India A team adorned with IPL stars started the tri-series with a win. India almost won a lost game against Sri Lanka. While chasing 278 runs, Sri Lanka had scored 256 runs in 46 overs. Now only 22 more runs had to be scored in 24 balls. It seemed that Team India had lost the match, but the bowlers turned the tables, and India snatched the victory from the jaws of Sri Lanka.

While chasing the target, Niroshan Dickwella (47) and Avishka Fernando (45) gave a great start to Sri Lanka by making a partnership of 93 runs for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Ayush Badoni, he dismissed Fernando in the 17th over and Dickwella in the 19th over. After this, there was an important partnership of 78 runs between Sadira Samarawickrama (46) and captain Sahan Arachchige for the fourth wicket. Sahan Arachige scored 74 runs in 72 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 6 fours. When he was at the crease, no one could say that Sri Lanka could lose the match from here.

22 runs were needed in 24 balls

After 46 overs, Sri Lanka’s score was 256/6, needing only 22 runs to win. Arshad Khan gave only 5 runs in the 17th over. In the 48th over, Anshul Kamboj gave only 7 runs and took an important wicket in the form of Sri Lankan captain Sahan Arachchige. When he was out, Sri Lanka needed 16 runs from 16 balls.

Sri Lanka needed 10 runs from 12 balls and had 3 wickets in hand, here too Sri Lanka was the favorite but Arshad Khan did wonders in this over. He gave out LBW to Viaskant on the second ball. Vanuj Sahan was run out on the next ball, on the fifth ball he took the 10th wicket of Sri Lanka in the form of Mohammad Shiraz and Team India won the match by 8 runs.

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did not work Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s bat

Indian captain Tilak Verma won the toss and decided to bat first. Prabhsimran Singh and Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened, but both were out cheaply. While Prabh could score only 2 runs in 11 balls, Vaibhav was out after scoring 14 runs in 12 balls. Priyansh Arya, who came at number three, was run out due to lack of coordination, he scored 32 runs in 32 balls.

Rituraj Gaikwad played a century innings

After the failure of the top order batsmen, Ruturaj Gaikwad made a partnership of 150 runs with captain Tilak Verma. Gaikwad scored 101 runs in 114 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. Tilak scored 60 runs in 97 balls, in this innings he hit 1 six and 2 fours.

In the end, Ayush Badoni played important innings of 24 runs in 18 balls and Suryansh Shedge played important innings of 26 runs in 14 balls, taking India’s score to 277. Mohammad Shiraz took 2 wickets for Sri Lanka, which included the important wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He was the one who had also dismissed Tilak Verma.

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When is India’s next match?

A tri-series is being played between India A, Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A, the first match of which has been won by India. The next match is between India A and Afghanistan A on Thursday, June 11. Let us tell you that each team will play 2-2 matches against the other two teams. The final match will be held between the top-2 teams on Sunday, June 21.

India A vs Sri Lanka A Scorecard: India A team batted first and scored 277 runs. After the early dismissal of both the opening batsmen Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Prabhsimran Singh, Rituraj Gaikwad scored a century and captain Tilak Verma scored a half-century to take the Indian team to a big score.

In this match being played in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, India won the toss and chose to bat first. Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit some good shots in the beginning, but Mohammad Shiraz dismissed him on the score of 14. His opening partner Prabhsimran Singh could score only 2 runs. By the score of 16, both the opening batsmen of Team India had returned to the pavilion. Priyansh Arya also departed after scoring 32 runs and by the time Team India reached 69 runs, it had lost three wickets.

Gaikwad-Tilak took over

Rituraj Gaikwad and Tilak Verma handled the innings and made a partnership of 150 runs. Gaikwad scored runs at a good strike rate, but captain Tilak Verma played at a strike rate of only 61.86, due to which Team India’s hopes of crossing 300 were dealt a blow. Gaikwad scored the 21st century of his List-A career. He scored 101 runs, while Tilak was out after scoring 60 runs. In the last overs, Suryansh Shedge and Ayush Badoni played cameo innings of 26 runs and 24 runs respectively, taking Team India to the score of 277 runs.

Scored 52 runs in the last 5 overs

The Indian team scored 52 runs in the last 5 overs. The credit for this goes to the stormy innings of Suryansh Shedge and Ayush Badoni. Especially Shedge thrashed the Sri Lankan bowlers. Meanwhile, he scored 19 runs by hitting 2 sixes and a four in Chamika Karunaratne’s over. Shedge returned unbeaten after scoring 26 runs in 14 balls.

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After IPL 2026, Vaibhav Suryavanshi will be seen in the jersey of Team India for the first time. The tri-series between India A, Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A is starting from today. The first match of the series will be played between India and Sri Lanka. Vaibhav has also played for India A before, when he scored 144 runs in 42 balls in the Rising Stars Asia Cup last year. However, this tri-series will be played in ODI format.

Tilak Verma will be captaining the Indian team in this tri-series. This team also includes Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Ayush Badoni and young batsman Nishant Sindhu. On the other hand, this tri-series will be very important for Vaibhav Suryavanshi, because he has also been selected in the squad for Ireland and England T20 series. Vaibhav would like to go on UK tour with increased confidence. Before that, know how the playing eleven of India A may look today.

Probable playing eleven of India A: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Priyansh Arya, Tilak Verma (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Badoni, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Nishant Sindhu, Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, Anshul Kamboj and Arshad Khan.

India A squad for tri-series: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Tilak Verma (captain), Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Ayush Badoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Anukul Roy, Nishant Sindhu, Yash Thakur, Arshad Khan, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Vipraj Nigam, Kumar Kushagra, Anshul Kamboj, Suryansh Shedge.

In the tri-series, each team will face each other twice. The final will be played on June 21 between the teams in the top-2 of the points table. The Indian team will play its first match with Sri Lanka today, after which it will face Afghanistan A on June 11. They will face Sri Lanka A on 15th June and Afghanistan A on 17th June in the final match.

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