Asia Cup 2022, India Vs Hong Kong, Ind Vs HK full scorecard: TheMen In Blue thrashed Hong Kong by 40 runs and qualified for the Super 4. They will play the winner of Hong Kong Vs Pakistan match in their first Super 4 match on Sunday (September 4).
Earlier, with KL Rahul struggling to get going, captain Rohit Sharma made full use of the powerplay and hit 13-ball 21. But after his dismissal, Kohli and Rahul failed to up the ante. Rahul's miserable innings come to an end in the 13th over. He scored 36 runs off 39 balls.
However, the arrival of Surya at the crease changed the complexion of the game. He found boundaries from the first ball and took all the pressure from Kohli, who remained unbeaten on 44-ball 59. Meanwhile, Suryakumar lit the Dubai stadium with his great power-hitting skills and reached 50 in just 22 balls. In the last over, he smashed 5 sixes and powered India to 192-2 in 20 Overs.
India vs Hong Kong Playing XI
India made only one change in their Playing XI as they brought Rishabh Pant in place of Hardik Pandya.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan/R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh.
Hong Kong Playing XI: Nizakat Khan (c), Yasim Murtaza, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Ayush Shukla.
India innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 1 wicket)
India: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (43 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: India - 70/1 in 10 overs (KL Rahul 30, Virat Kohli 15)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (Rahul 22, Kohli 32, Extra 1)
India: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (83 balls), Extras 4
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (Kohli 15, Suryakumar Yadav 35, Extra 2)
India: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (108 balls), Extras 7
Kohli: 50 off 40 balls (1 x 4, 2 x 6)
Surya: 50 off 22 balls (6 x 4, 4 x 6)
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 2 wickets)
Hong Kong: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (37 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: Hong Kong - 65/2 in 10.0 overs (Babar Hayat 37, KD Shah 4)
Hong Kong: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (89 balls), Extras 5
Over 15.2: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - Gazi Sohel, Batter - Zeeshan Ali (Struck down)
Hong Kong: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (120 balls), Extras 6
India win by 40 runs
Avesh Khan concedes 21 runs in his last over. In his full quota of 4 overs, leaked 53 runs.
Arshdeep bowls the last over as Hong Kong needed 53 runs to win.
Arsheep concedes a single each off the first two balls while sprays the next on the pads, Zeeshan Ali guides it through short fine leg for FOUR. He steers the 4th ball through short third-man for FOUR.
Zeeshan Ali hits the low full toss towards sweeper cover for a single. Another single for Hong Kong to end the over. India qualify for Super 4 as they won the match today by 40 runs.
Virat Kohli comes into the attack and starts his spell with a DOT ball. Kinchit Shah hits the second ball towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs follows by a single towards long-on.
Zeeshan Ali tries to sweep the 4th ball but fails to make any collection He collects a single off the next ball.
Virat Kohli concedes six runs in the over.
With Hong Kong needing 88 runs off 30 balls, India start finding wickets at regular intervals. Meanwhile, it will be an up hill task from the minnows to make a comeback in the last five overs.
Hong Kong 106-4 after 15 overs
After the powerplay, Indian bowlers have stemmed the run flow. In the 4 overs after the powerplay, Rohit Sharma brings out spinners, who conceded only 14 runs.
Hong Kong 65-2 after the end of 10 overs
With nothing to lose, Hong Kong batters are finding boundaries at regular intervals. Babar Hayat makes the most of the powerplay as he smashes three Fours and two sixes for his 29 runs in 17 overs.
In the last over of the powerplay, Babar sends Arshdeep for a leatherhunt and smashes three fours before giving the strike to the captain Nizakat. The Hong Kong captain too hits the boundary but gets runout off the last ball, which is also the free hit delivery, with Jadeja hitting the bulls-eye from the backward point.
Hong Kong 51-2 after 6 overs
Nizakat Khan and Yasim Murtaza at the crease. Nizakat Khan on strike. Bhuvneshwar opens the attack and concedes four runs in first over.
Arshdeep bowls the second over and Yasim Murtaza smashes two boundaries in the over before top-edging the last ball towards fine leg. Avesh completes the catch and ends Murtaza's stay at the middle.
Hong Kong 12-1 after 2 Overs
Haroon Arshad bowls the last over.
A wide full toss and Surya slices it towards the point boundary for a SIX. SKY completes his 22-ball fifty as he produces an amazing shot, hitting the ball outside off towards the extra cover boundary for a SIX.
Surya continues his power-hitting after completing his fifty. He smashes 3rd consecutive six, straight down the ground for a SIX.
A short delivery, SKY tries to guide it over the keeper but misses completely. Another short delivery, and this time towards leg side, Surya deposits it into the fine leg stands for a six. A couple of runs for Surya to end the over. '
India 192-2
Ehsan Khan continues and Kohli collects a couple of runs off the first ball. He completes his fifty. HE IS BACK. He takes a single off the next ball. Surya gives Kohli the strike next ball with a single.
Kohli drags the 4th ball and deposits the ball into the stands. He advances down the wicket off the next and hits towards deep extra cover for a couple of runs.
India 166-2 after 19 overs
Ayush Shukla comes into the attack and Surya smashes the first ball over extra cover for FOUR.
Surya steers the next ball through short third-man for another four. He tries to guide the next ball towards fine-leg but misses it completely, WIDE CALLED. But the replay shows it should have been plumb
Ayush comes up with a short delivery and SKY misses it completely. He just moves all the momentum in India's favour. Surya wrists the 4th ball towards mid-wicket for a SIX.
Two dots to end the over.
India 153-2 after 18 overs.
Ehsan Khan comes back into the attack and Kohli tries to play a cheeky shot but misses it completely. He collects a single off the next ball.
He concedes only 4 runs.
India 138-2 after 17 overs
Aizaz Khan returns into the attack and Kohli greets him with a GIGANTIC six towards deep cow corner and taps the next towards third man for a single.
Suryakumar upper-cuts the third ball over the short third man for FOUR. He just hits the next ball over the wicket-keeper for a SIX.
Surya advances down the ground and smashes the 5th ball towards deep extra cover for a single as he fails to find the boundary.
Kohli keeps the strikes as he hit the short delivery towards mid-wicket for a single off the last delivery.
India 134-2 after 16 overs
Ayush Shukla, who conceded only seven runs in his first two overs, comes in the attack.
He concedes only 3 runs off the first 4 balls but Surya hits the 5th ball towards the deep fine leg and Hong Kong gifts him FOUR runs thanks to a miss-field.
Despite that boundary Ayush conceded only seven runs in the over.
India 114-2 after 15 overs
Yasim Murtaza continues and Kohli collects a couple of runs off the first delivery. He gives the strike to Surya by taking a single.
Surya unleashes himself from the first ball as he sweeps the third ball in front of square for FOUR. And when the fielder is moved to front of square on leg side, he sweeps it towards deep backward square leg for another four.
Murtaza leaks 13 runs in the over.
India 107-2 after 14 overs
Mohammad Ghazanfar bowls the 13th over. Kohli breaks the shackles at last and slog-sweeps the 4th ball towards the mid-wicket region for a SIX.
Rahul tries to replicate the same but manages only an edge to keeper, GONE. End of sluggish innings. He departs for 39-ball 36.
India 94-2 after 13 overs
and gets the wicket of Rahul
Kl Rahul and Virat Kohli are not able to find the boundaries. However, they are changing the strikes continuously.
In the last two overs, Hong Kongs have conceded only 14 runs with 10 coming in the 11th over itself.
Left-arm spinner Yasim Murtaza, who bowls the 12th over, uses his variations with great effect and concedes only five runs.
India 85-1 after 12 overs
After a lull of 25 balls, Rahul plays first aggressive shot. In the 9th over, he wallopes the 3rd ball of Aizaz's over towards mid-wicket for a six.
Rahul pushes the next ball down the ground for a single. While Kohli taps the 5th ball towards the cover-point region for a quick single.
Aizaz concedes nine runs in the over.
India 66-1 after 9 overs
With Hong Kong bowlers using the cutters for good effect, Indian batters are not able to up the ante.
Virat and Rahul collect only five singles in the 6th Over. They manage to score only eight runs, without any boundary, in the next.
India 52-1 after 7 overs
After Haroon's 22-run over, Ehsan Khan stems the run flow in the 4th over as he concedes only 5.
Ayush Shukla bowls the next and gets the prized wicket of Rohit before conceding a boundary straight down the ground. Rohit tried to muscle the 5th ball towards mid-wicket but the ball doesn't come on the ball. He top-edges the ball to long-on and Aizaz Khan completes the catch.
Kohli arrives at the crease and chips the last ball down the ground for a single.
India 39-1 after 5 overs
After collecting only a run in the second over, Rohit starts the third over with a big hit. He smashes the first ball straight down the ground for a SIX.
Haroon Arshad loses his line & length and bowls a NO ball. The free-hit ball is also a NO ball. Rahul makes full use of the second free hit and smashes it toward deep square leg for a six. This might gives Rahul the much-needed momentum.
Rahul nudges the 5th ball towards deep square leg for a single. Rohit drives the last ball through covers for FOUR.
Haroon Arshad leaks 22 runs.
India 28-0 after 3 Overs
Rahul takes the strike. He defends the first ball on the front foot while Haroon sprays the second on the leg side, WIDE CALLED.
Rahul taps the third ball toward the third man for a single. Rohit works the next delivery towards deep square leg for a single and completes 3500 runs in his T20I career.
Haroon Arshad concedes 5 runs in the first over.
India 5-0 after 1 over
National anthems of both teams are done. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma open the innings for India. Haroon Arshad bowls the first over.
Hong Kong (Playing XI): Nizakat Khan(c), Yasim Murtaza, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie(w), Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik(w), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Hardik Pandya rested for today's match. Rishabh Pant gets a place in India Playing XI.
Rohit flips the coin, Hong Kong captain calls heads. And it is heads...
Hong Kong opts to bowl first.
Rishabh Pant is seen on the broadcast doing the pre-match-keeping drills. It seems he will get a chance in India Playing XI. Stay tuned with us for all the live updates
The much-awaited toss is moments away, stay tuned for India vs Hong Kong live toss updates.
India vs Hong Kong preview, Playing XI prediction, match timing, Live telecast & streaming
After a thrilling win over arch-rivals Pakistan, Team India will look to seal a Super 4 spot in Asia Cup 2022 as they take on Hong Kong in their last Group A match on Wednesday night.
The match will be played at the Dubai International Stadium, the same ground where India won the opening encounter. Despite a winning start, top order still remains an area of concern for the Men in Blue but with the pressure off their backs, Hong Kong may just be the perfect side to fix that conundrum.
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (c), Kinchit Shah, Aftab Hussain, Aizaz Khan, Ateeq Iqbal, Babar Hayat, Dhananjay Rao, Ehsan Khan, Haroon Arshad, Scott McKechnie, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Ayush Shukla, Ahan Trivedi, Wajid Shah, Yasim Murtaza, Zeeshan Ali.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Good news for Indian fans ahead of the T20 World Cup!
India didn't miss the services of their spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the match against Pakistan. But they will certainly be hoping to get him back in India's line-up for the T20 World Cup.
India vice-captain KL Rahul couldn't wish for an easier opposition to get his rhythm back as a buoyant India get ready to steamroll minnows Hong Kong in their second and final group league game of the Asia Cup.
Rahul, whose first T20I in 2022 was against Pakistan the other night, would want to come out all guns blazing and may take this opportunity to try an alternate batting approach at the onset, compared to what has been his style at the IPL.
Amid all the talks around Rishabh Pant's exclusion from the India line-up, Jadeja stated that he doesn't know why the wicket keeper-batter was left out of the Playing XI during the Pakistan clash and termed the question, 'out of the syllabus'.
In today's Asia Cup match, India lock horns with Hong Kong at Dubai International Stadium. If India manage to win today's game, they will secure a place in Super 4 from Group A. As both the teams are gearing up for the encounter, stay tuned with us for all the live updates related to India Vs Hong Kong match.