India vs Hong Kong, Asia Cup 2022: Asia cup 2022 is running successfully in Dubai. Hong Kong won against UAE in the qualifying match of the Asia cup 2022 . Therefore Hong Kong will now play their group match against India .Recently Hong Kong defeated UAE by eight wickets and make their place in the event. The match between India and Hong Kong will be played on the 31st August in the Dubai International Stadium .Starting time for the match between India and Hong Kong is IST 7:30PM and 2:00PM at GST whereas the local time for match is 6:00 PM
India vs Hong Kong (IND vs HK) match preview
Match :1
Teams – India vs Hong Kong Asia cup 2022
Day : Wednesday
Date : 31 Aug 2022
Time
IST : 7:30 PM
GMT : 02:00 PM
Local/UAE : 6:00 PM
Venue : Dubai Internationl Cricket Staduim,Dubai
Ind vs Hk Live score (India vs Hong Kong)
Ind vs Hk Live score 2022
India vs Hong Kong Head to Head
| Match Type | Head to Head | India Won |
India Loss |
Hong Kong Won |
Hong Kong Loss |
Tied |
| ODI Matches | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T-20 Matches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEST Matches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hong Kong has participated in the Asia Cup in 2004 and 2008, and came close to winning in 2018. Pakistan’s bowlers did a great job of keeping India’s batsmen from scoring too many runs, and few people thought Pakistan had a chance to win after India posted a score of 285-7. With all 10 wickets in hand, Nizakat Khan (92) and Anshuman Rath (73) only needed 112 runs in 96 balls.They ended up finishing on 259-8.
Throughout the years, Hong Kong has played a total of 49 T20Is, winning 18 and losing 31. Those numbers don’t seem impressive, but there’s a catch. On one hand, they have reasonably good records against major sides like Bangladesh, Ireland, and Afghanistan; on the other, they have fared poorly against Scotland, Oman, and Malaysia.
In the qualifying matches the teams who played for qualification are UAE, Kuwait, Singapore , Hong Kong . From which Hong Kong won the place to play the next matches of the Asia Cup 2022.Nizakat Khan is the Captain from the Hong Kong and lead the team through the qualifying Rounds. Yasin Murtaza from the Hong Kong side is the leading run scorer . He scored total 130 scores thought the matches .According to the stats Hong Kong is playing Thier 5th Asia Cup in 2022. Head to head matches between India and Hong Kong are low in which India is dominant .Two ODIs had been played between India and Hong Kong from which India wom both matches .
India vs Hong Kong (IND vs HK) match Prediction
If we see, Hong Kong’s team didn’t get much exposure to international cricket till now. They have only played 49T20 matches which is a very low number and they are going to be competing against the mighty Indian Team.
The same Indian team which defeated it’s arch rival Pakistan in it’s opening match of the Asia Cup 2022. Hardik Pandya was MVP of the match against Pakistan and he can very well repeat the same performance against Hong Kong as well.
The Indian Team is looking in very good touch. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India has lost only 6 T20 matches and won 30 out of 36. India has a very balanced side. India has a very strong middle order as well. As far as the bowling department is concerned, Bhuvneshwar Kumar can take early wickets and put Hong Kong’s team in a difficult situation. Arshdeep is another new talent of the Indian Team.
The players to look for in the match of India vs Hong Kong are Pandya, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Arshdeep while the Hong Kong side’s best batsmen are Nizakat Khan and Babar Hayat with an average of 29.5 and 19.95 respectively. These aren’t very great numbers but that’s what Hong Kong got while in the bowling department Yasim Mirza is the best they got with the economy rate of 5.8. Nizakat Khan can bowl as well.
The Dubai pitch has aided the chasing side once again as India chased easily against Pakistan. So, without a doubt, the teams winning the toss will look to chase. 143 is the average first innings score.
So, all in all, India is the favorite team for this contest as they have got a well balanced team with good bowling and power hitters. India can easily win this match but still they shouldn’t take Hong Kong lightly as this is cricket and anything can happen.
India’s Squad for Asia Cup 2022 :
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.
Hong Kong’s Squad for Asia Cup 2022:
Aftab Hussain, Aizaz Khan Ateeq Iqbal ,Babar Hayat Dhananjay Rao Ehsan Khan , Haroon Arshad , Scott McKechnie , Mohammad Ghazanfar , Mohammad Waheed , Ayush Shukla , Ahan Trivedi , Wajid Shah, Yasim Murtaza ,Zeeshan Ali
