Abhigyan Kundu broke plenty of records as he slammed 209 off 125 balls against Malaysia in a U-19 Asia Cup match in Dubai on Tuesday. Kundu brought up his double century in 121 balls. Kundu surpassed the previous highest score of 177 by Ambati Rayudu. Watch his celebration here.
Abhigyan Kundu is a left handed wicket-keeper batter. He was born on April 30, 2008, and represents Mumbai at the state level. He is a very safe keeper and took some stunning catches in the last game against Paksitan and a stroke maker with the bat. During this knock, Kundu broke South Africa’s Jorich van Schalkwyk’s record (145 balls) by scoring the fastest double ton in U-19 ODIs.
Kundu’s 209 is the second-highest individual score in the history of U-19 ODIs, after van Schalkwyk’s 215. But these records wont be counted officially as he achieved the feat against an associate nation ( Malaysia). The 17-year-old also went pasr Vaibhav Suryavanshi score of 171 during the earlier game against UAE in the same competition.
India were 87/3 when Abhigyan Kundu and Vedant Trivedi joined hands and stitched a partnership of 209. Trivedi missed out on a hundred as he was out for 90 off 106 while Kundu went on to score a double century in the 49th over. He brought up his knock with a six over fine leg. This knock of 209 off 125 balls, laced with 17 fours and nine sixes, as India posted a mammoth 408 for seven in their 50 over. Kundu is unfortunately not part of the IPL 2026 Auction list.
