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Afghanistan and Hong Kong will play at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on September 9 to kick off the Asia Cup 2025. This match is part of Group B, which also includes Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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In the meanwhile, Group A of the Asia Cup 2025 will consist of the UAE, Oman, Pakistan, and India. On September 10, India and the United Arab Emirates will play their opening Group A encounter in Dubai.
Predicted Hong Kong playing XI for Match 1 of the Asia Cup 2025:
Babar Hayat and Anshuman Rath are likely to open the innings for Hong Kong, with Martin Coetzee coming in at number 3. Hayat has 2216 runs in 95 T20Is with two centuries and 12 fifties with a strike rate of 131.20. On the other hand, Rath has 1824 runs in 68 T20Is with one ton and nine fifties.
Coetzee has held strong at no. 3, with 528 runs in 31 T20Is with one ton and three fifties with a 130.04 strike rate. Nizakat Khan has scored 2282 runs in 115 T20Is with 11 fifties and a strike rate of 121.25.
Zeeshan Ali, Kalhan Challu, and Kinchit Shah will form the middle order of the Hong Kong team for the first match of the Asia Cup. Zeeshan Ali is another experienced HK batter with 1184 runs with one ton and six fifties. Challu has a young career with 143 runs in 7 games. Kinchit Shah has scored 706 runs with three fifties.
Anas Khan and Captain Yasim Murtuza are the lower-order players. Anas has 69 runs in 29 games and 35 wickets, with 4/30 as his best figures. Yasim Murtuza has 70 wickets to his name in 63 games with a best of 4/9.
Mohammad Waheed and Ehsan Khan are the pacers for HK. Ehsan Khan has taken 127 wickets in 94 matches with a best bowling of 4/5. Mohammad Waheed, on the other hand, has just made his debut for Hong Kong at the age of 21 years.
Predicted Hong Kong playing XI: Babar Hayat, Anshuman Rath (wk), Nizakat Khan, Martin Coetzee, Zeeshan Ali, Kalhan Challu, Kinchit Shah, Anas Khan, Yasim Murtaza (c), Mohammad Waheed, Ehsan Khan.
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