PAK vs HK Asia Cup Live: Babar Azam falls early as Hong Kong put pressure on Pakistan.© AFP
PAK vs HK Score Updates, Asia Cup 2022: Ehsan Khan gave Hong Kong a dream start in the virtual knockout game against Pakistan as the spinner dismissed Babar Azam for cheap in the third over. Earlier, Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bowl against Pakistan in Sharjah in a virtual knock-out match in the Asia Cup. Both teams remained unchanged from their previous match. India beat both Pakistan and Hong Kong to seal qualification for the Super-4 stage from Group A, leaving it to the two teams to fight it out for the second spot in the group. The winner of the match will join India, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in the Super-4 stage of the Asia Cup. Pakistan will look to improve their batting display after being bowled out for 147 by India, while Hong Kong will take heart from the spirited performance in their last match and look to improve further and try to cause an upset. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (capt), Babar Hayat, Yasim Murtaza, Kinchit Shah, Scott McKechnie (wk), Haroon Arshad, Aizaz Khan, Zeeshan Ali, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar
Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk) , Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani
Asia Cup Live Score Updates Between Pakistan and Hong Kong straight from Sharjah
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19:54 (IST)
PAK vs HK: Pulled away for four
Pulled away by Fakhar! Pitched short and he hits this towards the leg side and picks out the gap. That will give him some confidence.
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19:45 (IST)
PAK vs HK: Caught and bowled
Hits it back to the bowler! Babar goes down the ground, but fails to keep it down. Ehsan takes a good low catch to his right even as the ball swerves away
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19:36 (IST)
PAK vs HK: End of the first over
End of the first over. Just two runs off it. Good start for Hong Kong.
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19:28 (IST)
PAK vs HK: About time
The national anthems are done and dusted. The action is moments away. Stay tuned for live updates
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19:07 (IST)
PAK vs HK: Here’s how both teams line-up
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (capt), Babar Hayat, Yasim Murtaza, Kinchit Shah, Scott McKechnie (wk), Haroon Arshad, Aizaz Khan, Zeeshan Ali, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar
Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk) , Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani
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19:06 (IST)
PAK vs HK: Hong Kong op to bowl
Hong Kong win toss and Nizakat Khan opts to bowl.
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17:36 (IST)
PAK vs HK: Hello
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Asia Cup Group B game between Pakistan and Hong Kong. It’s a virtual knockout game as a defeat would end either sides Asia Cup journey. The winner of the game will take on India in the Super 4 on Sunday.
Stay tuned for the toss, and the live action.
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