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

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, good length outside off, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and punches, off the toe-end to backward point

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, 1 run, short of length and rising at Aaron George who goes on the back foot and drops it with soft hands in front of cover

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, FOUR, he is showing off now. A length delivery on off, Aaron George gets forward and holds the pose as he lofts on the rise, over mid-off and it's one bounce over the ropes

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, FOUR, he is pulling them off the front foot now. A short of length delivery on off, Aaron George gets forward and pulls well in front of square and gives no chance to deep square-leg to his left

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, length delivery on middle, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward to flick wide of mid-wicket

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, leg byes, 1 run, short of length and down leg, Aaron George flicks and misses, a legbye to short fine

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, short of length and angling into the left-hander on off, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and defends to cover

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, short of length just outside off, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat to get it to the left of backward point, the batters set off for a run, but then Aaron George sends Vihaan back, all safe in the end

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, full outside off, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward and opens the face of the bat to defend to backward point

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, 2 runs, short of length and angling into the left-hander on middle, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward and heaves, good work by deep backward square-leg to his left, stops it on the bounce and saves two

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no ball, good low catch in his followthrough and Vihaan Malhotra goes. Full outside off, he gets forward to drive and doesn't keep it down. It comes near his bootlaces and Aziz bends down to take it two-handed. They are checking for a front foot no-ball. Where's the first point of landing? It's over and it's a front foot no-ball. The first point of contact is over the line, so it's a no-ball

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, back of a length outside off, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and cuts hard and straight to cover

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, short of length outside off, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and punches it to mid-off

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, short outside off, Aaron George sinks low and lets it go

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, FOUR, it keeps getting better. On a short of length on off, Aaron George gets forward and punches it straight down the ground, high elbow and it races away. Hit it on top of the bounce and timed it so well

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, full on off, Aaron George gets forward to drive hard and straight to cover

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, FOUR, short of length just outside off, Aaron George gets forward and punches it well, open-face, wide of backward point, races away and beats the run and chase of sweeper cover to his left who dives but doesn't get there

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, good length on off, Aaron George gets forward to punch to cover

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, full and angling into the left-hander on off, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward to drive nicely, in front of mid-off for a quick single

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, leg byes, 1 run, short of length and Vihaan Malhotra is early into the pull, misses, hit on the body and it goes wide of Mahboob Khan to his left for a legbye

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, fullish and angling into the left-hander on off, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive to mid-off

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, short of length and angling into the left-hander on off, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and punches it back to Abdul Aziz

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, 1 run, short of length on off, Aaron George gets forward and punches it nicely to sweeper cover

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, short of length just outside off, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and punches it wide of cover

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, just misses off-stump. A length delivery and angling into the left-hander on off, Vihaan Malhotra makes room slightly and looks to push with an open-face, misses and it is not far from off-stump

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, 1 run, back of a length and well wide of off - steered square on the off-side for a single

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, on a good length and well wide of off, punched wide of cover for a single

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped past square leg for a single

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, tad fuller and just outside off - a solid block to mid-off

Abdul Aziz to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, low full-toss outside off, squeezed in front of square on the off-side for a run

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, 1 run, length ball on off, dropped in front of backward point and they're off for a quick single

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Aaron defends off the back foot

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, good length delivery angling in, Vaibhav drags the flick to deep mid-wicket, who moved to this position after the previous four

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, man back at deep square leg but he's dragged this pull in front of square over mid-wicket to negate that fielder. Short of a length delivery angling in at the body. He backs himself to go for it if it's close to his body

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, defended to cover this time

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, he's having great fun out there. Short of a length delivery from Abdul, Vaibhav stays leg-side of the ball and slashes it over the off-side for four

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, swing and miss and very close to the off stump! Full and angling in, Vaibhav looks to loft down the ground but makes no contact

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX, that's a fifty off just 24 balls in the all important semifinal. Abdul Aziz could resist from trying the short ball at the body, Vaibhav rocked back to pull this easily over deep square leg. Not much of a celebration from Vaibhav. Just gave the thumbs up and gestured that he is here for the team today. He looked determined

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, short of length delivery angling in, punched off the back foot to point

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, oh deft! This is smart batting from Vaibhav. Knew that the bowler will try another short ball after having got beaten the previous ball to that length. So he bent his knees, got inside the line and guide it fine over the keeper's head for four more

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, goes for a rash hack across the line, Abdul Aziz gets it to bounce past the bat

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, powerful pull shot! Short of a length delivery angling in, Vaibhav rocks back and smacks it out of sight. Flat hit and one bounce into the wide long-on fence

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, this time he belts the cut slightly in front of square after having got a life at backward point. Not along the ground as he was confident of sending this short of length in the gap at point and he's on a roll

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, FOUR, great lofted drive over cover. Nothing too powerful about this. Just a forward stride, used the full delivery to get under it and timed it sweetly inside out over extra-cover to spoil a good over for the bowler

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, bit of inward tail but Aaron is solid in defence as he covered the line and gave this length delivery the full face of the bat

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, punchy cover drive but he finds the man at cover

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, pushed towards mid-off as Abdul Aziz keeps it on a length around off stump

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, good length delivery, Aaron defends

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, has that been put down? Oh Uzair has made an absolute mess of a dolly. Short and wide, uncontrolled cut shot went straight to backward point but Uzair needlessly stayed down and tried to go reverse cup when it wasn't really high. He should have stood up and taken it with fingers pointing down. Afghanistan cannot believe this

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Aaron watchfully defends to the off-side

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Aaron cuts to point

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, FOUR, oh the full face of the bat to the ball and the bowler. Just a gentle forward press and a push down the ground, Abdul Aziz couldn't go down in time to cut that off and it raced away. He wonders who it escaped past him - the answer is the timing on that shot

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Aaron defends

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, short of length and comfortable enough for Aaron to hang back and defend into the pitch

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Aaron defends off the back foot

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, full delivery angling in, Vaibhav leans forward to drive through the off-side, ball takes the inside edge and rolls to mid-wicket

Abdul Aziz to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, round the wicket to the LHB, Vaibhav defends off the back foot

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, leg byes, 1 run, appeal for LBW, not out is the call from the ump and rightly so for height. Short of a length delivery nipping away to beat Aaron on the back foot defence. Impact in line with middle and off but easily bouncing over. Ball rolls to the off-side and they sneak a leg bye

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Aaron stands tall and defends

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, no run, good length delivery around off stump this time, Aaron defends off the back foot

Abdul Aziz to Aaron George, FOUR, so just like the first innings, India begin their session with a four as well. Length delivery angling in, Aaron leans forward and plays a stylish flick in the gap at mid-wicket