ICC U19 World Cup | Twitter chuckles as Kundu’s no-look stumping goes awry in comical runout attempt

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It is refreshing to see youngsters bustling with energy but Abhigyan Kundu’s over-enthusiasm cost him in the ICC U19 World Cup semifinal against Afghanistan. The Indian Colts’ wicketkeeper missed a straightforward attempt to run out Uzairullah Niazai, gifting the batter a well-deserved century.

‌Afghanistan had an excellent start after opting to bat against India in the semifinal of the ICC U19 World Cup in Harare on Wednesday. The openers provided a solid platform before Faisal Shinozada and Uzairullah Niazai took the side to a strong position with their 148-run partnership for the third wicket. Faisal’s scorching form saw him complete his second consecutive century before being dismissed for a 93-ball 110, after hitting 15 boundaries.

However, Uzairullah, who was on 38 off 58 balls when Faisal reached his century, stunningly shifted gears with seven fours and two sixes to be in pole position to reach his three-figure mark in the final over. After a fumble from bowler Henil Patel allowed him to complete a double in the second ball, Uzairullah’s fortune shone bright again a ball later.

After attempting a pull shot, the batter who was on 98, slipped at the non-striker’s end but still attempted a non-existent double in a desperate bid to complete his century and get back to strike as well. He was way short as a decent throw came straight to wicketkeeper Abhigyan Kundu who made a mess of it.

Kundu, after collecting the ball, took his eyes off it and looked at the batter while trying to break the timber but paid a heavy price missing to hit it. He was late on his second attempt as Uzairullah’s desperate dive saved him as the stumps were broken after he slid in.

Twitter was in splits as Kundu’s attempted no-look stumping went hilariously wrong gifting the Afghan batter a well-deserved century and the side a formidable total of 310/4.

Missed!

— Alexandra Rodrigues (@R37389Alexandra)

100!

Faisal Shinozada (110) and Uzairullah Niazai (101*) 100s propelled Afghanistan to 310.
— lightningspeed (@lightningspeedk)

Yeah!

U19 WORLD CUP SEMI FINAL 2 🚨🚨

INDU19 VS AFGU19

Excellent Hundreds from both Faisal & Uzairullah 👏

Looks like IND didn’t have any plan for their bowling.
— Muthuvel tweets (@Muthuvelpandiy)

Another century!

ANOTHER CENTURY FOR AFGHANISTAN IN U19 WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL VS INDIA !

- Uzairullah Niazai brings up his hundred in 85 balls with 12 fours & 2 sixes.
— AB Crickzone (@BInformati71086)

Hundred!

💯 for Uzairullah Niazai!

He delivers a brilliant 101 (86)* to finish the innings strong Afghanistan U19 post 310/4 against India U19.
— Mustapha (@musti1smail)

What a knock!

100 for Uzairullah Niazai. What knock this is. Well done team Afghanistan.
— Mithilesh Dhar (@cricmith)

Well plyed!

Uzairullah Niazai 💯

Faisal Khan 💯

Brilliant 100..
— Akhilesh JaiHind (@akhilesh8302)

Nice!

This is also the first 300-plus total vs India in U19 World Cup history

Faisal Shinozada 110 (93) 🔥

Uzairullah Niazai 101* (86) 🔥
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz)

Uzairullah!

Uzairullah !

Remember the name.

What a player. What an innings. A wonderful effort by Afghanistan against a strong Indian bowling.
— Hameed Shuja (@hameedshuja)

Century!