When the noise finally ebbed at Harare Sports Club, India stood crowned Under-19 world champions for the sixth time, the final decisively shaped by a batting performance that seized control long before England could settle into the contest. The 100-run margin reflected the imbalance on the scoreboard, but the tone of the match had been set much earlier, through an innings that dictated tempo and redefined possibilities. Central to that surge was a 14-year-old left-hander who arrived at the summit clash carrying consistency but still searching for a truly defining moment. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s tournament numbers – 2, 72, 40, 52, 30 and 68 – pointed to reliability and composure, yet the innings capable of bending a match decisively had remained elusive. On Friday, with the title at stake, he bridged that gap emphatically, producing a commanding 175 off 80 balls that effectively put the contest beyond England’s reach. The opening phase of his innings was marked by caution rather than bravado. Sooryavanshi began by feeling his way in, collecting just two boundaries from his first …