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

Wahidullah Zadran to Vedant Trivedi, 1 run, India seal a record chase in U-19 World Cups that pilots them to the final. It's a good length delivery on middle, Vedant Trivedi goes on the back foot and turns it to the vacant square-leg area

Wahidullah Zadran to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, tossed up on a length and on leg-stump, Vihaan Malhotra gets forward to flick to mid-wicket

Wahidullah Zadran to Vedant Trivedi, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Vedant Trivedi gets forward to drive to long-on

Wahidullah Zadran to Vedant Trivedi, 2 runs, flat good length on middle, Vedant Trivedi goes on the back foot and whips it wide of mid-wicket's dive to come back for two

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 Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, flat good length on middle, Vihaan Malhotra goes on the back foot and makes room outside the leg-stump to punch to long-on

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

Wahidullah Zadran to Vihaan Malhotra, no run, tossed up just outside off - Malhotra backs away and picks out mid-off with the back-foot drive

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 Vihaan Malhotra, 1 run, flighted delivery on the leg-stump line, nudged behind square on the on-side for a single

Wahidullah Zadran to Vihaan Malhotra, FOUR, cracking shot, dropped short and wide of off - Malhotra stands tall, makes room and then cuts it in front of square on the off-side for a boundary

Wahidullah Zadran to Aaron George, 1 run, tossed up just outside off - driven to the left of cover 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 Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, tossed up just outside off - drilled down towards long-on, on the bounce to the fielder in the deep

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

Wahidullah Zadran to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, punched down to long-off for a single

Wahidullah Zadran to Ayush Mhatre, no run, tossed up on middle - Mhatre stays right back in defence

Wahidullah Zadran to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, dropped short by Zadran - doesn't bounce a lot and Mhatre rocks back on the pull through mid-wicket

Wahidullah Zadran to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, nicely played, pushed through flatter and quikcker of off - Mhatre stays leg-sided and then drives it into the gap wide of cover, races away past the chasing fielder

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

Wahidullah Zadran to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, slower and just outside off - punchedwide of cover and the single brings up the 100-run stand

Wahidullah Zadran to Ayush Mhatre, no run, flighted delivery on middle and leg - Mhatre clips it straight to the fielder at mid-wicket

Wahidullah Zadran to Ayush Mhatre, no run, tossed up well wide of off - Mhatre looks to run it fine and 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

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

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