IND vs AUS, Y-ODI Live Score: Rain delays toss in Rajkot; India U-19 takes on Australia U-19 in three-match one-day series

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elcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the first One-Day match between India and Australia U-19 teams at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.

A win to begin the series for India U-19s

India Under-19s began the multi-format series against Australia U-19s with a thrilling seven-run win in the first Youth ODI. Timely breakthroughs by Yashbardhan Chauhan after a splendid 54 off 34 balls certainly made the difference. Aaryavir Sehwag and Anvay Dravid contributed with quickfire cameos as well. Not to forget Mohit Ulva’s economical spell of 1/19. A team performance.

11 runs needed off six balls.

Mohil Ulva is the bowler. One run off the first two balls. Just two runs off the first four balls!

Charlie Henderson goes for a double and falls short of the crease. A wicket off the last ball as well! India restricts Australia to 175/7. India wins the match by seven runs!

Three back-to-back boundaries for Jack. Things are getting too tight in Rajkot. Venkata now having a great outing today. OUT! Venkata has him caught! Jack falls after scoring 55 off 27 balls. He hit three sixes and six fours.

Run out! New batter Eli Brain is run out looking for a second run.

Jack Czosnek continues his fight. Slams a six off Mohit Ulva. We are in for a thriller. 24 runs needed off 12 balls.

Zed Hollick with a clean strike for a six and two doubles off the first three balls of Arjun Rajput’s over. But Rajput has the last laugh! Hollick is gone after scoring 24 off 27 balls.

Manal Chauhan with a splendid over, concedes just six. Australia now needs 44 runs off the last four overs.

Australia currently needs 61 runs off 5.5 overs. Zed Hollick and Jack Czosnek are currently at the crease and are finding the fence the regularly.

14 runs more added in that over.

Czosnek with another powerful hit, this time against Yashbardhan Chauhan. 11 runs more added to Australia’s total. This is going to be a thriller one.

Not a great day for Chigurupati Venkata. Jack Czosnek slams him for a six as Australia takes out another nine runs off his over.

Yashbardhan Chauhan with another crucial breakthrough! Neel Patel is caught by Arjun Rajput. He falls after scoring 45 off 31 balls.

Neel Patel is on a roll here. He’s now sending the ball towards the fence and even over it almost every over now.

Neel Patel gets into the act and sends Manal Chauhan over the rope for a six.

After batting, Yashbardhan Chauhan has now made another significant impact with the wicket of Hayden Barbulovic, who is stumped by wicketkeeper Dravid. He goes after scoring 40 off 24 balls.

A splendid start for Australia U-19s. Hayden Barbulovic has hit three sixes and as many fours. Australia has managed to score 55 inside the PowerPlay.

Shavin Vinodh conceded only two runs off the first four balls but couldn’t finish the over well. Hayden slams a six and a four to get 12 runs off the over.

Mohit Ulva bowls another tight over, just five runs coming off it. Australia will need to score at least 50-55 runs in the PowerPlay to stay in the game.

After a two-run over by Mohit Ulva, Australian openers - Neel Patel and Hayden Barbulovic - take out 17 runs off Chigurupati Venkata’s over.

Yashbardhan Chauhan falls after scoring 54 off 34 balls in the last over. Terrific knock that included five fours and two sixes.

India finishes strongly with eight runs off the final over.

Another brilliant over for India. 14 runs from Kasey Barton’s penultimate over.

Anvay Dravid is cleaned up by Brain! A brilliant knock by the youngster, scored 38 off just 18 balls with the help of three sixes and two fours.

Now Chauhan adds another boundary to the total. Eight runs added in Kasey Barton’s over.

Anvay Dravid is in some form today. Another four and a six in that Thomas Vaseo over.

Dravid adds another maximum to the six column, this time against Eli Brian.

Yashbardhan Chauhan smacks Green for a six off the first ball. He gives a single to Dravid the next ball. Dravid also hits a six, his first of the day.

22 runs off that over! Chauhan ends the that over with two more fours.

Dravid gets his first four of the innings. 11 runs more added to India’s total in that Byrom over.

Spencer Green traps Arjun Rajput in front and India loses its fourth wicket. Rajput falls after scoring 15 off 8 balls with a six and a four.

Anvay Dravid is off the mark with a single.

Arjun Rajput launches one over deep square leg region. India takes 11 runs out of Eli Brian’s over.

Back-to-back wickets for Australia. Will Byrom has Kushagra Ojha caught. He falls after scoring 16 off 14 balls.

Arjun Rajput is the new man in. He’s off the mark with a four as well.

Captain Lakshya Raichandani falls after scoring 15 off 15 balls. He hit two fours during his innings. Eli Brain has him out caught.

Will Byrom gets away with a quiet over. India, though, can afford a couple of such overs after a splendid start in the PowerPlay.

A 26-ball-28 run innings for Aaryavir Sehwag comes to an end. India U-19 loses its first wicket for 44. Spencer Green gets him out right after the PowerPlay ends.

Kushagra Ojha at number three is off the mark with a four first ball. And follows it up with a six off the next ball!

Aaryavir Sehwag has given a quick start to India. He’s 16 off 14 balls with three fours already.

Sehwag gets another four. Lakshya Raichandani also gets his first boundary of the day.

Kasey Barton starts for Australia... Aaryavir Sehwag on strike... Three dot balls.

Sehwag off the mark with a four...! Nostalgic sentence. This time it’s Aaryavir at the strike.

Aaryavir Sehwag and captain Lakshya Raichandani open the innings for India U-19.

AUSTRALIA Playing XI announced

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INDIA Playing XI announced

India to bat first vs Australia.

The toss is at 1:45. It’s a T20 game now.

Just when the Indian team had started to warmup, dark clouds are back. No rain at the moment though.

The clouds are back. Staff is still working to get the ground ready. We still have nearly an hour and a half before the cut off time.

The rain has stopped and the groundstaff has started working on it. 1:47 PM is the cut off to start the match.

The match has to start by 1.47... else, it’s called off - Shayan Acharya

The umpires inspected the pitch and there’s quite a bit of waterlogging near the 30 yard circle, so it’s going to take a long time for the surface to dry up.

And adding to the woes, the skies have gone dark again. So, things don’t look too bright at this point in time.

Nothing much has changed. The intensity is still the same, but it’s still raining - Shayan Acharya.

Here's the summary of last hour or so from Rajkot

And what can be expected in the next hour.

Steady rain continues in Rajkot. We are in for a long delay today.

I bumped into Neel Patel’s father Puneet, and he was excited to watch his son play at ‘home ground’. Puneet, originally from Ahmedabad, moved to Sydney at the age of 22. He played for Gujarat College and also for ONGC, before moving out of the country. Now that his son is representing Australia, he is excited. “We just hope there’s some game today...” he said. -- Shayan Acharya

Parents of Australian cricketers are here

Quite a few parents have travelled from Australia to support their wards, but it has been a long day of wait - Shayan

“The rain has intensified. The players are indoors,” Shayan says.

“Steady shower; Pitch covered. Things not looking bright in Rajkot,” pings Shayan.

“Rain is in the forecast for the day, so it’s going to be a long day for the ground staff,” he adds.

Will the match be streamed?

Unfortunately, no. However, you can follow the match on Sportstar. Our on-ground correspondent, Shayan Acharya, will bring you live updates.

India U-19: Lakshya Rajesh Raichandani(c), Aaryavir Sehwag, Arjun Rajput, Rajat Baghel(w), Manal Chauhan, Yashveer Goud, VK Vineeth, Shavin Vinodh, Mohit Ulva, Kavya Patel, Anvay Dravid, Yashbardhan Chauhan, Kushagra Ojha, Chigurupati Venkata, Aryavan Savsani

Australia U-19: Hayden Barbulovic, Blake Cattle, Charlie Henderson(w), Zed Hollick, Eli Brain, Jack Czosnek, Matthew Lough, Kasey Barton, Will Byrom, Spencer Green, Connor Gregory, Neel Patel, Jacob Pietz, Patrick Sullivan, Theo Tsingos, Thomas Vaseo

It is currently raining heavily in Rajkot, and the toss, which was supposed to take place at 8:30 AM, has been delayed.

Welcome to the live coverage of the 1st Youth ODI between India and Australia being played at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Stay tuned for all the live updates.

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