Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
78(57) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 20 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
11 6 9 8 5 2 10 27
Fakhar Zaman
Fakhar Zaman
53(41) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 10 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 2 2 13 11 12 0 13

Best performances - Bowlers

Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
O2.4
M0
R8
W4
Eco3.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
Mohammad Nawaz(3)
Mohammad Nawaz(3)
O2
M0
R5
W3
Eco2.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

That ends a crushing day for Pakistan, who at one stage seemed to be falling short on a slow, low pitch. Monga's report is up for a read already, as we sign off from the group stages of the tournament. See you soon. Take care!

Mohammad Rizwan is the Player of the Match: "Most important for us to adjust to the conditions even if it is T20 cricket. The ball was keeping low. We tried hitting, but it wasn't coming off. Then we charged down, keeping in mind the ball was staying low. I believe in hard work... Being a senior player, you have to take responsibility. You have to play according to the team, and there will be pressure. I request everyone to help the people of Pakistan, who are in trouble [due to the floods]"

Babar Azam, the winning captain: "Very nice victory for us. The wicket was keeping low, but they way we batted and finished was outstanding. We want the top-orders batters to stay till the end, and the lower ones to bat around them. The way Naseem and Dahani have debuted, they have shown brilliant performances."

Nizakat Khan, Hong Kong's captain: "Lots of learnings from these two games. Credit to Pakistan for the way they played. Shot making, I must admit, was poor. We'll take back the professionalism of the two teams."

Hang around for the presentations, and have a guess of the Player of the Match. Fakhar? Shadab? Or someone else?

Shaamikh: "@Momin - even worse to be a Pakistan Man Utd fan, while also being a Ferrari fan seeing Max win again."

This win by 155 runs is also Pakistan's highest in the format in terms of runs.

Nawaz: "We had simple plans: just bowl wicket to wicket as per the pitch. We wanted to bowl on a good length since the ball was keeping low. We wanted to score 170-plus initially. After the good start from the fast bowlers, we just needed to keep it simple."

Momin: "Pak vs India and Manu Utd vs Arsenal Super double Sunday !! Stress to be a Pak Arsenal Fan !!!"

Roby Stephen: "Pakistan bowlers peaking "

8.44pm India vs Pakistan on Sunday is confirmed. Pakistan thrash Hong Kong by 155 runs amidst expectations of the latter scripting a miracle in what was a knockout match. Nobody except extras got into double figures, as the scorecard resembled a phone number. Shadab bags 4 for 8, Nawaz gets 3 for 5, and Naseem has 2 for 7.

10.4
W
Shadab Khan to Mohammad Ghazanfar, OUT, confident appeal for leg before, and given! But Ghazanfar reviews. Looked like there was bat first on real time, but we'll see. Nope, it is certainly pad first, as it flips the flap of the back pad off a good length on off, with the ball skidding on off the surface. There wasn't much of a turn there, as he got his front leg out of the way to try and tried to poke at it but missed. Replays show there is umpire's call on impact, and also umpire's call on clipping the off stump. Hong Kong cleaned up for 38, which is 31 fewer than their previous lowest score in T20Is

Mohammad Ghazanfar lbw b Shadab Khan 0 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

10.3
0
Shadab Khan to Mohammad Ghazanfar, no run, and the googly play its trick again. Full and loopy outside off, and he misses slog sweep
10.2
0
Shadab Khan to Mohammad Ghazanfar, no run, full and tossed up outside off. Defended down

The lowest total against a full member side is 39 by Netherlands against Sri Lanka. Ghazanfar facing the hat-trick ball.

10.1
W
Shadab Khan to Shukla, OUT, gone, bowled him! Another clueless slog from a Hong Kong batter, and Shadab is on a hat-trick. This was tossed up, and was a wrong 'un. It spent a good few second wobbling in, and pitched full outside off, before turning in to strike off stump as Shukla missed his slog

A Shukla b Shadab Khan 1 (7m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20.00

Shadab will continue

Not much left for Pakistan - and me - to do. Hong Kong's lowest T20I all out total is 69, and today Pakistan look set to bowl them out for a lower score.

END OF OVER:
10 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | HKG: 38/8 (156 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 3.80, RRR: 15.60)

  • Ehsan Khan0 (1b)
  • Ayush Shukla1 (4b)
  • Mohammad Nawaz2-0-5-3
  • Shadab Khan2-0-8-2

Time for drinks. Over to Agrawal for the final rites

9.6
0
Mohammad Nawaz to Ehsan Khan, no run, big back lift, doesn't get the length, so decide4s to defend it
9.5
1
Mohammad Nawaz to Shukla, 1 run, pushed into the covers with an open face

Hong Kong 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16Yasim MurtazaNizakat Khan
2nd0Yasim MurtazaBabar Hayat
3rd3Yasim MurtazaKD Shah
4th6KD ShahAizaz Khan
5th5KD ShahSS McKechnie
6th1Zeeshan AliSS McKechnie
7th5Zeeshan AliHaroon Arshad
8th0Ehsan KhanZeeshan Ali
9th2Ehsan KhanA Shukla
10th0Ehsan KhanMohammad Ghazanfar

Men's T20 Asia Cup

Super Four
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.701
PAK3214-0.279
IND31221.607
AFG3030-2.006
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.096
PAK21123.811
HKG2020-4.875
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG22042.467
SL2112-2.233
BAN2020-0.576