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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi proved he also has some skills in the field. For the 5th match of the tri-nation series, India A was up against Afghanistan A at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla.
In this match, Afghanistan A was trying to create some momentum to chase India’s total of 319 runs in 50 overs. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stunned everyone with his fielding work.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi takes a flying catch against Afghanistan
The 15-year-old, who is known for his ultra-aggressive batting style, took a flying catch today to dismiss Afghanistan’s emerging batter Khalid Taniwal. On the fourth ball of the sixth over of the second innings, Khalid smashed Anshul Kamboj hard in search of a boundary.
Sooryavanshi was on the line of the ball. The ball first came to the fielder. In the first attempt, Vaibhav did not palm the ball, but he never lost his focus on the ball. He tracked the trajectory of the ball, and in the second attempt, he threw his body in the air to take it cleanly.
Sooryavanshi pulls off a stunner! 🤯
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India went over the 300-run mark
After the match, India A team skipper Tilak Varma informed that they wanted to bowl first, but as Sri Lanka chose the same after winning the toss, India had to bat.
"Yeah, but honestly, we wanted to bowl first. But you can see the wicket has not changed much. So I think the bowlers today, everyone took that responsibility and bowled well," he said after winning the match.
Batting first, the Tilak Varma-led team secured a total of 319 runs in 50 overs in exchange for 9 wickets. With the bat, Vaibhav Sooryavabshi again returned without fulfilling the expectations. In the ongoing tri-nation series, the southpaw is not delivering in style. Today, the Orange Cap winner in the IPL 2026 season. dismissed for 38 runs off 28 balls.
Three batters, including Varma, Priyansh Arya, and Kumar Kushagra, completed half-centuries each in the match.
It was the bowler who shifted the momentum of the contest
As Varma told, the bowlers today were on song, especially Nishant Sindhu, who was named as the best player of the match for taking 4 wickets in 6.5 overs and with an economy rate of 4.50. Yash Thakur claimed a brace and one each for Anshul Kamboj, Viprag Nigam, Suryansh Shedge, and Anukul Roy. In response to India A's 319, Afghanistan A lost all of their batters for only 218 runs.
"It’s obviously hard to bowl on a surface like that. I just tried to bowl on a good line and length. It’s almost the same there as well. We played on this kind of wicket, so we are used to it. We are just trying to take one game at a time, so we are looking forward to it," Nishant Sandhu, the Player of the Match, said at the presentation ceremony.
