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Preview - HK vs IND 

India and Hong Kong will play the fourth match of the Asia Cup 2022 on Wednesday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

India started their campaign with a win against Pakistan on Sunday. India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets after chasing a target of 148 runs in 19.4 overs. 

Hong Kong have qualified to this tournament after coming through the Qualifier tournament. 

They defeated the likes of Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Singapore to find their place in the tournament. They will be playing in the Asia Cup for the fourth time since making their debut in 2004. Hong Kong have played a total of 6 matches in the tournament and have never managed to win a single game. 

This will be the first T20I game between India and Hong Kong.

India vs Hong Kong, 4th Match, Group A

Date and Time : 31/08/2022 , Wed, 7:30 PM IST

Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

India - Playing Eleven 

1. Rohit Sharma(C)

2. KL Rahul

3. Virat Kohli

4. Surya Kumar Yadav

5. H Pandya 

6. Ravindra Jadeja

7. Dinesh Karthik

8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

9. Arshdeep Singh

10. Avesh Khan

11. Yuzvendra Chahal

Hong Kong - Playing Eleven 

1. Babar Hayat

2. KD Shah

3. Aizaz Khan

4. Nizakat Khan(C)

5. Yasim Murtaza

6. Haroon Arshed

7. Ehsan Khan

8. Zeeshan Ali

9. SS McKechnie

10. Mohammad Ghazanfar

11. Ayush Shukla

PITCH REPORT

The pitch is expected to remain balanced as we saw in the first two matches. Fast Bowlers might again dominate this game. The average first innings score here is 146 runs and the team winning the toss might look to bowl.

Records and Stats : 

Hardik Pandya won the Player of the Match award against Pakistan in the last game for his all-round performance. He picked 3 wickets for 25 runs and bowled the full quota of 4 overs in the match. He made 33 runs off 17 deliveries. 

SK Yadav made 18 runs off 18 deliveries in the first game. He is the highest-rated Indian batter in T20I rankings and has been in great form recently. He has scored 446 runs in 13 matches this year at an average of 37.16 and a strike rate of 182.78. He is just 3 runs behind Shreyas Iyer, who is the highest run-scorer for India in T20Is this year.

The Indian captain Rohit Sharma made 12 runs off 18 deliveries in the first match and hit a single six. He has made 302 runs in 14 T20Is this year at an average of 23.23 and a strike rate of 134.22.

Yasim Murtaza played a key role for Hong Kong in the Qualifier tournament. He finished as the leading run-scorer with 130 runs in 3 matches at an average of 43.33 and a strike rate of 125. Murtaza picked 3 wickets as well in the tournament at an average of 18.

Bhuvneshwar was the most successful bowler for India in the first game against Pakistan. He picked 4 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs.

Jadeja has bowled his full quota of four overs only twice in five games since June. Hardik Pandya has bowled more in three of the four games involving both him and Jadeja.

Nizakat Khan has been in good recent form scoring three of his five 50+ scores in T20Is in 2022: 60 (55) vs Netherlands, 81 (55) vs Singapore and 50 (43) vs Kuwait.

Captain and Vice Captain Choices : 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Arshdeep Singh

Rohit Sharma

Lokesh Rahul 

Hardik Pandya

Yuzvendra Chahal

Punts Picks : 

Nizakat Khan

Haroon Arshad

A. Shukla 

M. Ghazanfar 

R. Ashwin/Bishnoi (if play)

Dream11 Grand Leauge Team - 

If India bowl first 

If India Bat First