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Suryavanshi’s Carnage To Star All-Rounder: 5 Takeaways From India U19’s England Tour 2025

Kaushik Kashyap

Vaibhav Suryavanshi and RS Ambrish. [Source -Varungiri0/x.com]Vaibhav Suryavanshi and RS Ambrish. [Source -Varungiri0/x.com]

India’s U19 team has concluded a challenging yet insightful tour of England on Wednesday, featuring five One-Day matches and two Youth Tests. The series offered a valuable opportunity for young Indian cricketers to adapt to English conditions and showcase their skills against a strong opposition.

With varied pitch conditions, overcast skies, and unfamiliar settings, the tour tested both technique and temperament of the Indian future stars. While the boys in blue enjoyed moments of brilliance across formats, the tour also highlighted areas where they need to improve.

From standout individual performances to emerging all-round options and depth in the squad, the tour provided several key learnings where the Boys in Blue won the ODI series 3-2 and drew the two-match Test series. Here are five major takeaways from the India U19 tour of England 2025.

1. Suryavanshi’s White-Ball Carnage Meets Red-Ball Reality

Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued to build on his growing reputation, emerging as the highest run-scorer in the Youth ODIs against England with 355 runs in five games at a staggering average of 71 and a strike rate of 174.01. His record-breaking 52-ball century was the highlight, reaffirming his status as the next big U19 batting project.

However, the Youth Tests presented a different challenge with England pacers targeting him with short balls aimed at the body, and while he did register one gritty half-century, he could not convert in the other innings. It was a tour that showcased his explosive potential but also exposed areas to refine.

2. Red-Ball Beast, White-Ball Worry: The Ayush Mhatre Conundrum

Ayush Mhatre had a forgettable run in the Youth ODIs, managing just 27 runs at a poor average of 6.75. The white new ball, with its early movements, exposed his technique and made life difficult for the Indian U19 skipper. His struggles raised questions about form and leadership under pressure.

But Mhatre answered in style during the Youth Tests, amassing 340 runs in four innings, including two centuries and a half-century. His 64-ball ton while chasing 355 in the second Youth Test was the tour’s defining moment, third-fastest in Youth Test history. A true captain’s knock that shifted momentum and showcased fearless intent.

Notably, Mhatre’s red-ball game is well-established, with two First-Class centuries under his belt. But his repeated struggles in the 50-over format, including the Asia Cup last year, raise concerns ahead of the U19 World Cup. With time running out, India will hope their skipper finds form in the shorter format soon.

3. Vihaan Malhotra Outshines Vaibhav, Mhatre as India U19’s Best Batter

One of the most underrated yet consistent performers for India U19 on this tour was Vihaan Malhotra. The stylish left-handed top-order batter played at No. 3 and first impressed in the ODIs, scoring 243 runs at an average of 48.60, showing great maturity throughout the series, including a match-winning century in one of the games.

Moreover, Vihaan continued his brilliant form in the red-ball leg of the tour. In two Youth Tests, he piled up 277 runs at an average of 69.25, which included two fifties and a fine century. He finished as India’s second-highest run-scorer in both formats, proving his versatility and temperament across conditions and formats.

4. Mumbai’s Naman Pushpak Outshines Enaan as India U19 Lead Spinner

Naman Pushpak is an exciting new name who turned heads with his standout performance. The young leg-spinner from Mumbai outshone Mohammed Enaan, India’s first-choice leggie who impressed against Australia last year. Coming in as an injury replacement, Naman emerged as India’s best spinner, picking up 6 wickets in the Youth ODIs and a four-wicket haul in the second Youth Test.

He possesses all the qualities of a quality leg-spinner and is brave enough to toss it up, tempting the batters into big shots. His control and variations, especially the googly in between traditional leg-breaks, often set up batters beautifully. A fearless attitude combined with sharp cricketing instincts makes him a promising future prospect.

5. India U19 May Have Just Found Their Dream Pace All-Rounder

RS Ambrish, the pace-bowling all-rounder, may have flown under the radar, but for keen followers of this tour, he was a revelation. He regularly came on in the middle overs, hit the deck hard, kept things tight, and dismissed set batters, a dream trait for any pace-bowling all-rounder.

Bowling consistently above 130 kph, Ambrish outpaced and outperformed specialist pacers in this tour, picking up 8 wickets in the Youth ODIs, joint-highest for India U19, and 5 more wickets in the two Youth Tests.

With the bat, Ambrish scored an unbeaten 66 under pressure when India managed just 210 in the fifth ODI. He continued his form and scored two more half-centuries in the red ball format, emerging as a genuine long-term all-round prospect.