Match Details:
Date: 2 September 2022
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
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Preview:
Pakistan and Hong Kong will go head to head in a virtual knockout game as both teams need a win to qualify for the Super 4s stage and stay alive in the tournament. The Indian team defeated Pakistan by five wickets thanks to Hardik Pandya’s all-around performance. Similarly, Hong Kong also lost their fixture against Men in Blue where Suryakumar Yadav scored a magical 68 in 26 balls as India registered a 40-run victory.
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Analysis:
Pakistan, despite their opening game loss, is one of the top-performing teams in the tournament. They have a formidable batting line-up with one of the best batters across all three formats in Babar Azam, who failed to perform against India. Along with Azam, Mohammed Rizwan has also been consistent for the team. Similarly, the Pakistan team boasts of an incredible bowling line-up even without Shaheen Afridi. The pacers like Naseem Shah and Shahnawaz Dahani, along with all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz.
Talking about Hong Kong, the undefeated team through the qualifiers showed glimpses of greatness until Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav took the game away from them. The bowlers started off well and kept the Indian openers quiet. Ayush Shukla and Ehsan Khan were the stand outs. Similarly, their batters also had some big moments as they tonked Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan for a combined 97 runs. Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah and Zeeshan Ali were the top performers.
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Probable XIs
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (c), Yasim Murtaza, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar
People’s picks:
Best 14
Batters: Nizakat Khan, Babar Hayat, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman
Bowlers: Ehsan Khan, Naseem Shah, Ayush Shukla, Haris Rauf
Wicket-keepers: Scott McKechnie, Mohammad Rizwan, Zeeshan Ali
All-rounders: Yasim Murtaza, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz.
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