4 min readChennaiJun 17, 2026 08:06 PM IST A strong batting effort and left-arm spinner Nishant Sindhu’s four-wicket haul put India A in the final of the tri-series in Dambulla. India have four points and though Afghanistan can match that by beating Sri Lanka in their final league game, courtesy India’s 101-run win on Wednesday — the net run-rate has gone up to 0.597 — making it impossible to better. In all likelihood, India A will face Sri Lanka A in the final on Sunday. In a must-win fixture against Afghanistan A on Wednesday, India were once again made to bat first and half-centuries from Priyansh Arya (58), Tilak Varma (59) and Kumar Kushagra (58) powered them to 319/9. And like in the previous fixture between the two teams, despite the steep target, Afghanistan went for it before losing their way in the middle as India’s spinners took control of the game. India bowlers responded well in trying circumstances like they have done right through the tournament. But the difference being it happened in the …