Dubai: Wicketkeeper-batter Abhigyan Kundu on Tuesday created history with the first-ever double ton in Youth ODIs for India, scoring an unbeaten against Malaysia in the U-19 Asia Cup match here, PTI reported.
Kundu reached his fifty from 44 balls and reached three figures from just 80 balls. His double-century was raised from 121 balls, Sportstar reported.
He put on 209 with Vedant Trivedi, and a blistering partnership of 87 runs from 36 balls with Kanishk Chouhan to help India post 408 for seven in its 50 overs, as per the Sportstar report.
The latest report is that India won the match for a huge margin of 315 runs after Malaysia went all-out at 93 runs at 32.1 overs.
Malaysia struggled to defend themselves against the Indian bowling attack, as Indian bowlers destroyed their batting line-up during the second innings.
The 17-year-old Kundu thus recorded only the second instance of a double century in Youth ODIs after South Africa's Jorich Van Schalkwyk, who had scored 215 off 153 balls against Zimbabwe earlier this year in Harare.
Batting at No 5, the left-handed Kundu hit an overall 19 fours and seven sixes to smash 209 not out off only 125 balls.
His knock powered India U-19 to a huge 408 for seven batting first.
Earlier in the same tournament, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had scored a 95-ball 171 against the UAE, which is overall the ninth-highest individual score in the format.
Meanwhile, India-Pakistan cricket ties continued, but senior players left it at the Asia Cup. As India and Pakistan once again faced each other on the cricket field, during the U19 Men's Asia Cup, India skipper Ayush Mhatre stuck to the 'no handshake' policy in the group stage fixture against their arch-rivals here at the ICC Academy Ground on Sunday.
At the toss, neither India's captain Mhatre nor Pakistan skipper Farhan Yousaf took the initiative to exchange the customary pleasantries. After Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first against India, the two captains did not even make eye contact; they simply gave their respective interviews and then headed towards their dressing rooms.