Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ICC Photo) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the Team of the Tournament for the recently concluded Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2026. According to the ICC website, three players from India’s under-19 World Cup winning team – Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kanishk Chouhan and Henil Patel – have been selected. Three England No. 2 players are also part of the 12-man ICC U19 WC Team.Sooryavanshi, who smashed a remarkable 175 off 80 balls in the final against England, also earned the Player of the Tournament award for his 439 runs in the tournament. Sooryavanshi broke several records during his 175 in the final as he also became the batsman to hit the most sixes in a single innings of the U19 World Cup. He smashed 15 sixes, breaking the previous record of 12 sixes held by Australia’s Michael Hill. Batting at a blistering 218.75, his innings included 15 fours and 15 sixes. Remarkably, 150 of his runs came only through boundaries.
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On the other hand, Kanishk Chouhan has been a regular contributor with bat and ball, while Henil Patel’s 11 wickets included a brilliant spell of 5/16 against USA.Second place England have three players in their squad, Thomas Rew was named captain and goalkeeper. Rew amassed 330 runs at an average of exactly 66, including a match-winning century in the semi-final against Australia. He is joined by Manny Lumsden, the tournament’s top wicket-taker with 16 wickets, and Ben Mayes, the competition’s leading run-scorer with 444 runs, highlighted by an innings of 191 against Scotland.Ben Mayes fell just one run short of equaling the all-time highest individual score in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, a record held four days earlier by Sri Lanka’s Viran Chamuditha, who also makes the team. Chamudith’s pioneering 192 came against Japan with 26 fours and a six.Afghanistan are represented by Faisal Khan Shinozada and Nooristani Omarzai, both instrumental in their team’s run to the semi-finals. Faisal ended the tournament with back-to-back centuries against Ireland and India, while Nooristani took 14 wickets, including a best of 5 for 9 against Tanzania.Australia captain Oliver Peake also scored two centuries as he scored hundreds against the West Indies and in a losing effort against England in the semi-finals. Pakistan’s Ali Raza and West Indies’ Vitel Lawes complete the team. Raza took 13 wickets at an average of 13.92, while Jamaican left-arm spinner Lawes claimed 10 wickets in five matches.ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament:1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (India)2. Viran Chamuditha (Sri Lanka)3. Faisal Khan Shinozada (Afghanistan)4. Thomas Rew (week, c) (England)5. Oliver Peake (Australia)6. Ben Mayes (England)7. Kanishk Chouhan (India)8. Nooristani Omarzai (Afghanistan)9. Vitel Lawes (West Indies)10. Ali Raza (Pakistan)11. Manny Lumsden (England)12. Henil Patel (India)The selection committee consisted of Ian Bishop (Convenor), Lydia Greenway, Andy Flower and Telford Vice.
