Watch: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi out for 21 — India struggle again vs Sri Lanka A in Tri-Nation 2026

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi came into the Tri-Nation series for India A with lots of hope of doing well, having blasted the bowlers around the park in a successful Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. But he couldn’t impress with three successive failures against Sri Lanka-A and Afghanistan-A in the 50-over games.

During their third game, Sooryavanshi started aggressively but failed to convert his start into a big score, which has been his issue throughout the series, as the opposition bowlers have found a way to send back the Bihar-born.

How was Sooryavanshi dismissed? The delivery that ended his innings vs SL-A

After opening his account with a single, Sooryavanshi’s first boundary of the knock came against Chamika Gunasekara as he got some bat into the ball that swung down the leg side. The ball raced away to the fine leg fence.

Watch Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's dismissal here- 

The left-handed opening batter picked the length on the third delivery and lofted it through the line straight down the ground for the first six of the game. He followed it with another boundary, which was flicked in the air to deep mid-wicket as it went once bounced over the ropes.

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But Sahan Arachchige finally dismissed the southpaw on 21 runs off 14 balls with the help of three boundaries and one six. This time, he went for a big drive over the covers against the tossed-up delivery. But he was beaten by the turn and sliced it in the air towards the point when Wanuja Sahan grabbed a fine catch.

3 wickets down in no time — How do India-A keep losing the powerplay?

Apart from the wicket of Sooryavanshi, India-A kept losing wickets consistently. Prabhsimran Singh went back to the dressing room for 11 runs as he chipped the slow leg cutter from Mohamed Shiraz into the hands of the mid-off fielder. Their captain, Tilak Varma, was also dismissed for 23 runs, thanks to a decent catch at the backward point region. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad was dismissed on 37 runs off 42 balls. He got a few chances but looked good until he played down the wrong line against V Viyaskanth and was trapped leg before the stumps. They, suddenly, found themselves 111/4 in the 20th over of the innings. 

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One of the issues for the side, in this series, has been their bowling. But their batting has also failed to counter on a few occasions when it was most needed.

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Follow live scorecard of India-A vs Sri Lanka-A in Tri-Nation Series 2026

India A- 138/6 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 37, Vijayakanth Vijaskanth 2/9) vs Sri Lanka A