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Afghanistan vs Hong Kong Highlights: In the Asia Cup, Afghanistan faced Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first. Ajmatullah Omrajai’s stormy Fifty and Sedik …Read more
Asia Cup starts, Hong Kong match with Afghanistan in first match Afghanistan won by 94 runs
Hong Kong’s team chased the target of 189 runs, scoring 94 runs for 9 wickets in front of Afghanistan in 20 overs. The Afghan team started their Asia Cup campaign by winning by 94 runs. Flawless and Gulbadin Naib took 2-2 wickets for Afghanistan. Babur Hayat scored the highest innings of 39 runs for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s score after 15 overs 73/6
Half of Hong Kang’s team returned
Chasing a huge target of 189 runs, Hong Kong’s team was completely shattered. The team’s 5 wickets fell on the score of 43 runs. After playing 10 balls, Kischit Shah scored 6 runs and returned to Karim Janat’s brilliant catch on Noor Ahmed’s ball.
Hong Kong’s initial shock
Fazline Farooqui took the wicket on the second ball of the first over, giving the Afghanistan team a great start. Anshuman Rath kept going out without opening an account. His catch behind the wicket was caught by Rahmanullah Gurbaz against whom he made up his mind to take a review but then continued. However, it was clearly visible in the replay that the ball and bat have not been contacted. Ajmatullah Omrajai sent Zeeshan Ali back for 5 runs. Nizakat Khan was forced to go back by Rashid Khan by running out brilliantly. Ajmatullah Omrajai, while throwing a great throw, runs out Kalhan Chalu. After playing the ball, he moved forward and flew the wicket before returning to the crease.
Omarzai Gets Into The Act Now…!@Azmatomarzay Picks up a wicket in his first over as he gets zeeshan ali chipping one to @Mohammadnabi007 At mid-on.
