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

Nooristani Omarzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, out Caught by Osman Sadat!! Nooristani Omarzai gets the big fish. Osman takes a simple catch at mid-wicket and throws the ball hard into the ground in anger. That's the impact Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has made in a matter of minutes. It's the short ball again that has got Vaibhav. Nooristani got this just outside off stump and asked Vaibhav to fetch the pull. The batter obliged and ended up getting a top edge that went straight up. Gutted Vaibhav covers his face before dragging himself off. Great innings though because he's eased the pressure on his team when a record chase is needed to play the final. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Osman Sadat b Nooristani Omarzai 68(33) [4s-9 6s-4]

Nooristani Omarzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, short of length delivery, Vaibhav pushes it to cover

Nooristani Omarzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX, gee! That's some power off the wrists. Proper whip of the hands and he's hit this ball that's almost a yorker for six. Had to clear the front leg away to get under the ball. Nooristani Omarzai missed the yorker by a couple of inches and that's all Vaibhav needed

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

Nooristani Omarzai to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, fullish delivery on the off stump, Vaibhav flicks through square leg

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

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, pushed off the back foot towards long-off

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX, this is muscled! Full and on the stumps, thank you very much says Vaibhav and makes it disappear high and handsome over mid-wicket

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, in the airrrr, safe! Long-on had to run in a long way to the left, he dived full length but couldn't even get his fingertips to it. Looks like Vaibhav had made up his mind towards the end of the last over to attack Wahidullah Zadran next time he comes on. But he didn't connect with this slog that well and got away with it as it went towards deep mid-wicket. The dive meant the fielder didn't have enough time to recover and stop the ball from rolling back to the ropes

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

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run, turning away, Vaibhav pushes it to long-off. 15 off the over

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX, this is in the air, long-on is stationed but he backs himself and just clears the leaping fielder. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Vaibhav goes straight with the loft. Not one of his muscular hits but still had enough wheels behind it

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, defended to the on-side

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, belted down the ground! Darted into the surface by Wahidullah Zadran but that didn't stop Vaibhav from advancing and targetting the straight boundary. Lofted over the bowler's head and the keeper thought it could have been held

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, nice back foot punch through cover! There was extra bounce with some turn but Vaibhav handled that really well with a high-elbowed drive. Hit it to the left of point, keeper thought his fielder would cut if off but the placement and timing was perfect to tease him to the fence

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, fullish and just turning away, calming back foot defence

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, quicker delivery just outside off stump, Vaibhav defends off the back foot. Keeper very loud behind the stumps as he encourages his teammates

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, full and outside off stump, Vaibhav belts the drive but finds mid-off. That ball swung away from the LHB

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 2 runs, pushed through quicker and on the stumps, Vaibhav wrists it behind square. Spots that there is two in it and calls his partner

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR, width and punished! Vaibhav is anyway wanting to stay leg-side of the ball and it doesn't help Afghanistan that Wahidullah Zadran offered room to free the arms outside off stump. Cut hard, slightly in front of square for his first boundary

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, now Vaibhav offers a solid back foot defence

Wahidullah Zadran to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run, spinning away outside off stump, Vaibhav loads a high back lift but plays a hurried cut shot as he was rushed by this ball. Played towards cover-point

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