Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is one of three players from newly crowned ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup champions India to be named in the team of the tournament.
Sooryavanshi, who scored a majestic 175 off 80 balls in the final against England and was subsequently named player of the tournament, will be joined by compatriots Kanishk Chouhan and Henil Patel in the 12-member squad.
Chouhan made valuable contributions with bat and ball throughout, while Patel’s 11 wickets included an excellent five for 16 against the USA.
Second-placed England are also represented by three players, with Thomas Rew named as captain and wicketkeeper.
Rew scored 330 runs at an average of exactly 66, including a match-winning century in the semi-final against Australia.
Manny Lumsden, who was the tournament’s top wicket-taker with 16, and Ben Mayes, the competition’s leading run-scorer with 444, including 191 against Scotland, join Rew in the team.
Mayes was just one run away from equaling the all-time record for highest individual score in an ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup, set four days earlier by Sri Lanka’s Viran Chamuditha – who was also selected.
Chamuditha’s breakthrough 192 came against Japan and included 26 fours and a six.
Afghan duo Faisal Khan Shinozada and Nooristani Omarzai were selected after playing key roles in their country’s passage to the semi-finals.
Faisal finished the tournament with back-to-back centuries against Ireland and India, while Nooristani took 14 wickets, with a best of five for nine against Tanzania.
Australia captain Oliver Peake also scored two centuries, scored three points against the West Indies and lost to England in the last four games, while Ali Raza of Pakistan and Vitel Lawes of the West Indies complete the selection.
Raza took 13 wickets at 13.92 apiece, just over four per over, while Jamaican left-arm spinner Lawes picked up ten scalps in his five games.
ICC U19 Men’s 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, captain) (England)
(5) Oliver Peake (Australia)
(6) Ben Mayes (England)
(7) Kanishk Chouhan (India)
(8) Nooristan Omarzai (Afghanistan)
(9) Vitel Lawes (West Indies)
(10) Ali Raza (Pakistan)
(11) Manny Lumsden (England)
(12) Henil Patel (India)
The selection panel consisted of Ian Bishop (Convenor), Lydia Greenway, Andy Flower and Telford Vice.
