Highlight
- HK won the toss and elected to field.
- Virat’s 59 (44) and Sky’s 68 (26) propelled India to a monstrous target of 192.
- Chasing 193 runs, HK made some blistering strikes but kept on losing wickets at regular intervals.
Led by Suryakumar Yadav’s pyrotechnics and Virat KohliIn 2014, India defeated Hong Kong by 40 runs to win their second consecutive Asia Cup match and qualified for the Super 4.
HK won the toss and elected to field. Rishabh Pant made a comeback in the first match against Pakistan on Sunday. was included in place of Hardik Pandya Who powered Team India’s previous victory with the bat as well as the ball.
Batting first, India were unexpectedly slow. Despite all the heavy blows from Rohit, his start was very quiet. But, the Indian captain soon fell, scoring 21 (13) runs. KL Rahulwho was coming into the game on the back of a Golden Duck vs Pakistan, scored 36 off 39 balls.
Virat Kohli then shook hands with Suryakumar Yadav and the two blew up the HK bowlers around the park. Virat’s 59 (44) and Sky’s 68 (26) propelled India to a monstrous target of 192.
Virat Kohli’s form has been in the news for quite some time now. He is going through a lean phase and has not been able to score a century for more than 1000 days.
However, Kohli’s innings raised hopes of his best. This was Kohli’s 31st fifty in 101 T20I matches played.
The 33-year-old remained unbeaten on 59 off 44 balls.
Chasing 193, HK struck some blistering strikes but kept losing wickets at regular intervals and just couldn’t gather any momentum and India eventually won the match by 40 runs.
India’s Playing XI: Rohit SharmaKL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik(W), Bhuvneshwar KumarAvesh Khan, Yuzvendra ChahaliArshdeep Singh
Hong Kong Playing XI: Nizakat Khan, Yasim Murtaza, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Ejaz Khan, Scott McKennie, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Aayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar