India vs Hong Kong, Asia Cup 2022 Highlights: India beat Hong Kong by 40 runs to enter Super Fours
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 31, 2022, 23:26:57 IST
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India vs Hong Kong, Asia Cup 2022 Highlights: India beat Hong Kong by 40 runs to enter Super Fours

Defending champions India defeated Hong Kong by 40 runs in their Asia Cup match on Wednesday, registering their second successive win in the continental tournament. Sent into bat at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India scored 192 for two with Virat Kohli (59 not out) and Suryakumar Yadav (68 not out) being the team's main contributors. In reply, Hong Kong were stopped at 152 for five in their allotted 20 overs as India entered the Super 4 stage of the tournament.
21:03 (IST) Aug 31
1wd
Overs18.6
Score166 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Virat Kohli, WIDE! Fires it in, attacking the leg stump but this one goes down the leg side. Kohli leaves it alone and it is yet another sharp take by the keeper. A wide is called.

21:02 (IST) Aug 31
2
Overs18.5
Score165 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Virat Kohli, A full toss now, around off, Kohli ends up slicing the lofted cover drive to the deep and picks up a couple of runs.

21:02 (IST) Aug 31
6
Overs18.4
Score163 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Virat Kohli, SIX! Ehsan Khan just misses his length and gets dispatched with disdain. Right in the slot around middle, Virat Kohli plays the slog-sweep and launches it over the cow corner fence for a huge hit.

21:01 (IST) Aug 31
1
Overs18.3
Score157 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Suryakumar Yadav, Ehsan fires it in full and on off, Suryakumar Yadav flicks it away towards mid-wicket and rotates the strike.

21:01 (IST) Aug 31
1
Overs18.2
Score156 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Virat Kohli, Full again, around middle and leg, this is driven down to long on for a single.

21:00 (IST) Aug 31
2
Overs18.1
Score155 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Virat Kohli, FIFTY for Virat Kohli! It has been a bit of a wait but he has come good yet again for his side. This is fuller and on the pads, Kohli works it in front of mid-wicket and pushes hard for two. He gets it done with ease and this is also the first 50 in the main draw of this edition's Asia Cup by any player.

20:59 (IST) Aug 31
Surya on fire! India 153/2 after 18 overs
15 RUNS! 4, 4, Wd, 0, 6, 0, 0 - Another good one for India, with Suryakumar Yadav (41*) smacking a six and two fours in it. Surya started the over with back-to-back fours off Ayush Shukla's first two deliveries, before smoking one over deep mid-wicket for a big six. The pacer ended his spell with two dot balls to finish with figures of 1 for 29 in 4 overs.
20:58 (IST) Aug 31
0
Overs17.6
Score153 - 2

Ayush Shukla to Suryakumar Yadav, A bit on the shorter side and outside off, Suryakumar Yadav reaches out and taps it straight to the man at cover-point. 15 from the over!

20:58 (IST) Aug 31

Appeal for a stumping, it's referred upstairs... Yadav tries to upper cut a short delivery with the keeper up to the stumps. He lifts his back leg up while doing so and Scott McKechnie breaks the stumps. The third umpire first checks for the edge which is absent and then the side-on angle finds that SKY has landed before the bails came off.

20:58 (IST) Aug 31
0
Overs17.5
Score153 - 2

Ayush Shukla to Suryakumar Yadav, Hard length from Shukla, around off, SKY throws his hands at it and gets a thickish edge down to short third man. Kohli declines the single. The replays find that it brushed the gloves of Scott McKechnie. 

20:57 (IST) Aug 31
6
Overs17.4
Score153 - 2

Ayush Shukla to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! Easily done! A half-volley floated up on the pads and Suryakumar Yadav whips it all the way over the square leg fence for a biggie.

20:54 (IST) Aug 31
0
Overs17.3
Score147 - 2

Ayush Shukla to Suryakumar Yadav, NOT OUT! Good change-up from Ayush Shukla, banged in halfway down the track and over the off stump. Suryakumar Yadav looks to upper-cut it but misses. The keeper, Scott McKechnie does well again to collect the ball and in an instant, he whips off the bails as well. There is an appeal for stumping from Hong Kong and it is sent upstairs. UltraEdge shows that no bat is involved and the replays confirm that SKY had his back leg planted inside the crease.

20:54 (IST) Aug 31
1wd
Overs17.3
Score147 - 2

Ayush Shukla to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE! Oh, harsh call but it will be a wide. This is very full and angling onto the leg stump. SKY shuffles across and looks to sweep it away but misses and the keeper does extremely well to collect the ball cleanly. The replays show that the ball did hit the boot. Hong Kong missed a trick there, should have reviewed it.

20:53 (IST) Aug 31
4
Overs17.2
Score146 - 2

Ayush Shukla to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Shukla brings the keeper up and bowls it on a hard length. The ball though is a bit wider and Suryakumar Yadav manages to edge it past the man at short third man for another boundary. The 50 partnership comes up between these two as well.

20:52 (IST) Aug 31

Change in bowling. Ayush Shukla to bowl out. 1 for 14 from him so far.

20:52 (IST) Aug 31
4
Overs17.1
Score142 - 2

Ayush Shukla to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! All the good work done by Ehsan Khan in the previous over is instantly undone. Pitched up, around off, Suryakumar Yadav backs away and lofts it over wide mid off for a boundary.

20:51 (IST) Aug 31
India 138/2 after 17 overs
WHAT AN OVER! A brilliant one from spinner Ehsan Khan, gave away just four runs including a bye at this stage.
20:50 (IST) Aug 31
0
Overs16.6
Score138 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Suryakumar Yadav, Bye! Fires it in very full and wide, just inside the tramline outside off. Suryakumar Yadav leaves it alone and the keeper fails to collect it cleanly on the full. The ball goes towards short third man and the batters get a bye. Outstanding over by Ehsan, only 4 runs at this stage is gold.

20:50 (IST) Aug 31
0
Overs16.5
Score137 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Suryakumar Yadav, Exceptional bowling this from Ehsan Khan and he is doing his best to curtail the damage here. Nails another yorker around middle and SKY can only jam it out.

20:49 (IST) Aug 31
1
Overs16.4
Score137 - 2

Ehsan Khan to Virat Kohli, Keeps it full and around off, nicely driven down to long off for just one more.