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 Vipraj Nigam, 1 run, fuller length and pushed across, Nigam squeezes it to short third man

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Nishant Sindhu, byes, 1 run, slower short delivery, Sindhu moves across and tries the lap shot, missed it completely and the keeper also couldn't collect it cleanly

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Vipraj Nigam, 1 run, slower delivery, Nigam lofts it to long-on, no timing on that

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

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Nishant Sindhu, 1 run, full on middle, Sindhu works it away to mid-wicket

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Suryansh Shedge, no run, there is definite reverse swing on offer. Suryansh Shedge watchfully defends this length delivery towards cover

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]

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Kumar Kushagra, no run, beaten! Short of a length delivery moving away outside off stump, Kumar Kushagra tries to guide it to third man but misses

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, oh nips back in and cramps Tilak on the flick, he charges for a quick single and gets home in time before mid-on could have a proper go at the bowler's end. Oh lazy actually from Tilak. He grounded his foot inside without dragging the bat as he was well in time

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Kumar Kushagra, 1 run, opens the face of the bat and easily steers this length delivery to third man

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Tilak taps it to cover-point

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Tilak Varma, no run, advances and looks to smack it hard, but the ball hits the bottom of the bat and rolls to mid-wicket

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Kumar Kushagra, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Kumar Kushagra pushes it to deep backward point

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Tilak punches it past cover-point

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, Tilak finds the gap past cover-point and gets two

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

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Kumar Kushagra, no run, fullish delivery just outside off stump, Kumar Kushagra defends towards cover

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, 1 run, overpitched outside off stump, Priyansh drives but fielder at cover dives to the left and saves four

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 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 1 run, short of length delivery, Ruturaj works it through backward square leg

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Priyansh fetches and slaps it straight, man at mid-on doesn't effect a clean stop and allows the single

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 Priyansh Arya, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, calmly guided to backward point

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 Priyansh Arya, 1 run, nudged to mid-on

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, 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

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, no run, shortish and on the leg stump, Priyansh stands tall and manages to defend to the on-side

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Priyansh drives and the man at cover-point dives to the right to cut it off

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, no run, it's shorter now and Priyansh plays a solid back foot defence

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

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

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 Priyansh Arya, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, punched off the back foot to covers

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!

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

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, 3 runs, full and straying on the pads, easy pickings for Arya as he clips it off his pads to deep mid-wicket, good running and they come back for the third

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Arya stands tall and flays it on the up, straight to the fielder

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

Faridoon Dawoodzai to Priyansh Arya, no run, starts off with a fuller delivery on off, right on the money, Arya defends it to the off side