India A vs Afghanistan A, 2nd Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - Player HighlightsINDA vs AFGA, 2nd Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Highlights

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Bahir Shah!! Holes out! Slower ball on a back of a length, Tilak shapes to heave it away and picks out the man at deep midwicket who catches it just in front of the boundary rope. Abdullah Ahmadzai has his arms aloft after dismissing the India A captain. Tilak Varma c Bahir Shah b Abdullah Ahmadzai 66(73) [4s-5]

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, no run, back of a length, cut to point

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, hard length, Tilak swings hard and splices it towards long-off. Two runs off the free-hit

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, low full toss outside off, Tilak throws his arms and slices it to backward point who fumbles. Just a single

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, punches this length ball to the left of extra cover. Two more for Tilak as long-off mops it up

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, wide, slower ball wasted down leg

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, Tilak backs away early, Farmanullah Safi bowls a short of length delivery and that's been dabbed to point for a single

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 5 wides, Tilak Varma backs away, Farmanullah Safi tries to follow him and ends up bowling it further down leg. Tilak gets out of the way and the keeper fails to stop it due to the awkward bounce. Five easy runs for India

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, short of length delivery, punched down to long-off

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, 1 run, walks across, bends his back leg and drills this very full delivery to long-on

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, FOUR, full toss outside off and Tilak Varma doesn't miss out on this occasion. Slashes hard and the ball bullets away to deep backward point for four

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, wide, off-cutter that's way outside off, ignored by the batter

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, low full toss outside off, Tilak reaches for it and drives to deep point

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, wide, high full toss well outside off. Tilak Varma loses his shape as he tries to waft it away through the off-side and misses

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, knocks this in-angling length ball towards mid-on

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, no run, effort ball! Banged in short, Tilak Varma hops to try and periscope it over and wide of the keeper. Ishaq Rahimi leaps to pouch it. Tilak was beaten for pace there. He looks at the square leg umpire to see if it's been wided

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, Tilak backs away and forces this short of a good length ball to deep point

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, full leggie, pushed towards cover-point for a quick single which brings up Tilak Varma's fifty

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, full outside off, Tilak leans across and gets enough elevation as he chips it over extra cover

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, legbreak that spins away from a fullish length, Tilak lunges forward to push and gets it to rip past the outside edge

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, straying onto the pads and Tilak helps it to fine leg

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, 1 run, leg-lined length ball, tickled to fine leg

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Tilak Varma, no run, Abdullah Ahmadzai lets out a grunt as he bowls a bouncer from round the wicket and Tilak ducks under it

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, slower ball again, the length is a fraction short and Tilak punches it to long-on

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, no run, slower ball on a fullish length, Tilak closes the bat-face early and gets a leading edge that dies down on the off-side

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, pushed towards extra cover for a single

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, full outside off, Tilak Varma leans across and eases the drive through backward point. The deep cover fielder runs across to his right and bends low to try and flick it back into play, errs and concedes a boundary

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, no run, round the wicket, in-angler on off, Tilak watchfully defends it into the leg-side

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, quicker one on a slightly shorter length, Tilak turns it around the corner off the back foot

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, goes on the back foot and pats this length ball to cover

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, tossed up and full outside off, spins in as well, Tilak gets forward to drive and inside-edges to square leg

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, short of length, punched through point

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, round the wicket, length ball wide of off, Tilak runs it down to third man

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, tossed up and full, Tilak pushes it towards point off the front foot

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, no run, spinning away outside off, Tilak shuffles and shoulders arms

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, full on the pads, Tilak clip it to backward square leg

Farmanullah Safi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, nudges this rib-tickler to backward square leg

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, no run, low full toss and Tilak pushes it to the left of the bowler who half-stops in his followthrough

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, FOUR, angling away on a short of length, Tilak Varma waits on the back foot, bends his back leg and nicely cuts it behind square on the off-side. Beats backward point comfortably to his right and no chance for the third man fielder to even get close to it

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, no run, length ball on leg, defended into the on-side

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, no run, very full, jammed to mid-off

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, 1 run, short of length outside leg, glanced to fine leg

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, shortened length outside off, stabbed to sweeper cover

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, turns this length ball to midwicket for a quick single

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, full outside off, Tilak Varma shimmies down to drive through extra cover

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, 1 run, the line is down leg and Tilak Varma tickles it to fine leg

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, no run, turns this short of length ball to square leg

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, shortens the length on off, Tilak punches it straight to cover

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, flighted outside off, Tilak pushes it towards cover

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, googly that turns in, Tilak camps back and brings his bat down to somehow keep it out

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, shortens the length, Tilak stands tall and knocks it to long-on

Mohammad Ibrahim to Tilak Varma, 1 run, good length ball on leg, Tilak knocks it to mid-on and quickly crosses over

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, short and outside off, Tilak cuts it square of the wicket and scampers back for the second

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, dipping full toss on the pads, Tilak clips it to deep backward square

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, no run, flatter and drifting across, Tilak pats it with soft hands to the off-side

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, FOUR, poor from the fielder. Another full toss and Tilak drives it down the ground. The long-off gets across and fumbles to allow the ball to roll into the rope. That should have been only a single

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, full toss outside off, Tilak steps out and drives wide of long-off

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, overpitched outside off, Tilak drives past a diving cover fielder and scampers back for the second

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, flighted close to off, the length was perfect and bit of spin as well, Tilak is rooted to the crease and tries to push it into the off-side, gets beaten on the outside-edge

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, googly but dragged short, Tilak had ample time to pick it off the surface and work it to mid-wicket

Zahir Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, short and spinning away, Tilak cuts to sweeper cover

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, strays down leg, Tilak stays back and tucks it backward of square

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, no run, googly around off, fuller in length and Tilak defends off the front foot

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, wide, spinning down leg, Tilak misses the glance and umpire signals a wide

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, googly but the length is short, Tilak reads it from the crease and knocks it wide of point

Imran Mir to Tilak Varma, no run, short and wide, Tilak cuts and this time he picks out the point fielder

Imran Mir to Tilak Varma, no run, flighted outside off, Tilak leans across and drives straight to point

Imran Mir to Tilak Varma, FOUR, short and outside off, Tilak plays it late and opens the bat face to carve the cut past a diving point fielder

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, no run, flighted around off, Tilak pushes it to right of Khalil

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, no run, flatter delivery on leg, Tilak tucks it to mid-wicket

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, no run, drifted across off, Tilak leans across and angles it to backward point

Imran Mir to Tilak Varma, no run, slower and drifting in, Tilak settles into the forward defensive

Imran Mir to Tilak Varma, no run, flighted around off, Tilak pushes it to the right of Imran

Imran Mir to Tilak Varma, no run, floated up outside off, Tilak leans forward and shoulders arms

Imran Mir to Tilak Varma, no run, tossed up around off, Tilak knocks it with an open bat face to point

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, no run, drifted across off, Tilak blocks off the back foot

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 1 run, tossed up close to off, Tilak drives to long-off

Khalil Gurbaz to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, flighted around off, Tilak drives it straight back past Khalil and gets off the mark with a brace