India U-19 batter Harvansh Singh Pangalia slammed a brutal century against England U-19 in the warm-up game ahead of the multi-format tour, where India U-19 will play five youth ODIs and two Youth Tests. Harvansh came into bat in the 36th over and left the England bowlers reeling with his onslaught. At 251/7, the match was evenly poised; however, the stunning hundred by the India batter batted England out of the game.

Batting first, India were off to a poor start as Ayush Mhatre and Vaibhav Suryavanshi didn't make much contribution. India suffered a collapse early and were reduced to 91/5 in the 13th over. Kanishk Chouhan (79) and Rahul Kumar (73) came to India's rescue, adding 140 runs in 112 balls.

Harvansh, along with RS Ambrish, took the game away from England U19 with a 126-run stand. Ambrish played a crisp innings of 72 in 47 balls before departing. At that time, Harvansh was batting at 47 in 33 balls. He went berserk in the final three overs, reaching his century in 52 balls, including nine sixes and taking India to a strong total of 442/9.

Who Is Harvansh Singh Pangalia?

Harvansh, a wicketkeeper-batter, is already making headlines in domestic cricket and represents the Saurashtra youth team. Last October, he slammed a brutal 117 in a youth game against Australia. The youngster hails from Gandhidham town of Gujarat's Rann of Kutch. His family is settled in Canada, where his father, Damandeep, is a truck driver in Brampton. Harvansh is a massive Yuvraj Singh fan and is obsessed with his six sixes against Stuart Broad.

"Even Rajkot is 200 Km away. It was only in 2012 when the Saurashtra Cricket Association opened an Academy in our town. I enrolled Harvansh in it when he was six. He picked keeping from me, as I used to don the gloves as well. But he turned southpaw because of Yuvraj Singh. He is a massive Yuvraj Singh fan and hasn't even seen peak Yuvi, but he was obsessed with the video of Yuvraj hitting six sixes in an over," Damandeep had told TOI.