India U19 vs Afghanistan U19, 2nd Semi-Final (B,C1 v A,D2), ICC Under 19 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Deepesh Devendran to Khalid Ahmadzai, out Caught by Abhigyan Kundu!! Appeal, given. Deepesh Devendran blows a kiss to Khalid to send him away. Faint outside edge and Khalid couldn't believe his own eyes. Full delivery angling in and finishing outside off stump, Khalid wanted a firm drive off the front foot, ball nipped away to catch the edge and umpire heard it as well. Dejected Khalid drags himself off when he was determined to score big. India finally have a breakthrough. Khalid Ahmadzai c Abhigyan Kundu b Deepesh Devendran 31(39) [4s-4 6s-1]

Deepesh Devendran to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Khalid finds point. Thought of a run but decided against it

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, 1 run, good length delivery on the off stump, Khalid knocks it to square leg

Deepesh Devendran to Khalid Ahmadzai, 2 runs, oh tight second run but Khalid dives home. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Khalid drives towards deep point. Looks like Osman Sadat wasn't clear with his communication about the second run and Khalid had to rush a bit. Throw from the deep was weak to the keeper so he was safe. The fielder in the deep had to dive and collect the ball as well

Deepesh Devendran to Khalid Ahmadzai, 1 run, just play with an angled bat and keep rotating strike with singles to third man is the idea from these two batters

Deepesh Devendran to Khalid Ahmadzai, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Khalid dabs to third man

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, SIX, and he closes out the powerplay with a strong statement. Khalid stepped out knowing it's going to be another length ball. Converted the length into a slot ball and punished the ball on one leg with a loft over mid-on

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, forward press, completely covering the line and playing the defence right under his eyes. Khalid showing great confidence

Deepesh Devendran to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, lovely back foot punch but the man at point dives to the right and saves a certain four

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, fullish and nipping back in, Khalid drives and finds the bowler

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Khalid defends

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, fullish delivery just outside off stump, Khalid drives towards cover

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, short of length delivery nipping back in, Khalid punches it to cover

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, FOUR, this time he places it between mid-off and cover. Ayush dived full length to the left but couldn't get a hand on it at mid-off. Full delivery outside off stump, Khalid leans into the drive and crunches it for four more

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Khalid leans forward and drives firmly, finds the man at cover though. That was another four denied because of poor placement

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, FOUR, great pull shot! Enough evidence of ball sitting up when served short. Khalid rocks back and muscles the pull over mid-wicket while swivelling. Timing from both batters has been good with some of the shots

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, length delivery, Khalid defends

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Khalid rocks back and punches it to cover

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, covers the line and keeps this length ball out

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, thuds the pad and a loud appeal. umpire shakes his head. Maybe nipped back in too much to miss leg stump. Good length delivery nipping back in, Khalid look to work it to the on-side and misses. Get hit in the line middle and leg so enough doubt there to say no

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Khalid defends it back to the bowler

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, this is wide of off stump so Khalid shoulders arms

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, FOUR, that is a brilliant pull to counterpunch! Short of a length delivery, sat up, Khalid rocked back and didn't bother keeping it along the ground and hit it over square leg. Maybe Ambrish got carried away and bowled a bit too short having seen the previous two balls trouble Khalid from good length

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, and again! This time closer than the previous ball and with a bit more bite. Ball nips away, Khalid caught on the crease in his defence and he misses the ball

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, beaten! The inbetween length from Ambrish. Khalid plays for the wide angle that Ambrish bowls from, but the ball swung away to go past the outside edge

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Khalid knocks it to the on-side

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, 1 run, ohh nip-backer threatening the pads. Khalid had his front foot across the line to this full delivery, Khalid managed to drag the flick off the inner half of the bat to deep backward square leg

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, length ball and attacking middle and leg, Khalid clips it to short mid-wicket

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, very full delivery outside off stump, Khalid leans forward and drives to cover

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, good length delivery angling in, Khalid covers the line and defends

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, 2 runs, short of length delivery on the stumps, Khalid clips it to deep square leg and gets two

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, fullish and just outside off stump, Khalid plays a solid forward block

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, length delivery just outside off stump, Khalid defends to the off-side

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, now the bat turns in his hands as Henil Patel managed to get this full delivery to nip back in off the seam, ball rolls back to the bowler when he wanted to off-drive

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, FOUR, shot! Searching for movement and going too full this time. Khalid gets a good stride forward, plays the neatest of cover drives and mid-off had no chance to the left. Balance, timing, placement, everything top class

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, gets the outswinger slightly wide, so Khalid leans forward and drives to cover

Henil Patel to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, oh brilliantly outswinger just outside off stump. Finished an inch outside off stump so it forced Khalid to play off the front foot. The batter pushes it back to the bowler. Had that nipped back in off the seam Khalid would have been in trouble

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, 1 run, edgeddd but doesn't carry to third man! That's a weird edge. Full ball swinging away, Khalid got sucked into an early drive away from the body so he couldn't control the shot. Ended up lunging and reaching for it. Ball jumped a bit extra to fly off a thick edge. Third man tried to attack but realized he had no chance so covered the bounce to save the boundary

Ambrish to Khalid Ahmadzai, no run, fullish and just outside off stump, not much of movement, Khalid solid in his forward press to cover