South Africa’s victory in the Under 19 World Cup (Photo-GETTY IMAGES)
South Africa U19 vs Tanzania U19: In the Group D match of ICC Under 19 World Cup 2026, South Africa defeated Tanzania in a one-sided fashion by 329 runs. This is South Africa’s biggest victory in the Under-19 World Cup. Batting first, South Africa scored 397 runs in 50 overs, in reply Tanzania was bundled out for just 68 runs. Tanzania’s team could stay at the crease only for 32.2 overs. Only three batsmen of this team could touch double figures.
2 South African batsmen scored centuries
South Africa Under-19 team captain Muhammad Bulbulia scored a brilliant century. He scored 108 runs in 108 balls. Jason Rawls also played an unbeaten inning of 125 runs in 101 balls. Coming at number six, Paul James scored 46 runs in 18 balls, hitting 5 sixes from his bat. After this the South African bowlers bowled wreaking havoc. Buyanda Majora took 2 wickets for just 6 runs in 38 balls. Rawls took 2 wickets for 14 runs. Tanzania’s 4 wickets had fallen for just 13 runs and this team collapsed in 32.2 overs.
Pakistan’s victory
Apart from South Africa, Pakistan also registered victory. The Pakistani team, which lost the match to England in the Under-19 World Cup, won against Scotland. Scotland batted first and scored 187 runs. Pakistan’s fast bowler Ali Raza took 4 wickets and Momin Qamar took 3 wickets. Pakistan had a bad start while chasing the target. Sameer Minhas again failed and returned to the pavilion after scoring 28 runs. Ali Hasan Baloch also scored only 15 runs. After this, Usman Khan scored 75 runs and Ahmed Hussain scored 47 runs to give victory to the team. Pakistan won this match by 6 wickets.
Talking about India, this team is at the top in its group. India has made it to the next round by winning two consecutive matches. India has to play the next match against New Zealand on 24 January. In the first match, India defeated USA and in the second match, Bangladesh.