Sri Lanka A vs India A, 1st Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - Player HighlightsSLA vs INDA, 1st Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Highlights

Ayush Badoni to Avishka Fernando, out Caught by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi!! Badoni breaks the partnership. Much needed breakthrough for India. These two were taking the game away from them. Sri Lanka are still ahead but India have an opening. Avishka sits down and belts the sweep, struck it hard but straight to square leg. Sooryavanshi didn't move an inch as he lapped it up in front of the umpire. Avishka Fernando c Vaibhav Sooryavanshi b Ayush Badoni 45(59) [4s-7]

Ayush Badoni to Avishka Fernando, no run, tossed up on off, Avishka prods forward and defends to mid-wicket

Ayush Badoni to Avishka Fernando, 2 runs, fraction short and down leg, Avishka swivels and pulls backward of square. Arshad gets around and dives to save a couple

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, flatter delivery, punched down the ground to long-on

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, no run, on the stumps, Avishka works it to the on-side

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, no run, very full, driven to mid-off

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Avishka flicks this past mid-wicket. Direct-hit at the bowler's end would have been tight but he seemed to be home

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Avishka worls it to backward square leg

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, short delivery, Avishka pulls to fine leg

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, tap and run single to backward point and set off on the quick single

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, oh almost through him and bowled! Avishka just managed to get an inside edge last second to send the ball past the leg stump

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, no run, short delivery outside off stump, Avishka looks to pull initially but bails out

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Avishka works it to the on-side

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, short delivery outside off stump, Avishka jumps and guides it on the bounce to third man

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, no run, quicker and on the stumps, Avishka defends from the crease

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, driven through cover for a single

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, no run, flighted delivery, Avishka drives to the left of the bowler

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, no run, fullish and just outside off stump, Avishka defends off the back fot

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, no run, full delivery just outside off stump, Avishka defends off the front foot

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery, Avishka defends from the crease

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, no run, beaten! Lovely short of length delivery outside off stump, Avishka looks to push off the back foot and misses. So close to nicking off. The ball did seam away off the pitch

Suryansh Shedge to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery moving away, Avishka taps it to point. Got slightly squared up but managed to play it well in the end

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, no run, very full delivery, Avishka defends off the front foot

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, driven firmly to the left of mid-off. Lovely timing on that shot and both batters enjoyed that hit with some glove-love. Length and width outside off stump, neat shot and Sri Lanka are being dominant at this point

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, moves across and defends this short of length delivery to the right of the bowler

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, pulled behind square and finally he times the ball with that shot. Was a pick-up pull. Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Avishka gets inside the line and sends it high over backward square leg

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Avishka Fernando defends from the crease

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, tries to move across and nudge to the on-side but gets hit on the thigh pad

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, flighted delivery from Anukul Roy, Avishka sweeps hard and sends it through backward square leg. No chance for the man in the deep as he had too much to cover to the right

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, on the stumps, Avishka works it through backward square leg

Anukul Roy to Avishka Fernando, no run, flatter delivery, Avishka Fernando defends off the back foot

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, wanted to drive through the off-side, inside edge rolls to mid-wicket

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, neat back foot drive again, middled the ball but he picked out the man at cover

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery, Avishka clips to the on-side

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, good length delivery, Avishka pushes it to mid-off

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, now the clip off the back foot as Arshad Khan bowls leg-side. Wristed past mid-wicket's dive. Man at mid-on goes all the way to deep mid-wicket and try and cut it off but the ball just slowly rolls and touches the fence. Had a long way to cover so he couldn't deny the boundary

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, brilliant back foot drive! The length was short enough and the width was there to free the arms to play a free-flowing back foot drive to the left of mid-off. Tilak gives chase and escorts the ball to the fence. No chance for him

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, calming back foot defence to this short of length delivery

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, soft appeal from Arshad Khan for LBW, but you can't get LBWs to balls that miss the leg stump. Short of length, Avishka misses the pull again and gets hit on the thigh pad

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Avishka defends from the crease

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, this is on the pads and it's clipped to fine leg

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, oh wants to pull a ball that's not really short and had no width. Got cramped on the shot and wore in on the right thigh pad

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, 2 runs, short of length delivery on the leg stum, Avishka flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets an easy two

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, length delivery on the stumps, Avishka defends from the crease

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, oh edged and safe! The man at slip was wide so the ball escaped between the fielder and the keeper. Short of a length delivery moving away, Avishka pushed hard at it away from the body in his defence and escapes with the outside edge

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Avishka defends off the back foot

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery, cuts towards cover-point. Good recovery from Anshul Kamboj after the first ball hit to the fence

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Avishka defends off the back foot

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, fullish delivery, pushed to the left of mid-off

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Avishka defends

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, short and wide, bit of outswing as well that helped Avishka free his arms further. Cracks the cut shot in front of square and gets his first boundary

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, no run, good length delivery, Avishka defends

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, oh a quick single. Pushes this length ball to mid-off and sets off

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, back of a length outside off, Avishka looks to cut, chops it to the off-side

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, length ball, pushed to the right of the bowler

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, back of a length and angled across, Avishka looks to punch and is beaten on the outside edge

Arshad Khan to Avishka Fernando, no run, starts with a yorker on off, Avishka digs it out to the off-side

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, leg byes, 1 run, worked away to the on-side

Anshul Kamboj to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, bit of outswing on this good length delivery to the right-hander, Avishka pokes and gets an outside edge that rolls along the ground