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

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, length delivery and Aaron George gets forward to punch on the rise, wide of mid-off for one

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, FOUR, 100 for Aaron George. He raises the bat as he removes his helmet. Not big celebrations. The Indian contingent are up and clapping. Length delivery on middle, he gets forward and flicks it wide of mid-on, races away. All class this hundred. He has come good on the big day after a poor tournament till then. Vihaan comes to him, shows some glove-love, pats him on the back and also George kissed his India helmet

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, full outside off, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward to drive to the left of mid-off, who does well to cut it off, just one

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, leg byes, 2 runs, sliding down leg, fullish and Vihaan Malhotra comes down the track to flick, off the pads and fine-leg gets across and cuts it off to his left

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, good length and angling into the left-hander, on off, gets forward to defend to cover

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, full and angling away from the right-hander outside off, Aaron George gets forward to drive to sweeper cover

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, 3 runs, a direct-hit from mid-off but Vihaan Malhotra is easily in. The ricochet off the stumps takes the ball away and they take two more. On a good length on off, Vihaan gets forward to punch it to mid-off

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, good length on middle, Aaron George gets forward and drives to the left of mid-on, who dives to his left and half-stops, just one

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, short of length on middle, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and flicks to fine-leg

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, wide, fires it down leg, Vihaan Malhotra flicks and misses, Mahboob Khan prevents more runs to his right

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, short of length and nips back in to middle, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and punches to backward point, Aaron George is sent back

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, short of length outside off, angling away from the right-hander, Aaron George gets forward and punches, backward point dives to his right and gets a hand to it, half-stopped

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, full and angling into the left-hander on middle, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward to drive to mid-off, another one

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, short of length on middle, Aaron George gets forward to drive, off the thick outer half to mid-off

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, full just outside off, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward to drive to mid-off and had the fielder picked the ball up cleanly, there was half-a-chance of a run-out

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, length delivery on off, Aaron George gets forward to drive wide of mid-off for one

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, good inswinging yorker on middle, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward and digs it out wide of backward point

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, wide, fires the full delivery down leg, Vihaan Malhotra flicks and misses

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, FOUR, yorker length outside off, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward and opens the face of the bat to drive wide of backward point and beats the square third man running across and diving to his left, should've been stopped, that was a tired dive

Khatir Stanikzai to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, short of length and tight on off, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward to drive to mid-off

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, full and just outside off - drilled straight to the fielder at extra-cover

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside off - driven into the gap past cover for a single

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, much better from Stanikzai - fuller length delivery outside off and Aaron can't get under it, driven back at the bowler

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, wide, the attempted slower ball, but he's pushed it well past the tramlines, called as a wide

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no ball, FOUR, lovely, a high full-toss from Stanikzai - George arches back, uses the pace on the ball and then steers it backward of square on the off-side, runs away to the ropes and brings up Aaron's fifty - it's a no-ball for height and he'll get to face the free-hit

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, Stanikzai shortens the length outside off - Mhatre rides the bounce and crunches it square past cover for a single

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, back of a length and just outside off - slapped off the back-foot to cover

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - punched square on the off-side for a single

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - punched straight to the fielder at mid-off

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, that's hit Ayush Mhatre and an immediate apology from the bowler - was pushed back at the bowler, Stanikzai collected and shied back at the batter who was taking evasive action

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, length ball outside off - driven to the left of mid-off for a single

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Aaron plants his front-foot forward on the defensive push

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, that stayed very low, short of a good length and just outside off - scoots under Aaron's bat and bounces through to the keeper

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 2 runs, on a length and just outside off - driven in front of square on the off-side, Aaron wants the second and the throw goes to the bowler's end - an easy second though

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, short of a good length and well wide of off, steered in front of square on the off-side

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, leg byes, 1 run, short of a good length and angling into the right-hander, drops off Aaron's thigh-pad and rolls to the on-side for a leg-bye

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Aaron leans forward and stylishly drives it to mid-off

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, back of a length and just outside off - hit high on the bat as Mhatre muscled the pull down to long-on

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - Mhatre's feet goes nowhere on the drive, a thick inside edge onto the pad and the ball rolls to the off-side

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, short of a length and well wide of off - Aaron slashes and gets a thick edge, third man has been placed fine and it's only a single

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, on the third attempt he gets the pull shot perfectly right. First time he hit it straighter and found long-on, second time he wanted to go aerial but found mid-wicket inside the ring. This time he ensures he targets mid-wicket and also puts it over the infield. Short delivery sat up to be hit and Ayush obliged

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, nice cover drive but straight to the fielder again

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, now he does pull to mid-wicket but picks out the fielder. Short of a length delivery, Ayush wanted to hit it over the infield, ball went along the ground off the bottom of the bat

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, nice back foot punch along the ground through cover

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Aaron punches it to cover

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, pulled uppishly but doesn't carry to long-on. Ayush wanted to hit the pull towards mid-wicket but he he hit it straighter and had a scary moment

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, short of length delivery just bouncing over the stumps, Ayush swung across the line for a pull shot and missed

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, fullish delivery just outside off stump, Ayush pushes it towards mid-off

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, nice nudge to mid-on for a single

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, short of length on the stumps, Aaron knocks it to mid-wicket

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, low bounce again outside off stump. Maybe there was an edge on it too but didn't carry to the keeper. Short of a length delivery moving away, Aaron wanted to drive off the back foot but missed

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, no run, beaten! Fullish and angling in, Aaron wanted to loft down the ground but the ball nipped away to go past the outside edge. The leg-cutter as Khatir Stanikzai rolled his fingers across it

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, SIX, he's taken 8 balls to open his account but he's done so in style. Short delivery on the leg-side, Ayush rocked back to pull this high and handsome over deep backward square leg

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, again the ball shoots low and goes under Ayush's bat as he stays leg-side in his attempted cut shot

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Ayush pushes it to point. He's yet to get off the mark

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, oh dear that has bounced in front of the keeper and hit him on the face. Low bounce on this short of length delivery, Ayush got beaten as the ball sneaked under the bat. Ball hit the hands and ricocheted into his face. Physio comes out for attention. It's hit the chin and thankfully not the nose or the eyes

Khatir Stanikzai to Ayush Mhatre, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Ayush defends off the front foot

Khatir Stanikzai to Aaron George, 1 run, very full delivery outside off stump, Aaron leans forward and squeezes it to deep point