IND A vs AFG A: Despite Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s stormy batting and Ruturaj Gaikwad’s brilliant half-century, India A had to face defeat at the hands of Afghanistan A by 4 runs. This defeat of India has completely changed the equation of Tri Nation A Series 2026 in Sri Lanka. In this match, India A had a golden chance to win but rain spoiled their game and they had to face defeat under the Duckworth-Lewis rule.
Afghanistan defeated India
In this match, India A, after losing the toss and batting first in the match interrupted by rain, scored 349 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 49 overs. After this, Afghanistan A got the target of 294 runs in 38 overs. Chasing this target, Afghanistan team scored 177 runs losing 2 wickets in 25.5 overs before the rain arrived. After this, the match could not be restarted due to heavy rain and the Afghanistan team was declared the winner under the Duckworth-Lewis rule.
Arshad Khan and Anukul Roy amongst the wickets for India A ✌️
Afghanistan A needs 128 runs from 84 deliveries.
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Afghanistan was ahead by 3 runs at the time of stoppage of the match.
Afghanistan A was beyond the DLS rule ​​when rain came for the second time in this match and the match was stopped. He was ahead of him by 3 runs. After this, after much darkness and heavy rain, the ground staff could not make the ground playable and after this the match was canceled and Afghanistan A actually won the game by DLS method.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ruturaj Gaikwad’s innings went in vain
Earlier, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a stormy start for India and kept the team ahead against Afghanistan A. Facing 22 balls, Vaibhav played an innings of 44 runs with the help of 9 fours. During this innings, he batted with a stormy strike rate of 200.00 and once again showed his explosive form to the whole world.
Rain stops play 🌧️
India A are 174/3 after 24.3 overs, driven by strong innings from Prabhsimran Singh (84 off 69) and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (44 off 22) 👏
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After him, Ruturaj Gaikwad also caught everyone’s attention by batting brilliantly. Gaikwad faced 80 balls and played a half-century inning of 66 runs with the help of 3 fours. Apart from him, Tilak Verma played an inning of 66 runs with 5 fours in 73 balls for India A.
In this match, Prabhasimran Singh played an inning of 84 runs with 14 fours in 69 balls for Team India and scored the most runs for the team. Whereas Suryansh Shedge played an inning of 44 runs and took the team’s score to 349. Shedge scored 2 fours and 2 sixes in 27 balls at a strike rate of 148.14.
Innings Break!
India A put up a strong total of 3️⃣4️⃣9️⃣/9 against Afghanistan A motiv
Prabhsimran Singh led the charge with 8️⃣4️⃣(69) 👏
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These bowlers took wickets for India
The bowlers could not do much in bowling for India and could take only 2 wickets of Afghanistan A. Arshad Khan achieved the first success for India. He sent Hasan Isaakhil to the pavilion first. He played an innings of 34 runs in 29 balls with 6 fours.
After this, Anukul Roy got the second wicket for India A. He sent Khalid Taniwal out LBW for 2 runs and sent him to the pavilion. For Afghanistan A, captain Imran played an inning of 75 runs in 70 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Bahir Shah played an inning of 51 runs in 52 balls with 5 fours.
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