Indian prodigy Vaibhav Subryavanshi upstaged Junior Proteas centurion Jason Rowles after delivering a batting exhibition to lead his team to a 2-0 series win in the second Youth ODI at Willowmoore Park on January 5.

Rowles had earlier anchored SA to 245 with a brilliant 114 off 113, but the India U19 captain led India to an eight-wicket win via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, smashing 10 sixes in his quickfire 68 off 24 deliveries.

Subryavanshi launched an astonishing assault in the powerplay to get India ahead in their chase of 246. The 14-year-old hooked and pulled the shot balls and smashed the fuller and wide deliveries, leaving the South Africans with questions early on but no answers.

He began his assault with two sixes off JJ Basson in the opening over before reaching his 50 with another six that landed on the roof of the main stand with the first ball of the eighth over, where he smashed Bayanda Majola for 23 runs, which included three consecutive maximums.

The 14-year-old was well supported by Aaron George, but their 67-run first-wicket stand was broken by debutant left-arm quick Michael Kruiskamp, who struck with his first ball of the innings.

Kruiskamp had George (20 off 19, which included four boundaries) caught at backward point by Daniel Bosman.

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Kruiskamp hit the deck hard and got the extra bounce, which resulted in his dismissal of Subryavanshi, much to the relief of the few Proteas supporters at the venue. The seamer landed it short, Subrayavanshi miscued it, and it hung in the air until it landed in the hands of Amaan Manack at cover point.

But the job was already done as India were ahead, scoring over 11 runs with the required run-rate just over three runs per over, before lightning interrupted play, with Vedant Trivedi and Abhigyan Kundu at the crease.

Persistent lightning interruptions eventually resulted in the match being reduced to 27 overs, and India set a revised target of 174 runs for victory. Kundu and Trivedi shared 81 for the third wicket, leading their team to 176/2, winning by eight wickets.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, SA started well with Jorich van Schalkwyk (10) and Adnaan Lagadien (25) stitching together 35 for the first wicket, but lost the wickets of Lagadien, Van Schalkwyk, and skipper Muhammed Bulbulia (14), all dismissed by Indian seamer Kishan Kumar, who ended with four scalps.

But Rowles showed his repertoire of strokeplay. He rebuilt the innings with a 39-run stand with Manack and a brilliant 97 runs for the fifth wicket with Bosman, reaching his century with a single in the 45th over.

He was eventually dismissed for 114 off 113, studded with seven fours and three sixes, as the hosts were dismissed for 245.

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