Under-19 Tri-Nation Series 2023-24: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after South Africa vs Afghanistan (Updated) ft. S Stolk and AM Ghazanfar

The sixth and final league stage match of the ongoing U19 tri-nation series took place between hosts South Africa and Afghanistan. The home team needed to win this match to make it to the final against India scheduled on Jan. 10 and they did so with a five-wicket win over Afghanistan.

The win propelled South Africa to second place as they chased down 140 runs in just 25.4 overs thanks to decent knocks from Steve Stolk and Oliver Whitehead. Earlier, after being invited to bat first, only four Afghanistan batters could reach double-digit figures.

Skipper Numan Shah and Rahimullah Murmati scored 35 runs each to put up a fight but Afghanistan capitulated for just 139 runs. Kwena Maphaka was the hero with the ball returning with figures of 5/25 while Nqobani Mokoena picked up three wickets for 43 runs to set up a massive win for South Africa colts.

That said, let us have a look at the top run-getters and the wicket-takers of the tournament

Under-19 Tri-Nation Series 2023-24 Most Runs List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	Adarsh Singh (IND19)	3	3	2	230	112*	230	217	105.99	1	2	-	31	4
2	S Stolk (SA19)	4	4	0	180	69	45	134	134.32	-	1	-	19	10
3	LG Pretorius (SA19)	4	4	0	145	67	36.25	168	86.3	-	2	-	16	4
4	UP Saharan (IND19)	4	3	1	117	112	58.5	170	68.82	1	-	-	10	0
5	AA Kulkarni (IND19)	2	2	0	111	91	55.5	127	87.4	-	1	-	16	3
6	Sohail Khan Zurmati (AFG19)	4	4	0	106	71	26.5	197	53.8	-	1	-	9	2
7	Musheer Khan (IND19)	4	3	2	94	41	94	119	78.99	-	-	-	10	1
8	Rahimullah Zurmati (AFG19)	4	4	0	93	47	23.25	190	48.94	-	-	1	7	0
9	Hassan Eisakhil (AFG19)	4	4	0	89	54	22.25	68	130.88	-	1	1	10	5
10	Aravelly Avanish (IND19)	4	3	2	80	60*	80	82	97.56	-	1	-	9	2

Despite not playing, India’s Adarsh Singh continues to be on top of this list with 230 runs on the board. Steve Stolk is at the second place after scoring a decent 40 in the modest chase of 140 runs. He has now scored 180 runs in the tournament in four outings.

Lhuan-dre Pretorious could score just 11 runs opening the innings versus Afghanistan but remains at the third place with 145 runs to his name. India skipper Uday Saharan and Arshin Kulkarni complete the top five list of most run-getters of the competition so far.

Under-19 Tri-Nation Series 2023-24 Most wickets list

Sr. No	Player	Matches	Inns	Balls	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	SR	4	5
1	AM Ghazanfar (AFG19)	4	4	204	34	3	157	10	4/36	15.7	4.61	20.4	1	-
2	KT Maphaka (SA19)	4	4	213	35.3	2	167	9	5/25	16.7	4.7	21.3	-	1
3	SK Pandey (IND19)	2	2	120	20	1	78	7	6/29	8.66	3.9	13.33	-	1
4	N Tiwari (IND19)	3	3	134	22.2	2	75	6	4/11	10.71	3.35	19.14	1	-
5	A Shukla (IND19)	3	3	115	19.1	1	109	5	4/43	18.16	5.68	19.16	1	-
6	Musheer Khan (IND19)	4	4	216	36	2	113	5	5/38	22.6	3.13	43.2	-	1
7	N Mokoena (SA19)	3	3	132	22	2	124	4	3/43	24.8	5.63	26.4	-	-
8	Arab Gul (AFG19)	3	3	89	14.5	-	46	4	4/13	11.5	3.1	22.25	1	-
9	Martin Khumalo (SA19)	2	2	84	14	1	95	3	4/42	23.75	6.78	21	1	-
10	PS Moliya (IND19)	4	3	108	18	1	73	3	2/15	24.33	4.05	36	-	-

Allah Ghazanfar is now on top of the list of the most wickets in the tournament with 10 scalps to his name. He finished with three scalps while defending 139 runs for Afghanistan.

Kwena Maphaka has also picked up 10 wickets in four outings so far, thanks to his five-wicket haul while Samuy Pandey of India has slipped to third place having picked nine wickets in just two outings. Mokoena has also jumped into the top 10 list with five wickets to her name now.