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

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, out Caught by (sub)Nazifullah Amiri!! Aaron George is disappointed. He won't be there to see his team win. It's a length delivery well outside off, he cuts as he reaches for it with an open-face and doesn't keep it down. Simple reverse-cup catch for backward point. But walks off to a standing ovation from his mates. 100 in a World Cup semi - he will remember that for the rest of his life. Aaron George c (sub)Nazifullah Amiri b Wahidullah Zadran 115(104) [4s-15 6s-2]

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Aaron George gets forward to drive to long-on

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, fraction fuller and wider of off - Aaron leans into the drive and finds the gap square past point for a single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, fuller length delivery on off, punched to the left of mid-off for a quick single

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

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 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 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 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

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

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

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

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, fl, delivery outside off - driven crisply and to the left of backward point where the fielder makes a diving stop

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, SIX, beautifully played, overpitched by Omarzai - Aaron leans forward, presents the full face of the bat, high elbow and lifts it disadainfully over the bowler's head for a maximum

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, Omarzai shortens the length on middle, tucked through mid-wicket for a single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, full and at the stumps, punched down to long-on for a single

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

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, short of a good length and at the stumps, punched off the back-foot to mid-on

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, length ball on off - Aaron stays back and defends it to the off-side

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, leg byes, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, Aaron was looking to flick and missed, off the pad and rolled to short fine

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle and leg, driven down to long-on for a single

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, FOUR, lovely, too full and too wide from Zadran - Aaron leans into the drive and caresses it into the gap wide of cover, races away across the fast outfield

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, 1 run, tossed up just outside off - driven to the left of cover for a single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside off - driven towards mid-off and Aaron scurries across for a quick single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, slower ball on off, punched to thye right of mid-off for a single

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, no run, Zadran tosses one just outside off - Aaron backs away and can't beat cover-point with the drive

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, 1 run, loopy delivery outside off - driven down to long-off for a run

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, no run, fraction short and just outside off, stays a tad low and it's punched off the back-foot to cover

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside off - driven through cover for a single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 2 runs, tad fuller and just outside off - Aaron leans into the drive and finds the gap wide of mid-off, chase for the fielder and he's back for the second

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, 1 run, hint of flight outside off - eased down to long-off for a single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Aaron drives and gets a thick edge to third man

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Aaron looks to drive and the bat turns on impact, skews it wide of mid-on for a single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, back of a length and just outside off - Mhatre stands tall and punches it to cover-point

Uzairullah Niazai to Aaron George, FOUR, the boundaries continue to flow for India - flatter and wider of off, Aaron backs away, uses the angle and then chops it backward of square on the off-side for a boundary

Uzairullah Niazai to Aaron George, byes, FOUR, streaky and four, given as byes though, spun back sharply, kept low and went past Aaron's attempted cut, bounces past the keeper and runs away to the ropes

Uzairullah Niazai to Aaron George, 1 run, pushed through with a lower-arm tarjectory, dabbed down to long-on for a run

Uzairullah Niazai to Aaron George, 1 run, tossed up and sliding onto the pads, nudged past square leg for a single

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

Roohullah Arab to Aaron George, 1 run, tossed up and drifting down leg - Aaron sweeps and it needed a diving effort at backward square leg to prevent the boundary

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 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 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

Roohullah Arab to Aaron George, 1 run, on the leg stump, Aaron knocks it to mid-wicket

Roohullah Arab to Aaron George, FOUR, shot! The bowler was looking to cramp Aaron for room. So he steps out while making room and executed this drive inside out over cover. Top drawer stuff!

Roohullah Arab to Aaron George, no run, flatter delivery on the leg stump, Aaron defends it back to the bowler

Roohullah Arab to Aaron George, no run, leg-sidish again, Aaron defends it back to the bowler

Roohullah Arab to Aaron George, no run, flighted delivery on the leg stump, Aaron defends off the front foot

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

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, FOUR, lucky runs for India and the frustration builds for Nooristani Omarzai. Good length delivery outside off stump, Aaron looks to punch off the back foot, thick edge escapes past the keeper and third man had no chance as well

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Aaron defends

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, excellent push down the ground to long-on

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, SIX, oh he's managed to get it wide of the deep square leg fielder. Full delivery down the leg-side, Aaron George just played a flick in the air and it's almost landed on the ropes. He had to ensure he didn't hit it finer and the execution is perfect as fielder was waiting to swallow if it came at him. In fact the ball has landed on the rope so it will be a six

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

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, walks and then flicks this length delivery to mid-wicket. Fumble allows the single

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, good length delivery nipping back in, Aaron defends and looks at the bottom of the bat

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

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

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, 1 run, pushed to mid-on

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, another one down! It's Wahid now. Surely it's difficult to advance to a World Cup final if the catching is going to be this poor. Nooristani Omarzai has just built some pressure with dots so Aaron wants to break-free. The batter plays a pull shot very straight. Straight to mid-on and straight out of his hands. Yet another case of Afghanistan trying to go reverse cup style when it's not high enough

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, wanted to play a drive off the back foot, but mistimed it off the bottom of the bat to cover

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Aaron defends off the back foot

Nooristani Omarzai to Aaron George, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Aaron looks to punch off the back foot, misses

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, FOUR, low full toss, squeezed out past cover-point and the keeper goes "hey, hey" as the fielder couldn't cut it off. Wahidullah Zadran tried to dart the yorker in, missed the mark and Aaron opened the bat face to find the gap at cover-point. Wahidullah Zadran has gone for 34 runs in his last 2 overs

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, FOUR, if Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is all about power, Aaron George is doing them with touch. Another of his sweet touches that takes the ball to the fence with pure timing. Fullish delivery, Aaron leans forward and gets it past cover for four more

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, no run, fullish delivery, Aaron defends

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 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 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