Memorable innings of Nitish Sudini. (Photo- GETTY)
ICC Men’s Under19 World Cup: In the 9th match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2026, the teams of USA Under-19 and New Zealand Under-19 faced each other in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. This match could not be played completely due to rain. But one player completely dominated USA’s batting. This player achieved the feat of scoring a century while playing at number 7 and scored more runs than the total runs of the remaining 10 players of his team.
Memorable innings of Nitish Sudini
In this match, the USA team faltered badly in the beginning and the team lost 5 wickets for 40 runs. But middle order batsman Nitish Sudini showed amazing batting. Nitish Sudini, who came to bat in the 11th over, remained unbeaten till the end. He played a memorable inning of 117 runs facing 133 balls. Which included 12 fours and 1 six. Due to which the USA team managed to score 253 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in this match after 50 overs.
The surprising thing was that the remaining 10 batsmen of the USA team added a total of 103 runs, which was less than the 117 runs scored by Nitish. That means Nitish Sudini handled his team like a one man army in this match. During this, he made a partnership of 103 runs with Adit Kappa for the 7th wicket, due to which his team could cross the mark of 250 runs. Adit Kappa also contributed 40 runs. Whereas, Shiv Shani scored 33 runs. Apart from these, no batsman could cross the 10-run mark.
Nitish Sudini’s special celebration
Nitish Sudini also celebrated his half-century in a special way, which attracted everyone’s attention. After completing his half-century, Nitish Sudini celebrated in the style of South Indian film Pushpa actor Allu Arjun. He was seen celebrating with his bat in Pushpa style.
No result due to rain
In response to the target of 254 runs, the New Zealand team did not get much chance to bat. New Zealand scored 12 runs in one over, after which the game was stopped due to rain and could not be restarted. Due to which both the teams had to divide the ends. Earlier, the USA team had to face defeat against India.