Highlights
- Ehsan Khan for his 4-wicket haul was awarded the person of the match
- Skipper Chundangapoyil Rizwan to scored with 49
- Hong will face India on August 31, 2022 in their first Asia Cup match
Asia Cup 2022: With lower than 2 days to go for what guarantees to be one cracker of a event, the Asia Cup has now bought its sixth crew that can be a part of India and Pakistan in Group A. The marquee occasion will begin on August 27, 2022, and will see Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have a go at one another in the opener. On the opposite hand, India and Pakistan who’re stationed in Group A are actually joined by Hong Kong who remained unbeaten all through the qualifiers and will now rub shoulders with the massive boys of worldwide cricket. The Asia Cup which was earlier scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka was later pushed to UAE as a result of logistical points brought on by the monetary and financial disaster in the island nation.
On Thursday, August 24, 2022, Hong Kong took the sector in opposition to UAE with one motive, to enter the group stage and compete in opposition to the easiest in the world. Similar to what they did in their match in opposition to Kuwait, Hong Kong received the toss and invited UAE to bat first. Openers for UAE Muhammad Wasim and Chirag Suri needed to put a robust basis for their crew however they failed as Suri was dismissed by Ehsan Khan whereas he was batting on 4 runs. Muhammad Waseem too couldn’t make any notable contribution as he was trapped LBW by Ayush Shukla who additionally dismissed UAE wicketkeeper-batsman Vriitya Aravind in the identical vogue. With UAE reeling on 25-3, they wanted one thing or any person to tug them out and put them in a robust place and their skipper did the identical factor. Chundangapoyil Rizwan scored a gritty 49 off 44 deliveries with 4 boundaries. Rizwan ensured that he holds one finish collectively and retains the scoreboard ticking. Following up with Rizwan’s exploits, Zawar Farid scored a quickfire 41 off 27 deliveries which propelled UAE’s scoring charge and they bundled out on 147 runs.
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Team Hong Kong had their eyes set on the goal and the Asia Cup group stage {qualifications}. As Nizakhat Khan and Yasim Murtaza, the openers for Hog Kong walked in, they made positive to present their crew a good begin which is able to make the crew’s job straightforward to chase the goal down. Khan with a strike charge of 100 scored 39 from the identical quantity of deliveries. However, Yasim Murtaza performed a bit extra aggressively and scored 58 off 43 deliveries. They stitched a partnership of 85 runs for the primary wicket as UAE had already misplaced their trigger. When Babar Hayat walked in, he wasted no additional time and scored 38 off 26 deliveries as Hong Kong comfortably received the match by 8 wickets.
Team Hong Kong will now proceed to the principle occasion and be a part of India and Pakistan in Group A. They are scheduled to play their first match in opposition to India on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.
Teams
United Arab Emirates XI: Muhammad Waseem, Chirag Suri, Vriitya Aravind(w), Chundangapoyil Rizwan(c), Aryan Lakra, Basil Hameed, Zawar Farid, Sultan Ahmed, Karthik Meiyappan, Kashif Daud, Junaid Siddique
Hong Kong XI: Yasim Murtaza, Nizakat Khan(c), Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie(w), Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Ayush Shukla
