India A would take confidence from the way they bounced back from the Sri Lanka defeat to beat Afghanistan A and seal a place in the final. Asked to defend 319/9, they bowled Afghanistan out for 218 in 36.5 overs. Captain Tilak Varma, Priyansh Arya and Kumar Kushagra struck half-centuries in that game, while left-arm spinner Nishant Sindhu led the bowling effort with 4/31.

Hours before the match, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi issued an unmissable warning on his Instagram profile, which is followed by Rajasthan Royals, Yuzvendra Chahal and others. He posted a number - 100 - along with the famous title track from the movie 'Dangal'. It's clear that he is backing himself to score a century in the final on Sunday.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looked scratchy in India's must-win game against Afghanistan A in the last outing, surviving a few anxious moments before making 38, and the onus would be on him to bounce back in style. 

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had a record-breaking IPL 2026 season, smashing 776 runs in 16 matches at a staggering strike-rate of 237.31, including 72 sixes. Coming to Sri Lanka after riding the IPL high and a maiden India call-up, Sooryavanshi has found the slow pitches in Dambulla a bigger test, with the conditions curbing his natural strokeplay. The flamboyant left-hander has not quite been able to convert his starts. In four matches so far, he has scored 14, 44, 21 and 38.

After the game was tied at the end of 50 overs, Sri Lanka A scored 16 in the Super Over and then restricted India A to nine, with rookie pacer Kugathas Mathulan, a slinger in the mould of Matheesha Pathirana, keeping Sooryavanshi and Suryansh Shedge quiet. The tension spilled over after the match ended. Halambage and Wanuja Sahan were seen exchanging words with the departing Indian batters, with visuals showing Shedge pointing his bat towards Halambage before Sooryavanshi turned back and got into a heated exchange with the Sri Lankan player.

Tempers had flared after Sri Lanka A edged India A in a Super Over in their last league game in Dambulla, with Sooryavanshi involved in an on-field altercation with Sri Lanka's Vishen Halambage at the end of the match.

Smarting from an ill-tempered defeat in their previous meeting, India A will look to settle scores when they take on Sri Lanka A in the final of the tri-series Sunday, with teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi set to be in the spotlight once again.

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