Sharjah: Pakistan scored 193 for 2 in the allotted 20 overs with the help of slow half-centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman and an aggressive innings of 35 runs from 15 balls with 5 sixes in the final overs from Khurshdil Shah in a must-win match for both the teams of the Asia Cup played here today. After the Hong Kong team was bowled out for just 38 runs against the set target, Pakistan achieved their biggest victory by 155 runs in terms of runs in T20Is.
Hong Kong’s score was the lowest in the Asia Cup played in the T20 format. On behalf of Pakistan, Shadab Khan took 4 for 8 runs, Mohammad Nawaz took 3 for 5 runs and Naseem Shah took 2 wickets for 7 runs. In the match, Mohammad Rizwan was not out for Pakistan with 78 runs off 57 balls, while Fakhar Zamma was dismissed with 53 runs off 41 balls. There was a partnership of 115 runs between these two.
After Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field first, the Pakistan team, who came out to bat first, suffered an early blow with the dismissal of Babar Azam. However, Rizwan and Fakhar then put on a 115 run partnership to take the team to 129 runs in the 16th over. Meanwhile, both of them had completed their half-centuries. In which Fakhar completed his half century in 38 balls while Rizwan completed his half century in 42 balls. Fakhar was dismissed for 53 runs off 41 balls. Khurshdil, who came into bat after that, scored 11 runs off 9 balls and after that he hit 35 runs off 15 balls with four sixes off the remaining six balls, which took Pakistan to 193 runs.