India made one changes to their playing eleven – Hardik Pandya made way for Rishabh Pant.
Hong Kong were playing the Indians for the first time.
On winning the toss, Nizakat Khan – Hong Kong’s skipper,
who was born in Attock, Punjab, Pakistan – chose to field.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 44, and lost a wicket.
Rohit, India’s skipper, scored 21. His 13-ball innings
included a couple of boundaries and a six. Thirty-one balls into the (Shar)match,
he was caught by Aizaz Khan, who was born in Hong Kong. Ayush Shukla broke the
38-run partnership.
India scored 50 off 6.5 overs (43 balls). Hong Kong
had conceded four extras at that point.
Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken.
India had scored 70 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Lokesh Rahul was
batting on 30, Virat Kohli was batting on 15.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 47 balls. While
Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Kohli’s contribution to it was
32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Rahul, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of
sixes, eventually scored 36. Forty-nine balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was
caught by Scott McKechnie, who was born in Salford, Manchester, Lancashire.
Mohammad Ghazanfar – who was born in Mirpur – broke the 56-run partnership.
India scored 100 off 13.3 overs (83 balls). Hong Kong
had conceded four extras at that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Kohli’s
contribution to the partnership was 15, the contribution of Suryakumar Yadav,
the player of the match, to it was 35. Extras’ contribution to the partnership
was a couple.
India scored 150 off 17.4 overs (108 balls). The
number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Hong Kong no reason to be
in seventh heaven.
While Kohli’s half-century – which included a boundary
and a couple of sixes – came off 40 balls, Suryakumar’s half-century – which
included half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes – came off 22 balls.
Kohli, whose 44-ball innings included the
aforementioned boundary, in addition to three sixes, eventually scored 59. He
was unbeaten, as was Suryakumar, who eventually scored 68 off 26 balls, which
included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to half-a-dozen
sixes.
Hong Kong eventually conceded eight extras. India
scored 192 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 20 overs.
Haroon Arshad – who was born in Hong Kong – and Aizaz
bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter
conceded 37.
Yasim Murtaza – who was born in Sialkot – and Ehsan Khan
bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter
conceded 26.
Ghazanfar, who bowled two overs, conceded 19. He
picked up a wicket, as did Shukla, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.
The first Powerplay of Hong Kong’s innings – which was
the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored
51, and lost a couple of wickets.
Murtaza, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored nine. Fourteen balls (a couple of overs) into the chase, he
was caught by Avesh Khan. Arshdeep Singh broke the 12-run stand.
The second-wicket pair put on 39. Nizakat, whose 12-ball
innings included a boundary, scored 10. Four overs later, Ravindra Jadeja ran
him out.
Hong Kong scored 50 off 5.5 overs (37 balls). India had
conceded three extras at that point.
Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. Hong
Kong had scored 66 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Babar
Hayat (who was also born in Attock) was batting on 37, the Mumbai-born Kinchit
Shah had scored four.
Hayat, whose 35-ball innings included three boundaries
and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 41. Thirty-one balls after Nizakat’s dismissal,
he was caught by Avesh. Jadeja broke the 23-run stand.
Hong Kong scored 100 off 14.3 overs (89 balls). India had
conceded five extras at that point.
Aizaz, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored 14. Twenty-two balls after Hayat’s dismissal, Avesh broke
the 31-run stand.
Ninety-four balls (15.2 overs) into the chase, India
sought a bowling review. Zeeshan Ali – who was born in Lahore – was the batsman.
It was struck down by Bangladeshi umpire Gazi Sohel.
Shah, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, eventually scored 30. Fourteen balls after Aizaz’s
dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Ravi Bishnoi. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
broke the 11-run stand.
Hong Kong scored 150 off 19.4 overs (120 balls). India
had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the
number of extras they eventually conceded.
Zeeshan, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries
and a six, eventually scored 26. He was unbeaten, as was McKechnie, who
eventually scored 16 off eight balls, which included a couple of boundaries and
a six.
Hong Kong, who scored 152 for the loss of five wickets
off 20 overs, lost by 40 runs.
Kohli, who bowled an over, conceded half-a-dozen. He
was unbeaten, as was Yuzvendra Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceding 18.
Bhuvneshwar, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He
picked up a wicket, as did Avesh, Arshdeep and Jadeja, who bowled four overs
apiece. They conceded 53, 44, and 15, respectively.
