Ayush Mhatre remembered Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet: After Team India became champion in the Under-19 World Cup 2026, Ayush Mhatre remembered Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur.

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Ayush Mhatre remembered Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet: After making the Indian team champion in the Under-19 World Cup, captain Ayush Mhatre remembered Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur. Ayush said that he just wanted to increase the legacy. Apart from this, he praised Team India’s young opener batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

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Under-19 team captain Ayush Mhatre

New Delhi: Under the captaincy of Ayush Mhatre, India won the ICC Under-19 World Cup title for a record sixth time. Team India’s final match was with England. In the final, Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a explosive inning of 175 runs for India, which gave England a huge target of 412 runs. In response, the England team was all out for 311 in 42.2 overs, due to which India won the title match by 100 runs.

After this memorable victory, Team India captain Ayush Mhatre remembered Rohit Sharma and Women’s World Cup winner Harmanpreet Kaur. Mhatre of the match said, ‘We just wanted to carry forward the legacy. Rohit Sharma won the World Cup, Harmanpreet too and now we have also won. I can’t express my feelings but this is a memorable night for us.

Ayush praised the team players

After becoming champion, Ayush Mhatre said, ‘The boys played very well. The targets we had set were achieved very well. He played his natural game and I am very happy with it. We have no words for Vaibhav’s innings. We know he is a brilliant batsman and he showed in this match what he can do.

Let us tell you that Vaibhav faced only 80 balls in his explosive innings in which he also hit 15 sixes and 15 fours. Not only this, he also made the record of hitting the second fastest shot in the final of the Under-18 World Cup. Apart from this, Mhatre also praised the coaching staff of the Indian team. ‘There are no words for the support staff, they have worked very hard over the last several months. Ayush also thanked the fans of the Indian team, “Keep supporting us like this, we will keep winning you trophies.”

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