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Baloda’s Six‑for Dismantles Australia U‑19 in Youth Test

By Sahil Mathur

Tanmay Baloda bowled 25 overs, including 18 in his first spell, and finished with six wickets for 32 runs to help India under‑19 bowl Australia under‑19 out for 174 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Monday. India were 136 runs behind when the match began, but the loss of openers Lakshya Raichandani and Sagar Virk allowed Australia to recover. Baloda’s spell included breaking three Australian partnerships: he dismissed Neel Patel (31) and Eli Brain early, then took Ayaan Akram’s wicket at the other end and caught Zed Hollick behind. After Australia lost four wickets in five overs, Charlie Henderson (37) and Jacob Pietz (26) added 70 runs for the seventh wicket, but Baloda broke through Pietz’s defence and later had Henderson caught at first slip. Australia’s tail‑enders Thomas Vaseo and Patrick Sullivan added runs, but Baloda continued to break the tail. The final scores were Australia U‑19 174 in 73 overs (Tanmay Baloda 6/32) versus India U‑19 38/2 in 15 overs. India won the toss.