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

Afghanistan U19 opt to bat
AFGU19
74
-1
(16.1)
P'SHIP21(23)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
25
45
2
0
55.56
17
13
4
0
130.77
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
16.1
Deepesh Devendran to Osman Sadat, no run, fuller length delivery and angling into the right-hander, Sadat fell across on the flick and missed, off the pad and rolled back at the bowler
Drinks. Good base for Afghanistan. India bowled a tad too full in the powerplay and the openers got off to a good start. They missed a few runs due to placement and good fielding by India. Deepesh managed to break the opening stand by getting the solid looking Khalid. There wasn't enough assistance for the pacers and it isn't doing much for the spinners yet. Faisal has come out with a positive mindset. who is going to boss the middle overs?
16
0 0 4 4 0 0 (8 runs)
AFGU19 74-1
Faisal Shinozada
17(13)
Osman Sadat
25(44)
Khilan Patel
2-0-9-0
15.6
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, no run, fullish and just around off stump, Faisal defends off the front foot
15.5
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, no run, blocked
15.4
4
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, FOUR, brilliant cover drive! Full and outside off stump, Faisal leans forward and drives through cover. Sends it past the man at cover and gets four more
15.3
4
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, FOUR, the loft over mid-wicket now! Full and in the slot, Faisal waits and launches it over the infield four a handsome four
15.2
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, no run, cut away and that's a great stop at backward point. Shortish delivery just outside off stump, Faisal cuts to send it square for four but the fielder denied the runs
15.1
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, no run, very full delivery on the leg stump, Faisal defends off the front foot
15
1 1 0 0 0 2 (4 runs)
AFGU19 66-1
Osman Sadat
25(44)
Faisal Shinozada
9(7)
Deepesh Devendran
4-0-20-1
14.6
Deepesh Devendran to Osman Sadat, 2 runs, short of length delivery outside off stump, Osman cuts to deep point. Man in the deep cuts it off to the left
14.5
Deepesh Devendran to Osman Sadat, no run, beaten on the pull! Short of a length delivery angling in, Osman looks to play across the line and goes to the keeper
14.4
Deepesh Devendran to Osman Sadat, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Osman rocks back and taps it to point. Sharp work at point denies the single
14.3
Deepesh Devendran to Osman Sadat, no run, low full toss and he escapes as Osman only finds the man at cover with this push to the off-side. Was a hit me boundary ball
14.2
Deepesh Devendran to Faisal Shinozada, 1 run, interestingly Faisal walks at the bowler and he almost yorks himself now, dug out to mid-wicket
14.1
Deepesh Devendran to Osman Sadat, 1 run, Deepesh wants to try yorkers to Osman as well. Dug out to mid-off
14
0 0 0 1 0 0 (1 runs)
AFGU19 62-1
Faisal Shinozada
8(6)
Osman Sadat
22(39)
Khilan Patel
1-0-1-0
13.6
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, no run, on the leg stump and really full, Faisal works it to mid-wicket. Just one off it and Khilan Patel troubled Osman Sadat in that over. Ball isn't spinning much though
13.5
Khilan Patel to Faisal Shinozada, no run, very full delivery on the stumps, Faisal leans forward and drives to cover
13.4
Khilan Patel to Osman Sadat, 1 run, fullish delivery on the stumps, Osman taps it to cover
13.3
Khilan Patel to Osman Sadat, no run, oh misses the flick and gets hit on the pad but it's well down the leg-side. Osman got drawn forward as Khilan Patel changed to a full length
13.2
Khilan Patel to Osman Sadat, no run, hanging back and that's dangerous. Khilan Patel will back himself to sneak one through. Knocked to the on-side
13.1
Khilan Patel to Osman Sadat, no run, flatter delivery outside off stump, Osman punches it towards cover