan Chauhan, at the other end, finished on 54 from 34 with five fours and two sixes. Together they added 69 in 34 balls and took India from 88 for 4 to 157 for 4.
Chauhan was named player of the match, and not only for the batting. His off-spin took 2 for 28 in four overs, and both wickets were Australian openers.
Aaryavir Sehwag’s first innings for India
Aaryavir Sehwag opened on debut and made 28 from 26 balls with five fours. It was a controlled innings rather than the family trademark, and it gave India the start that the middle order then wasted.
His father Virender was at the ground to watch it. The symmetry of the afternoon was hard to miss: one son of a former India opener at the top, one son of a former India captain finishing the innings, both picked on runs rather than surnames.
Czosnek gave Australia a chance
Australia’s chase began well. Neel Patel made 45 and Hayden Barbulovic 40, and both fell to Chauhan. Zed Hollick added 24.
The innings that nearly stole the game belonged to the captain. Jack Czosnek made 55 from 27 balls with six fours and three sixes, and for a while the equation kept shrinking faster than India’s bowlers could tighten it. He ran out of partners, and Australia ended seven short of 182.
The two sides return to the same ground on 21 September for the second Youth ODI, and again on 23 September for the third. After that the tour turns red-ball, with a youth Test in Rajkot from 27 September and a second in Ahmedabad from 5 October.