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

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 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, wide, that's short and too wide. Vaibhav wanted to belt that hard as well but realized it was too high and bailed out

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, in the airrrr, just short of the diving deep point fielder. Was it a slower ball? Faridoon Dawoodzai dropped this into the wicket and for some reason Vaibhav had to check the cut shot, ended up chipping it in the air. The sweeper attacked for the catch, dived forward, still fell a few yards short and the bowler has his hands on the head

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 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, quicker on the leg stump, clipped to mid-wicket

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, pushed to cover

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, flatter delivery, Vaibhav defends

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, mistimed but safe. Luck is with Vaibhav today. He got rushed on the pull but this short delivery, one hand came off the handle as he made contact. Luckily the ball just managed to clear the back-tracking mid-on fielder and the bowler is dejected that this did not go to hand

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, no run, punchy-drive to mid-off

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, now he bowls super full and Vaibhav smashed the drive. Man at cover stops the ball and feels the impact hard in his hands

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 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, back of a length ball outside off stump, pushed towards point

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, drilled to long-on

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

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, full and outside off, Sooryavanshi gets down and sweeps it in the air to deep mid-wicket, one bounce to the fielder

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, fuller and drifting in, Sooryavanshi gets forward and blocks it

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, 2 runs, short again, this one hurried onto him, Sooryavanshi hops and tucks it away in the gap to deep square leg

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, short on middle, Sooryavanshi stays back and bunts it to mid on

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!

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, the arm ball, pushed through, Sooryavanshi punches it down to long-on

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, drifting in from outside off, Sooryavanshi works it to midwicket

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, quicker delivery outside off, Sooryavanshi edges it onto the pads

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, a stunning catch by Faridoon at point, but the third umpire has ruled it in the favour of the batter as some part of the ball was touching the ground. It was trifle short outside off, Sooryavanshi cuts it in the air towards point, couldn't control the shot because of the extra bounce. Faridoon flung to his left and takes a one-handed stunner, as he fell to the ground, some part of the ball appeared to be touching the ground in of the frames and that one frame has saved Vaibhav here. To be honest, in real-time it looked out, the replays can always be deceiving. The third ump felt he didn't have clear evidence of ball not touching the grass, so he asked for more angles. "Director, I want to see before completion of the catch if any part of the ball is touching the ground," he said. Then asked to move it frame by frame and came to the conclusion saying "Some part of the ball is touching the ground, made my decision." The green light flashed to extend Vaibhav's stay, much to the shock of the fielding side. The fielder caught the ball, was sliding the left hand because of the momentum of the dive. His palm seemed to be facing up for most parts but there was one frame which was iffy and Vaibhav got the benefit of doubt

Shams Ur Rahman to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, quicker delivery drifting in, Sooryavanshi works it to short midwicket

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, back of a length and outside off, Sooryavanshi stands tall and defends it

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, excellent delivery, good length outside off and moving away late, Sooryavanshi pokes at it tentatively, missed it completely