Hove, June 27 -- India's young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi's quickfire knock took India Under-19 side to victory over the English side in the first game of the five-match IND U19 vs ENG U19 Youth ODI series, which was played at County Ground here on Friday.

Suryavanshi slammed 48 runs off just 19 balls, which was laced with five maximums and three boundaries in his innings. These runs came at a whopping strike rate of 252.63.

The young 14-year-old opener built an exceptional 71-run partnership for the first wicket along with skipper Ayush Mhatre (21 runs from 30 balls with 4 fours) in 45 balls before the southpaw was sent back to the pavilion in the eighth over of the innings by AM French.

Chasing a mere total of 175 runs in their 50...