Aaron George performed brilliantly with the bat in the third and last Youth ODI against South Africa Under-19. This right-handed top order batsman played an inning of 116 runs with the help of 16 fours in 106 balls on 7 January (Wednesday) in Benoni.
19-year-old George, like opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi, is emerging as India’s most reliable batsman. George’s century clearly shows his growing importance. The biggest specialty of George is that he does not depend only on attacking shots, but he has many types of arrows in his quiver, meaning shots. A right-handed batsman, George’s batting has excellent footwork and high bat lift along with the ability to find gaps around the ground and hit shots. He is compared to Sanju Samson.
Aaron George was dismissed by Jason Rowles. He was caught by Daniel Bosman. On the ball of bowler George Rowles, George wanted to hit a big shot over the player standing in the deep. He came under the ball and played the shot, but the ball hit the lower part of the bat. The ball went in the air to the left of Bosman at long-on, who ran and took a clean catch a few inches off the ground. George along with Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave a explosive start to the Indian innings. Both of them made a partnership of 227 runs for the first wicket. George scored 143 runs in 3 matches in this series.
Aaron George was born in Kerala while he plays cricket for Hyderabad.
Aaron George grew up in Hyderabad
Aaron George is a right-handed top-order batsman. He recently represented the India Under 19 team in the Asia Cup along with Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He grew up in Hyderabad, progressed in age-group cricket, and also represented the state in domestic youth tournaments. He has participated in tournaments like Vinoo Mankad Trophy. In the last two seasons of Vinoo Mankad Trophy, he scored 341 and 373 runs. After scoring unbeaten 303 runs against Bihar, he has been captaining the teams from the 2022-23 Vijay Merchant Trophy.
Played an inning of 85 runs against Pakistan
George scored a half-century in the first match of the Under-19 Asia Cup in 2025 last year. He scored 85 runs in the group stage match against Pakistan. After playing a brilliant innings against Pakistan, George started being compared to Sanju Samson. People started praising him on social media and started calling him the second Sanju Samson.
Aaron George considers AB de Villiers as his idol
Aaron George considers South African legend AB de Villiers as his idol. In a recent interview, he had said, ‘His range, ability to hit any ball anywhere, this is his real skill. Having more than two answers for a particular ball takes you ahead. I like his calm nature on the field. He doesn’t fight and is a true gentleman when it comes to cricket.