After defeating their first match from India, Pakistan and Hong Kong will play their next match against each other at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on friday, 2nd September. Both teams started their campaign with a defeat.
Pakistan could only manage 147 runs before getting all out and defeated from India by 5 wickets, Whereas Hong Kong was defeated by 40 runs by a same opponent.
Although Pakistan is looking strong but as Hong Kong team's players show their batting and bowling attack against India, it will not going to easy for Pakistan to win this match. It will be an interesting.
Pakistan would be fighting for their survival in the Asia Cup 2022 as they take on Hong Kong in the 6th game of the tournament. Pakistan started poorly losing against India in their opening game and loss here would be the end of the road for the side. Hong Kong comes here with a big loss against India, but the side did show sparks of brilliance.
This will be the first game between the two sides. Pakistan is a strong team, and they have several experienced players in the squad. This should work well for the side against a relatively inexperienced side. Hong Kong surprised everyone to win the Qualifiers and the side would be hoping to draw inspiration from those performances.
Teams Preview
In the last game of Pakistan, Mohammed Rizwan top-scored with 43 runs whereas the bowling attack looked weak without of Shaheen Afridi. On the other side, Babar Hayat played 41 runs knock from Hong Kong side against India but bowlers took only two wickets.
Live Streaming , When And Where To Watch
Star Sports Network is the official broadcaster of the Asia Cup 2022 in India and Star Sports will live telecast the match whereas Disney+ Hotstar will also live stream the game.
One can watch this game on Hotstar, what you have to get a paid subscription of this platform to enjoy this match. The prices of this platform is very reasonable and one can easily afford it.
Match will be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on Friday, 2nd September 2022.
Pakistan And Hong Kong Squads
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali.
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (c), Kinchit Shah, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Babar Hayat, Aftab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Ghazanfar Mohammad, Yasim Murtaza, Dhananjay Rao, Wajid Shah, Ayush Shukla, Ahan Trivedi, Mohammad Waheed.
Weather Conditions
We would see a warm evening in Sharjah on September 2. The wicket is expected to be flat where we would see lots of runs. Batsmen are likely to enjoy the conditions with the ball coming onto the bat nicely. The side that bats first would have to target a score around the 180-run mark to win here.
Venue Details
Sharjah Cricket Stadium is a small ground and a high-scoring venue. The fast outfield helps batsmen score quick runs. There is absolutely nothing on this surface for the fast bowlers. Spinners have enjoyed a good record as they can turn the ball sharply and trouble the batsmen.
Toss: To Bowl
It is one of the best grounds in the world for chasing scores and in the last eight games the side batting first has won only once. Runs come thick and fast which makes it a big challenge to defend totals. Hence, the side winning the toss would have little hesitation in opting to bowl first and aim at putting up a big total on the board
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