
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|25-11-2025
Dravid's son failed, yet the team won (Photo-PTI)
U-19 Tri-Series: In the fifth match of the tri-series being played in Bengaluru, Afghanistan Under-19 team was defeated by India B Under-19 team by 2 wickets in a thrilling match. India won with 11 balls to spare. Batting first, Afghanistan team scored 202 runs in 50 overs. It was not easy to achieve this target on this difficult wicket but Vedant Trivedi scored 83 runs and BK Kishore scored 29 not out to help India-B Under 19 team win.
However, in this match, Rahul Dravid's son Anvay proved to be a huge flop and was out on zero on the very first ball. BK Kishore was chosen as the hero of the team's victory, who apart from scoring unbeaten 29 runs, performed brilliantly with the ball and took 3 wickets for just 19 runs in 10 overs. This player was chosen player of the match. This is India B's first win in the India Under 19 ODI Tri Series and they are at the bottom of the points table.
When India B Under 19 team got the target of 203 runs, the start of this team was not good. Yuvraj Gohil was out after scoring only 3 runs. But after this, captain Aaron George and Vedant Trivedi gave a good partnership to the team and took it to 90 runs. However, the team started derailing from the 23rd over. Nazifullah Amiri first bowled Aaron George and then he also took the wicket of Anvay Dravid. India B's condition worsened when Rahul Kumar also got out in the next over. By the time it reached 90 to 115 runs, Team India lost 6 wickets and was in danger of defeat, but after this there was a half-century partnership between Vedant BK Kishore due to which Afghanistan team lost the match.
Talking about the best performing players in the tri-series, Yuvraj Gohil has scored the maximum of 166 runs. He has scored these runs at an average of 55.33. Apart from him, Pangalia has scored 163 runs. Vihaan Malhotra has scored the highest 159 runs for India A Under 19 team. In bowling, Aditya Rawat of Nainital has taken the maximum of 8 wickets. Afghanistan's Abdul Azizat has also taken 8 wickets.




