In the main event of the Asia Cup, Hong Kong was placed in the India-Pakistan group. The United Arab Emirates batted for 147 runs on this day. Hong Kong reached their target of 148 runs in 19 overs losing only 2 wickets. Batting first in the match, Emirates fell to the bowling balls of Hong Kong’s Ihsan Khan. Ihsan took 4 wickets for 24 runs in a spell of four overs. Apart from this, Ayush Shukla took 3 wickets. For Emirates, captain CP Rizwan scored 49 off 49 balls and Zawar Farid scored 41 off 27 balls. Emirates’ innings collapsed for 147 runs.

Emirates also had a chance to get Asia Cup tickets. But that hope was dashed in Hong Kong’s opening pair. Two openers Nizakat Khan and Yaseen Murtaza shattered their dreams. Nizakat Khan and Yasim Murtaza put on 85 runs in 10.5 overs in the opening pair of Hong Kong batting. 39 runs from 39 balls came from captain Nizakat’s bat.

Later, Babar Hayat accelerated the team’s victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 38 runs off 26 balls. At the same time, he got tickets for the main event of the Asia Cup.

Hong Kong will face India on August 31 and Pakistan on September 2 in Group B.