Asia Cup 2022, India and Hong Kong Highlights: India Advance To Super Four, Beat Hong Kong By 40 Runs

India beat Hong Kong by 40 runs to qualify for the Super Fours. Batting first India had set a target of 193 runs thanks to fifties from Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli. In reply, Hong Kong started well as the young Indian pacers faltered. But once the Indian spinners came into picture, Hong Kong chase lost steam. Although Nizakat Khan and Babar Hayatt tried their best, but they eventually fell short.

And that would be it. Hong Kong fall short by 40 runs and India has qualified for the Super Fours. The difference in the end was SKY’s fifty—-it made all the difference. HKG 152/5(20)

Arshdeep Singh gets to bowl the final over and as usual concedes FOUR. This partnership is already 30 runs and that has come in quick time. Both the youngsters have been so expensive and one more FOUR. HKG 150/5(19.4)

Back to back boundaries off the right hander. That would be an expensive over from Avesh Khan who had misfired tonight. HKG 140/5(19)

Avesh Khan returns for his final over and gets dispatched for a huge maximum. The batter Zeeshan creating room and dispatching the bowler over extra cover. Then comes the single. Another dot ball. Meanwhile SIX. Short ball and hit over third man. HKG 132/5(18.4)

WICKET! Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns for his third over. Bowls the knuckle ball and Kinchit Shah lobs an easy catch to Ravi Bishnoi who made hard work of it before pouching it. The req run rate is 27! HKG 116/5(17.1)

One of the best batters of the day, Kohli is bowling. Keeps bowling short and so far so good. Just five runs off his five balls. One more single off his last ball. So, just six coming off it and Hong Kong now losing steam here. HKG 115/4(17)

Another dot ball which means Chahal ends his day with figures if 18/0. No wickets, but he has kept a tight line throughout the day. Meanwhile Virat Kohli is bowling! Yes, he is! This is going to be fun, folks. HKG 109/4(16.1)

What an eventful over so far from Yuzi Chahal, who is bowling his final over. First ball, huge shout for LBW. Then comes another shout and Rohit is convinced he has found something here. Calls for DRS. HKG 108/4(15.2)

Avesh Khan gets punished off his short ball. Aijaz pulling that one very hard as he knew Hong Kong would need some runs in these circumstances. Succeeds and then fails off the next ball…clean bowled. Which means first WICKET for Avesh Khan. Gets rewarded finally, it has been a hard day for him. HKG 105/4(14.5)

But nice comeback from the bowler. Back-to-back dot balls and then gives away a single. Bowls a short ball again and concedes a single. Hong Kong are going neck-and-neck in this chase. The only difference would be SKY. IND 98/3(14)

Arshdeep Singh returns and gets hit for FOUR. Short and wide and cut away….Then comes the single. Nonetheless, the bowler comes back with a dot ball. HKG 96/3(13.3)

Avesh Khan is back into the attack and gets slammed for FOUR. He needs to slow down his pace a little bit. He keeps bowling fast, he will get hit for sure. Nonetheless, comes a single off his third ball. And then gets hit for SIX off Kinchit Shah. What a shot. Both the youngsters have been expensive tonight. HKG 91/3(13)

Four more singles off Jaddu. Nice variation as the spinner completes his four over spell. His figures are 4-0-15-1. He has done his job for the day and now its upto the young pacers like Avesh and Arshdeep to guide India to victory. HKG 79/3(12.1)

WICKET! Big breakthrough…..Babar Hayatt gone for 41, the dangerman. Ravindra Jadeha gets his man as he had him caught at short third man by Avesh Khan. This would be his second catch. So, Hong Kong slowly losing steam. HKG 75/3(11.2)

Chahal back into the attack and unlike Jaddu, he is giving his balls some air. And then gets slammed for FOUR. Effective sweep from Kinchit Shah. This was the googly, but the line was bad. HKG 74/2(11)

Chahal quickly completes his second over. Just a single off that one. Meanwhile Rohit continues to operate with second spinner as Jaddu gets to bowl his third over. Keeps a leg stump line and concedes four runs. So, just five runs off his last two overs. HKG 65/2(10)

Jaddu is back into the attack. Starts off with three dot balls. And he is bowling so fast—100 KMPH. Nontheless, fourth ball sees a single. Then, Jaddu bowls a wide. Meanwhile Kinchit Shah gets a single. The over ends with a single. HKG 58/2(8)

Wow, wickets against the run of play. That’s where teams like India are ahead—in fielding. Dangerman Nizakat Khan departs and Yuzi Chahal gets the ball. So, after powerplay, a new phase of this game is beginning. HKG 53/2(6.5)