The qualification round of Asia Cup 2022 is over. Hong Kong made it to the main round by defeating the host UAE team in the last match and surprised everyone. The Hong Kong team, which won all the matches in the qualification round, is now in Group A along with India and Pakistan.
In this team, at least one match will be played with both the teams. Although Hong Kong are not a contender to win the tournament, they will get a chance to play against teams like India and Pakistan once they make it to the main round. Hong Kong players can learn a lot from this.
The last match of the qualification round was like a virtual final. Whichever team between UAE and Hong Kong won this match was sure to go to the main round. However, UAE needed a big win to advance to the main round.
In such a situation, Hong Kong easily won this match and got six points in three matches. This team topped the points table and made it to the main round of the tournament. Hong Kong’s first match will be against India on 31 August. At the same time, in the second match, he will have to face Pakistan on 2 September.
Hong Kong team won easily:
Hong Kong won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first. In UAE grounds it has always been beneficial to bowl first because of the dew. To take advantage of this, Hong Kong captain Nizakat Khan chose to bowl first.
Batting first, UAE scored 147 runs in 19.3 overs. The team could not even play the full 20 overs. Captain Chundangapoyil Rizwan scored the highest 49 runs. Jawar Farid also scored 41 runs in 27 balls. Apart from these two, only Muhammad Wasim 18 and Aryan Lakra 11 could touch the double figure.
For Hong Kong, Ehsan Khan took four wickets for 24 runs in four overs. Ayush Shukla also took three wickets for 30 runs. Ejaz Khan got two and Yasim Mortaza got one wicket.
Hong Kong batsmen played with patience:
The score of 148 on the Al Emirates pitch was not too difficult. For this reason, the Hong Kong batsmen batted with great patience. Captain Nizakat Khan scored 39 runs in 39 balls. Yasim Mortaza scored 58 runs in 43 balls and Babar Hayat scored 38 runs in 26 balls.
In the end, Kinchit Shah scored six runs to end the match. Junaid Siddiqui and Basil Hameed took a wicket each for UAE. However, Junaid plundered runs at an economy rate of 11.70 and contributed significantly to his team’s defeat.
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