Young Indian batter Raj Bawa on Saturday scripted a new Indian record during the team’s Group B tie against Uganda in the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup in Trinidad as he surpassed Shikhar Dhawan’s 18-year-old feat en route to his unbeaten knock of 162. 

The young batter became the highest individual scorer in a single innings for India in the tournament history following his knock, breaking Shikhar Dhawan’s 2004 feat. The veteran Indian batsman had scored an unbeaten 155 against Scotland in Dhaka in the 2004 U19 World Cup.

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Overall, it is the eighth-highest individual score in U19 World Cups with Sri Lanka’s H Boyagoda still leading the list with his knock of 191 against Kenya in the previous edition of the tournament.

Meanwhile, opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi had also threatened to break Dhawan’s record, but was eventually dismissed for 144, which is now the fourth-highest score for India after Dhawan’s 146 against Sri Lanka in Dhaka during the 2004 U19 World Cup.

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Raj Bawa smashed centuries as four-time champions India recorded a thumping 326-run win over minnows Uganda to top Group B in the U19 World Cup. The victory on Saturday was India’s largest win in tournament history.

The Hrishikesh Kanitkar-coached side thus ended the league stage with three wins in as many games, having earlier thrashed South Africa U19 (by 45 runs) and Ireland U19 (by 174 runs).

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Put into bat at the picturesque Brian Lara stadium, India colts first rode on hundreds from Bawa (162 not out off 108 balls) and opener Raghuvanshi (144 off 120 balls) to post a mammoth 405/5, the highest total in this edition.

They then bundled out the opposition for a meager 79 in 19.4 overs to eke out an easy win in a lop-sided affair.