India vs Hong Kong: In the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 in the UAE, the Indian team will face Hong Kong today. This match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The special thing is that even four years ago, both these teams have clashed in the same stadium. Even then these teams were face to face in the group stage of Asia Cup itself. Coincidence or something else that in that Asia Cup also Group-A included teams from India, Pakistan and Hong Kong and the fourth match of Asia Cup 2018 was played between India and Hong Kong and this time also the fourth match of Asia Cup was played between these two. To be played between teams. The only difference is that then the Asia Cup was being played in the 50-over format and this time it is being played in the T20 format.
In that match of Asia Cup 2018, Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bowl first. It was expected that against a weak team like Hong Kong, the Indian team would hang up to 400 runs on the score board, but it could not happen. The Hong Kong bowlers bowled with a good strategy and restricted India to 285 runs. For India, only Shikhar Dhawan (127) and Ambati Rayudu (60) could play big innings. In this match, Kinchit Shah performed brilliantly by taking 3 and Ehsan Khan taking 2 wickets.
Historic display of Hong Kong’s opening pair
After this, when it came to Hong Kong’s batting, the opening pair of this team blew India’s senses. Nizakat Khan (92) and Anshuman Rath (73) added 174 runs for the first wicket. At one time it seemed that both these batsmen should not give victory to Hong Kong. However, the direction of the match started changing as soon as the first wicket fell. The trio of Indian bowlers Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav started taking back to back wickets and increased the pressure on Hong Kong. In the end, the entire team of Hong Kong could only score 259 runs in 50 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. In this way, India won this match by just 26 runs. That is, if one or two overs in the middle had gone in favor of Hong Kong, then the result of the match could have been reversed.
India won the Asia Cup 2018 by defeating Bangladesh
In the Asia Cup 2018, India and Pakistan reached the Super-4 by topping Group-A. At the same time, Afghanistan and Bangladesh made it to the Super-4 from Group-B. Here India and Bangladesh entered the finals with a strong performance in the Super-4. India won the final match by 3 wickets.
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