Asia Cup 2018: Hong Kong Beats UAE by 2 Wickets; Qualifies for the Mega Tournament

We finally have the last qualifying team for the Asia Cup 2018 as Hong Kong defeats UAE by 2 wickets at the Kinara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur. After winning the toss, Hong Kong elected to field first. UAE’s Ashfaq Ahmed was the one who made 79 runs off 51 balls. His blistering innings comprised nine 4s and six 6s. Shaiman Anwar was the second highest scorer for the team with 22 runs. Hong Kong’s Aizaz Khan snapped 5 wickets and Nadeem Ahmed got 3. Hong Kong restricted UAE on the score of 176/9 runs in 24 overs. 5 Key players to watch out for this Asia Cup 2018 

Whereas Hong Kong’s Nizakat Khan and Anshuman Rath jointly contributed to 64 runs to the side by scoring 38 runs off 20 balls and 28 runs off 25 deliveries respectively. Babar Hayat made 3 and Kinchit Shah made way to the pavilion on a 0. Christopher Carter and Ehsan Khan contributed to 62 runs for the team. Titbits from others in the squad made them reach the total of 179. Mohammad Naveed snapped a couple of wickets, Amir Hayat, Ahmad Raza, Rohan Mustafa and Shaiman Anwar got one wicket each.

Aizaz Khan went on to become the player for the tournament. The mega event is all set to begin in UAE on September 15, 2018.  Hong Kong will play their first match against Pakistan on September 16, 2018. Hong Kong will also be playing against Rohit Sharma led India on September 18. India will then play against Pakistan on September 19.

Brief Scores: UAE 176/9 in 24 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 79; Aizaz Khan 5-28) lost to Hong Kong 179/8 in 23.3 overs (Nizakat Khan 38, Christopher Carter 33; Mohammad Naveed 2-47) by 2 wickets by DLS method.

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