Hong Kong are in the second spot of the table, with four wins and a defeat in the five games they have played. They have eight points to their name and are coming off a narrow 3-run defeat.
Preview
Two top teams in the tournament, Hong Kong and Kuwait will take on each other in the 21st match of the ongoing T20 WC Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A 2024. The game will be played at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Bangi. This game will be a ‘battle of the best’ between both teams to maintain dominance at the top of the table.
Hong Kong are in the second spot of the table, with four wins and a defeat in the five games they have played. They have eight points to their name and are coming off a narrow 3-run defeat against Malaysia following four successive wins. A win in this game will propel them to the top spot, surpassing Kuwait with a better net run rate.
On the other hand, Kuwait are in the top spot of the table, with four wins and a defeat in the five games, with an amazing net run rate of +5.053. They are coming off a five-wicket defeat following four sensational and successive wins. A win in this game will strengthen Kuwait at the table’s apex.
Match Information
Hong Kong vs Kuwait, Match 21
ICC Men’s T20 WC Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A, 9 Sep 2024, Mon, 11:15 AM IST
Probable PlayingXI
Hong Kong
Babar Hayat, Anshuman Rath, Nizakat Khan(C), Yasim Murtaza, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Anas Khan, Zeeshan Ali, JJ Atkinson, Ateeq Iqbal, Ayush Shukla
Bench: Martin Coetzee, Nasrulla Rana, A Mehmood
Kuwait
Usman Patel, R Sandaruwan, Bilal Tahir, Clinto Anto, Adnan Idrees, Yasin Patel, Ilyas Ahmed, Aslam Nawfer(C), Meet Bhavsar, Muhammad Umar, Shiraz Khan
Bench: N Lathif, Muhammad Aqif Farooq, Sayed Monib, Mohammed Shafeeq, Nawaf Ahmed, M Ahmed
Injury News- Will be added when there is an update.
Weather Report- Light Rain
Win Prediction- Kuwait
Pitch Condition- Bowling
Avg 1st Inning Score- 110
Pitch Report
Captains- 7.5
Zeeshan Ali HKG | wk
The senior Hong Kong batter Zeeshan Ali has scored 178 runs in five innings with a brilliant average of 59.33. He has also scored two half-centuries; the 35-year-old is also the leading run-scorer for his side in the tournament.
Usman Patel KUW | bat
Kuwait’s Usmangani Patel has been in a swashbuckling run of form with the bat in the tournament, scoring 185 runs in four innings with an outstanding average of 92.50. Patel has a century and a half-century on his name in the current edition of the tournament.
Avoid Player Message- 9
Aizaz Khan- HKG | ALL- 9
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