Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, 1st Match, Group B at Abu Dhabi, Asia Cup, Sep 09 2025 - Full Scorecard
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1st Match, Group B (N), Abu Dhabi, September 09, 2025, Men's T20 Asia Cup
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Afghanistan  (20 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 73 | 52 | 96 | 6 | 3 | 140.38 | |||
| c Nizakat Khan b Shukla | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 160.00 | |||
| c †Zeeshan Ali b Ateeq Iqbal | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| c Nizakat Khan b Shah | 33 | 26 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 126.92 | |||
| c Yasim Murtaza b Shah | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| c Aizaz Khan b Shukla | 53 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 252.38 | |||
| c Nizakat Khan b Ehsan Khan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| not out | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 300.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 9) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 9.40) | 188/6 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2.2 ov), 2-26 (Ibrahim Zadran, 3.2 ov), 3-77 (Mohammad Nabi, 10.1 ov), 4-95 (Gulbadin Naib, 12.6 ov), 5-177 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 18.5 ov), 6-184 (Karim Janat, 19.4 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 13.50 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
2.2 to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, goes straight up, and Gurbaz bites the dust! Ayush is pumped, and Hong Kong are on the board! Hard length outside off and this seems to just move away slightly. A bit of hold in the surface too and Gurbaz, having hared down the track, swishes at it wildly. The ball skews up and Nizakat, running back from mid off, makes no mistake. Gurbaz's torrid recent run in the UAE continues!. 25/1 18.5 to Azmatullah Omarzai, goes high into the night sky, and into long on's palms! Slower ball on a length outside off. Omarzai continues swinging because, well, why not. This time, though, he is too early into the stroke and the ball balloons off the toe-end. Aizaz runs in off the fence and snares the chance, much to Ayush's delight. Top knock by Omarzai, though, and his knock, in all probabilty, will take Afghanistan past 180!. 177/5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 10.66 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
3.2 to Ibrahim Zadran, nicked and gone! And Zadran does not review! Back of a length outside off. Zadran goes chasing after it away from his body and gets a feather. Zeeshan gobbles up the chance standing up to the stumps and that is a terrific catch. Afghanistan lose their second and Hong Kong, all of a sudden, are turning the screw!. 26/2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
19.4 to Karim Janat, Janat falls trying to up the ante! This is fired in full. Seems like a slot ball just outside off but Janat cannot get under it enough. Off the bottom part of the bat and Nizakat, stationed at long on, makes no mistake. Ehsan is on the board finally, and this has been a good over so far!. 184/6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13.00 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 8.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
10.1 to Mohammad Nabi, holes out to long off, and the drinks break works a charm for Hong Kong! Darted across on a length outside off. Nabi sits deep in his crease and wants to smash this into next week. Cuts across it a little too much, though, and that brings Nizakat into play. He runs in off the fence and completes the catch in front of his face. Vital wicket for Hong Kong!. 77/3 12.6 to Gulbadin Naib, miscued a mile into the air, and taken! Kinchit has two! Takes all the pace off and dangles this on a length just outside off. Naib, like Nabi earlier in the evening, tries to smash the cover off the ball and makes a hash of it. Only gets height and Murtaza, settling under it in the short extra cover region, does the rest!. 95/4 | ||||||||||
Hong Kong  (T: 189 runs from 20 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Mohammad Nabi b Azmatullah Omarzai | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |||
| c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Fazalhaq Farooqi | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Sediqullah Atal b Gulbadin Naib | 39 | 43 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 90.69 | |||
| run out (Rashid Khan) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| run out (Azmatullah Omarzai) | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c Karim Janat b Noor Ahmad | 6 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| lbw b Gulbadin Naib | 16 | 26 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| c Mohammad Nabi b Rashid Khan | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| c & b Fazalhaq Farooqi | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 54.54 | |||
| not out | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| not out | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 9) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 4.70) | 94/9 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Anshy Rath, 0.2 ov), 2-12 (Zeeshan Ali, 1.6 ov), 3-13 (Nizakat Khan, 2.2 ov), 4-22 (Kalhan Challu, 4.3 ov), 5-43 (Kinchit Shah, 9.5 ov), 6-63 (Babar Hayat, 12.5 ov), 7-78 (Aizaz Khan, 16.2 ov), 8-91 (Yasim Murtaza, 18.4 ov), 9-93 (Ehsan Khan, 19.2 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5.33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
0.2 to Anshuman Rath, edged and gone! Rath bags a golden duck, and this is just the start Farooqi would have wanted! Back of a length outside off and this seems to shape away late. Rath goes feeling for it without any constructive footwork and feathers it through to Gurbaz. Rath, though, is not sure he has nicked this and walks down puzzled towards his partner. Does not opt for the review ultimately, and Afghanistan have made early inroads. Oh wow - replays show that there was an enormous gap between bat and ball. Seemed like he wanted to review, but was either talked out of it or ran out of time!. 1/1 19.2 to Ehsan Khan, has that carried?! Looks like it has! Hard length on leg stump. Sticks in the surface slightly and bounces up like a tennis ball. Ehsan cannot control it and bunts it uppishly towards the bowler, who stoops down low in his follow-through and snaffles it up inches off the turf!. 93/9 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1.6 to Zeeshan Ali, soft, soft dismissal! Full on middle and leg, and Omarzai gets this to curve away very late. By then, though, Zeeshan is looking to work to leg and gets a tame leading edge. The ball pops up towards mid on, where Nabi, running around to his left, snaffles up the chance. Hong Kong under early strife!. 12/2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
16.2 to Aizaz Khan, shanked and taken! Given a bit of air on a fullish length on middle and leg. Holds in the surface slightly and that meddles with Aizaz's timing as he slogs across the line. The ball swirls towards long on. Nabi seems to run in too much initially but then adjusts to take the catch over his head. Hong Kong seven down!. 78/7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
9.5 to KD Shah, catch it is the cry, and that is exactly what Janat does! A much better outcome for the all-rounder than when he last tried to take a catch. This is on a length in and around off. Kinchit gets down on the sweep and makes a good connection. The only problem, though, is that he hits it too close to deep backward square leg, and Janat tracks the ball all the way to pouch it smartly to his right. Hong Kong five down now!. 43/5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2.66 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
12.5 to Babar Hayat, holes out to deep mid wicket, and Hayat's vigil comes to an end! Banged into the track just outside off and this seems to skip through. Climbs onto Hayat and he splices his pull, with the ball getting big on him. He picks out Atal to perfection and Naib, who was in the middle of a tidy spell, has something tangible to show for it too!. 63/6 18.4 to Yasim Murtaza, Naib begs for the decision, and the finger finally goes up! Murtaza reviews because, well, why not! Slower ball on a length on middle and off. Comes in further with the angle and Murtaza is too early into his swipe. Gets pinned on the back leg and the only thing that could save him here is the height. No bat involved, says UltraEdge. Ball Tracking comes up now and it returns with three reds, with the ball crashing into leg stump. Murtaza has to go!. 91/8 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
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Match Flow
- Afghanistan innings
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (Sediqullah Atal 13, Mohammad Nabi 32, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 77/2 in 10.0 overs (Sediqullah Atal 30, Mohammad Nabi 33)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 5
- Sediqullah Atal: 50 off 41 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (Sediqullah Atal 25, Azmatullah Omarzai 22, Ex 3)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 8
- Azmatullah Omarzai: 50 off 20 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 188/6 in 20.0 overs (Sediqullah Atal 73, Rashid Khan 3)
- Hong Kong innings
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 23 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 6.4: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - KD Shah (Struck down)
- Drinks: Hong Kong - 43/5 in 9.5 overs (Babar Hayat 22)
- Hong Kong: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 6
- Over 13.1: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - Yasim Murtaza (Struck down)
- Over 18.4: Review by Hong Kong (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - Yasim Murtaza (Struck down)
Match Details
| Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |
| Toss | Afghanistan, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2025 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Match number | T20I no. 3443 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50 |
| Match days | 9 September 2025 - night (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | Afghanistan 2, Hong Kong 0 |
Language
English
Win Probability
AFGÂ 100%
AFGHKG100%50%100%
Over 20 • HKG 94/9
Ehsan Khan c & b Fazalhaq Farooqi 6 (11b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 54.54
Afghanistan won by 94 runsW
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