Afghanistan vs Hong Kong: The first match of the Asia Cup is being played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Batting first after winning the toss, Afghanistan has scored 188 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Atiq played a wonderful half -century innings.
Asia cup 2025: The first match of the Asia Cup 2025 between Afghanistan and Hong Kong is being played in Abu Dhabi. Batting first, the Afghan team has scored 188 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. The batsman who scored the most runs for the team is Sadiq Atal, who scored 73 runs. Apart from him, Azmatullah Umarzai 53 and Mohammad Nabi have scored 33 runs. At one time it seemed that Hong Kong bowlers would consist of Afghan batsmen cheaply, but the team has made a challenging score by making a good comeback later.
Afghanistan’s reference to Afghanistan after a poor start
If you look at this match till now, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first. In response, the team did not start well and explosive opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for just 8 runs. After that Hong Kong bowlers dominated and after Gurbaz sent Ibrahim Jadaran and Gulbadin Naib back on a 1-1 score and the team scored to 77-3. The prophet then handled the innings with Sadik Atal and shared a 51 -run partnership. Sadiq scored 73 runs off 52 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. After that Azmatullah Umarzai performed well and scored 53 runs in 21 balls with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes and brought the team to a strong score.
Hong Kong bowling stuttering after a good start
In this match, look at Hong Kong’s bowling, then initially the bowlers of the team were seen in good rhythm. In the first powerplay, he sent 2 Afghan batsmen to the pavilion. But, later again the prophet and Atal stood at the crease and started dominating the bowlers, after which 4 wickets fell as soon as they reached 95 runs again. But after that Hong Kong’s bowling turned a bit slow and less enthusiastic, which took advantage of Afghanistan batsman Sadiq and Umarzai. The two together added 82 runs in 35 balls. Kidi Shah took the most 2 wickets from Hong Kong. Apart from this, Ayush Shukla and Atik Iqbal got 1-1 success.
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Afghanistan’s playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Jadaran, Sadik Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Azammatullah Umarjai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Jannat, Rashid Khan, Nur Ahmed, Gajanfar, Fazalhak Farooqui.
Hong Kong’s playing 11: Yasim Murtaza (captain), Jashan Ali (wicketkeeper), Nizakat Khan, Anshuman Rath, Ehsan Khan, KM Rallu, Ayush Shukla, Ejaz Khan, Atik Iqbal, K. Shah.
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