Asia Cup, Hong Kong vs Pakistan: Key highlights

Pakistan started its Asia Cup campaign with a dominant eight-wicket win over Hong Kong.

Updated : Sep 16, 2018 22:34 IST

Pakistan's opener Imam-ul-Haq prepares to play the cut in his team's chase of 117. Photo: AP
Pakistan's opener Imam-ul-Haq prepares to play the cut in his team's chase of 117. Photo: AP
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Pakistan's opener Imam-ul-Haq prepares to play the cut in his team's chase of 117. Photo: AP

 

TOSS UPDATE: Hong Kong wins toss, chooses to bat.

 

Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan, Anshuman Rath (c, wk), Babar Hayat, KD Shah, C Carter, Ehsan Khan, Aizaz Khan, SS McKechnie, Tanwir Afzal, Ehsan Nawaz, Nadeem Ahmed.

Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (c, wk), Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan.

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It's one of those rare occasions when an Associate team plays an ICC Full Member. Hong Kong, captained by the 20-year-old Anshuman Rath, takes on Pakistan, the ICC Champions Trophy winner in 2017.

In what was a mismatch on Saturday, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 137 runs at the same venue, and Pakistan would hope to avoid taking its opponent lightly on Sunday.

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