India A vs Afghanistan A, 2nd Match, Tri Nation A Series in SL, 2026

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

Tilak Varma is captain of India A but the center of attraction in Dambulla across the three sides set to play this tri-series has been Indian teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The 15-year-0ld has become a global sensation with his exploits in the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) but before that, Sooryavanshi had shown that he has the goods to shine in 50-over cricket as well, as he powered India to victory in the U19 World Cup earlier this year.

The India A squad is generally built around IPL performers. Apart from Sooryavanshi, there will be a lot of eyes on how captain Tilak fares and on Ruturaj Gaikwad, who is set to join the senior Indian team later for their ODI series against Afghanistan in place of the injured Virat Kohli, already scored a century in the Match 1.

The presence of Prabhsimran Singh adds an interesting dynamic. Ayush Badoni’s middle-order role and the need to bat deep into an innings will be crucial to building on the top-order foundations while Nishant Sindhu offers balance as a left-handed all-rounder. On the bowling side, Yash Thakur has been rewarded for a good Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign. Yudhvir Singh Charak and Anshul Kamboj add more fast-bowling options. Arshad Khan lends variety to the attack. Vipraj Nigam and Harsh Dubey will offer the spin bowling options to complement the pacers.

Let us hope that, today, Vaibhav will shine with his bat and score a century.

Yes lets hope Vaibhav does well today

Thanks for tag and thread Madhu di

Thanks for the tag

Let's go TilluBetter be good than last thriller

Thanks for the tag Madhu.

May the best team win.

Cheers..

One thing is for sure. Both Prabhsimran and Vaibhav won't have it easy. Pitches here aren't as batter-friendly as the IPL and Afghanistan's talent pool is quite impressive with both pace and spin department. India will hope to have a better show with the ball with their frontliners getting early breakthrough. Win the toss, bat first was the talk in the last game. We don't expect that to change for this game as well. Pitch report and more coming up shortly...

Ruturaj Gaikwad was the star with the bat for India. Remember, he was originally not in the squad and came in as replacement for injured Riyan Parag. Rutu made great use of the opportunity by holding an end tight and shared a 150-run stand with his captain Tilak Varma on his way to a well constructed hundred. Tilak's fifty, Suryansh's power-hitting and impressive right arm pace bowling, Badoni's all-round show were the takeaways in the previous game. Priyansh had a good base that he threw himself away through a needless runout. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be itching to kick on and do better this time.

We got a good old classical 50-over game in the first match of this tri series. India A won a game they were set to lose as yet another Sri Lankan side triggered a random collapse after a great start. A pattern that's been annoying the host nation for a while now in white ball cricket.

Head to Head - Last 2 Matches

India A won by 113 runs, 01-Aug-2017

India A won by 7 wickets (with 116 balls remaining), 28-Jul-2017