India A vs Afghanistan A, 5th Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - HighlightsINDA vs AFGA, 5th Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - Highlights

Farmanullah Safi to Nishant Sindhu, out Anshul Kamboj Run Out!! 1 run completed, he's hit that to deep midwicket, but straight to the fielder, they look for the second, but it was too easy for the keeper, with Anshul way short of the crease. Anshul Kamboj run out (Mohammad Ishaq/Abdullah Ahmadzai) 0(0)

Farmanullah Safi to Nishant Sindhu, out Anukul Roy Run Out!! 1 run completed, Excellent work from the bowler. This was swiped across the line to deep midwicket. They took on the fielder for the second, but the throw was flat and quick at the non-striker's end. The bowler just deflected it onto the stumps —smart work from the bowler and Roy was well short of the crease. Anukul Roy run out (Faisal Shinozada/Farmanullah Safi) 4(2) [4s-1]

Farmanullah Safi to Anukul Roy, byes, 1 run, very well bowled, slower off-cutter, Roy charges down and misses it completely, they sneak a bye and Mohammad Ishaq fails with the direct hit at the strikers end

Farmanullah Safi to Anukul Roy, FOUR, he's slashed it away, back of a length and outside off, Roy charges down the track and slices it over the fielder to deep backward point, found the gap to perfection

Farmanullah Safi to Vipraj Nigam, out Caught by Khalid Taniwal!! A very good cameo comes to an end, well disguised slower delivery, Nigam goes for the almighty heave and slices it miles up in the air towards long on, Khalid judges it to perfection and takes a good catch. Vipraj Nigam c Khalid Taniwal b Farmanullah Safi 30(20) [4s-4]

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vipraj Nigam, FOUR, four more, this is intelligent batting from Vipraj, pitched up and on off, Nigam clears his back leg, gets to the pitch of the ball and slices it off his wrists square of the wicket, the fielder puts in a valiant dive, but can't stop the ball

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vipraj Nigam, FOUR, he's picked his spot, short and outside off, Nigam gets on top of the ball and slices it in the air to deep backward point

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Vipraj Nigam, FOUR, lovely shot, the mid off was up in the circle and he takes full toll of it, pitched up and in the slot, Nigam clears his back leg and lifts it over the fielder to long-off

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Vipraj Nigam, FOUR, outside edge and it raced away to third man, back of a length and outside off, Nigam backs away and flashes hard at it, the ball flies off the outside edge past the keeper

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Mohammad Ishaq!! Ishaq has dismissed the big fish here, nothing shot from the Indian skipper, it was a length delivery wide outside off, Varma throws his bat at it without any feet movement and edges it back to the keeper, India needed him to stay till the end. Tilak Varma c Mohammad Ishaq b Abdullah Ahmadzai 59(75) [4s-5]

Zahir Khan to Suryansh Shedge, out Caught by Faisal Shinozada!! Oh Suryansh Shedge has holed out to deep mid-wicket. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Suryansh Shedge gets down on one knee and looking to slog-sweep, doesn't get the power behind the shot and goes straight to deep mid-wicket. The in-form Suryansh Shedge is out early. Suryansh Shedge c Faisal Shinozada b Zahir Khan 7(9)

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, oh lovely lofted drive! Full and angling in, maybe tried the slower ball and offered slot, Tilak Varma muscles the drive over the infield and holds the pose for the cameras

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, oh a direct-hit could have been tight but that single has given the India A captain his third fifty of the series. He pushed this full delivery towards mid-off and set off, fielder had a shy at the bowler's end and missed

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, Tilak Varma reaches out and cuts, man at backward point dives to the left but can't cut it off

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Kumar Kushagra, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. Clearly Faridoon Dawoodzai got the ball to move away and across the right-hander to hit the top of middle stump. Kumar Kushagra missed the steer to third man because of the movement, now he looks to step out and loft. Went took down the leg-side and missed the ball completely as it moved off the pitch. Top of middle stump, pleasing stuff for a bowler. Kumar Kushagra b Faridoon Dawoodzai 58(67) [4s-5]

Zahir Khan to Kumar Kushagra, 1 run, turning back in, Kumar Kushagra goes back and guides it to backward point

Zahir Khan to Kumar Kushagra, FOUR, full toss and punished through cover! Easy pickings, Kumar Kushagra leans forward and deep cover is vacant. Just it was just a net practice for four literally

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Kumar Kushagra, 1 run, good length delivery down the leg-side, batter misses the flick and wears it on the pad, missing leg and the ball strolls to the on-side for a leg bye. Hang on, the ump seems to have given that as runs. Kumar Kushagra is raising his bat. Did he tell that he got some bat on it? Now he does raise the bat fully to acknowledge the applause for a wonderful fifty. India lost a few quick wickets and he's put on a mature head to steady the ship

Imran Mir to Kumar Kushagra, 1 run, turning into the pads, Kushagra works it towards square leg

Shams Ur Rahman to Kumar Kushagra, FOUR, gorgeous shot! Well tossed up and in the slot, Kushagra reaches to the pitch of the ball and creams it through to extra cover

Zahir Khan to Kumar Kushagra, FOUR, beats the fielder and it raced away, tossed up wide outside off, Kushagra reaches out to the pitch of the ball and creams it to deep extra cover, wonderful timing and placement!

Shams Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, FOUR, that's a poor delivery, flatter and straying down the leg side, Varma just had to get some bat to it, it races away past the fielder to fine leg

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, FOUR, this time he's found the gap, juicy full-toss on offer, Varma kneels down and plays the sweep shot to perfection, split the gap at deep square leg

Farmanullah Safi to Kumar Kushagra, FOUR, that's a top shot, short and it sits up well for the pull, Kushagra gets into a good position and plays the short arm jab to deep mid-wicket, excellent use of the wrists!

Zahir Khan to Kumar Kushagra, 2 runs, turning down the leg side, Kushagra goes back and works it in the gap to backward square leg

Zahir Khan to Kumar Kushagra, no run, dropped, too full on the pads, gets down and sweeps it in the air towards square leg, it was a straight forward chance for the fielder, but he shells it, very poor effort

Farmanullah Safi to Kumar Kushagra, FOUR, streaky, but he will take it, back of a length and this one moved away late, Kushagra was looking to force it off the back foot, the ball takes the outside edge and raced away to third man

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, a fumble in the deep gives him the boundary, very ordinary from the fielder, it was full and in the slot, Varma gets forward and drives it square of the wicket, the fielder was very casual in his approach, lets it through his legs

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Ruturaj Gaikwad, out Caught by Mohammad Ishaq!! A soft dismissal, he's been strangled down the leg side, full and angling down the leg side, Gaikwad misses out on the clip shot, he is disappointed as he didn't get any part of the bat on it, but the umpire thinks otherwise, Rutu can't believe his luck and is trudging back to the pavilion. Ruturaj Gaikwad c Mohammad Ishaq b Abdullah Ahmadzai 30(31) [4s-4]

Farmanullah Safi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR, he's been too good in this series so far, pitched up and in the slot, Gaikwad with a high elbow, just bunts it straight down the ground, excellent timing and it raced away past the fielder

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR, driven to cover, fielder fumbles to the right. Oh he's still timed it well enough to get the fence

Farmanullah Safi to Priyansh Arya, out Caught by Shams Ur Rahman!! This is a very good catch, literally an inch off the ground at backward point. Now the interesting this was the fielder had his fingers pointing down when closing his hands for the catch. He took his head away to the right in fear of ball bouncing and smashing him on the face. The third ump had a look and ruled in favour of the fielding side this time. Just like Vaibhav when he escaped a catch early on, Priyansh is also troubled on the cut by extra bounce. He couldn't control this short of length delivery, ended up hitting it in the air longer. The ball was dipping and the fielder managed to get low and pluck the catch. Priyansh Arya walks off after a fine innings. Priyansh Arya c Shams Ur Rahman b Farmanullah Safi 58(42) [4s-9 6s-1]

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR, brilliant cover drive! Soothing to the eyes. Fullish and outside off stump, Ruturaj leans nicely forward and into the shot, great balance as he met the ball as well and he placed it to the left of mid-off

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, throws his hands at this full delivery and gets a thick edge that escapes wide of the keeper. No slip in place and understandably so, the ball escapes to the third man fence

Shams Ur Rahman to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR, floated outside off stump, Rutu is a master of playing spin-bowling. Leans nicely forward, plays a beautiful cover drive and the moment he put this between extra-cover and cover, it was always going for four

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Priyansh Arya, 1 run, full delivery, pushed to the right of mid-off and Priyansh Arya, sent to open the batting today, has played an excellent innings. Lovely fifty and he hardly put a foot wrong. This knock will please the management. Hardly any false shots and he didn't play rash cricket either, yet has got the fifty in 34 balls

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, Priyansh was hitting them square so they have a man at deep point. Now he goes in front of square to tease the fielder in the deep and beat him easily to the left. Another poor ball short and wide, Priyansh slaps it over cover

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, Priyansh cuts ands ends it past cover-point and it's four more

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, out Caught by Khalid Taniwal!! Finally the luck runs out on the fifth attempt. The bowler gets his revenge, roars and shushes someone. It's the short ball that's got rid of Vaibhav. He wanted to pull this to the on-side, got it on the bottom of the bat and it flew high towards cover-point for an easy catch. Vaibhav does not believe his eyes. He was aiming square leg, but the ball went exactly in the opposite direction. Vaibhav looks at the bottom of the bat and drags himself off unwillingly. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Khalid Taniwal b Faridoon Dawoodzai 38(28) [4s-4 6s-2]

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, thick edge and it escapes past short third man! Full delivery outside off stump, Priyansh looks to drive, gets away with the thick edge. The runs are bleeding

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX, continues to offer slot and continues to disappear. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sends it high and handsome over long-on and that ball needs to be fetched. The ball isn't found and they are taking a replacement from the box. If they want to stop Vaibhav with yorkers, they have to get it spot on. Otherwise in 15 balls, this kid will run away with the game. This time he got under this full delivery and muscled it over long-on

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, Abdullah Ahmadzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, no, no! Cannot let him free the arms and have a proper swing at the ball. Maybe Abdullah Ahmadzai wanted the yorker but bowled an absolute smack me ball right in the slot. Vaibhav said thank you very much and smashed the drive to the right of mid-off and even held the pose

Shams Ur Rahman to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, oh this is in the air but in the gap at point. Cover-point and backward point were keen for a moment but Priyansh split both fielders to perfection. Flatter delivery outside off stump, Priyansh cuts, doesn't bother to keep it down and gets four

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Priyansh Arya, SIX, oh the shot of the game so far! Short and outside off stump,. Priyansh waits and slaps a hard cut square over cover-point and it sails over the ropes. Expensive start for Abdullah Ahmadzai

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX, again straying on the pads with no fine leg. Vaibhav now joining Priyansh to solidify this start. Plays the pick-up flick with style and sends it soaring over fine leg

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, starts with a short delivery but bowls leg-side without a fine leg and Vaibhav helps himself on the pull shot behind square, easy hit to long leg for four

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, lofted down the ground as Faridoon Dawoodzai offers slot and it's another boundary. Priyansh has got India off to a good start here. Hit this on the rise very straight to the left of mid-off

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, on the pads and that's a gift with fine leg up! Priyansh tickles it fine with the glance and sends it away to the fence

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, the's found the gap, too full outside off, Sooryavanshi gets forward and drives it to sweeper cover, gets the bottom hand into play, threads it through

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, excellent placement, short and outside off, Arya stands tall, gets on top of the bounce and cuts it away past the fielder to deep backward point

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, Sooryavanshi is living dangerously at the moment, another reprieve for him, it was short, aimed at the body, Sooryavanshi goes for the pull, not in the position to play the shot, top edges it towards square leg, where the fielder makes a mess of it and drops an easy catch

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, blazed through, length delivery outside off and it held it's line a bit, Sooryavanshi stands tall and flays it on the up to sweeper cover, top shot!

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, over-pitched and in the slot, Arya gets to the pitch of the ball and creams it on the up to sweeper cover, he's off the mark with an elegant boundary