Dambulla, June 17 -- Half-centuries from Priyansh Arya, Tilak Varma and Kumar Kushagra and an all-round show from Nishant Sindhu helped India A beat Afghanistan A by 101 runs, sealing them a spot in the finals of the tri-nation series.

Heading into the match, India was under pressure, having won just one and losing two. However now, they have got themselves a spot in finals, with the Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A confirming the second finalist on Friday.

Afghanistan A won the toss and opted to bowl first. Priyansh started off strongly with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (38 in 28 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes), but the latter could not get to a big score and 75-run stand broken.

After Arya (58 in 32 balls, with nine fours and a six) a...