tt15732 itt3443	Afghanistan v Hong Kong
	Asia Cricket Council Men's T20I Asia Cup 2025 (Group B)
Venue	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 9th September 2025 (20-over match) (night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Afghanistan won by 94 runs
Points	Afghanistan 2; Hong Kong 0
Umpires	Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan), VK Sharma (India)
TV umpire	Faisal Afridi (Pakistan)
Referee	RB Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire	RR Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
Player of the Match	Azmatullah Omarzai
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Afghanistan innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
Sediqullah Atal	not out	73	52	100	6	3	17	140.38
+Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c Nizakat Khan b Shukla	8	5	11	-	1	2	160.00
Ibrahim Zadran	c Zeeshan Ali b Ateeq Iqbal	1	4	6	-	-	3	25.00
Mohammad Nabi	c Nizakat Khan b Shah	33	26	33	3	1	10	126.92
Gulbadeen Naib	c Yasim Murtaza b Shah	5	8	11	-	-	4	62.50
Azmatullah Omarzai	c Aizaz Khan b Shukla	53	21	28	2	5	2	252.38
Karim Janat	c Nizakat Khan b Ehsan Khan	2	3	4	-	-	1	66.67
*Rashid Khan	not out	3	1	2	-	-	0	300.00
Noor Ahmad	did not bat
Allah Ghazanfar	did not bat
Fazal Haque	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 9 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	188
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 (Gulbadeen Naib, 12.6 ov), 5-177 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 18.5 ov), 6-184 (Karim Janat, 19.4 ov)

Hong Kong bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Shukla	4	0	54	2	2	-	8	5	4	12.00	13.50
Ateeq Iqbal	3	1	32	1	2	-	8	3	2	18.00	10.67
Ehsan Khan	4	0	28	1	1	-	8	-	1	24.00	7.00
Aizaz Khan	2	0	26	0	2	-	3	3	1	-	13.00
Yasim Murtaza	4	0	23	0	1	-	7	-	1	-	5.75
Shah	3	0	24	2	-	-	5	-	1	9.00	8.00

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Hong Kong innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+Zeeshan Ali	c Mohammad Nabi b Azmatullah Omarzai	5	6	12	1	-	4	83.33
A Rath	c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Fazal Haque	0	1	2	-	-	1	0.00
Babar Hayat	c Sediqullah Atal b Gulbadeen Naib	39	43	68	-	3	21	90.70
Nizakat Khan	run out (Rashid Khan)	0	0	2	-	-	0	0.00
KM Challu	run out (Azmatullah Omarzai)	4	8	10	-	-	5	50.00
KD Shah	c Karim Janat b Noor Ahmad	6	10	25	-	-	5	60.00
*Yasim Murtaza	lbw b Gulbadeen Naib	16	26	43	1	-	13	61.54
Aizaz Khan	c Mohammad Nabi b Rashid Khan	6	10	16	-	-	4	60.00
Ehsan Khan	c and b Fazal Haque	6	11	16	-	-	6	54.55
A Shukla	not out	1	2	8	-	-	1	50.00
Ateeq Iqbal	not out	1	3	3	-	-	2	33.33
Extras	(1 lb, 9 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Rath, 0.2 ov), 2-12 (Zeeshan Ali, 1.6 ov), 3-13 (Nizakat Khan, 2.2 ov), 4-22 (Challu, 4.3 ov), 5-43 (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)

Afghanistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Fazal Haque	3	0	16	2	2	-	11	1	-	9.00	5.33
Azmatullah Omarzai	2	0	4	1	-	-	9	-	-	12.00	2.00
Allah Ghazanfar	2	0	4	0	-	-	8	-	-	-	2.00
Rashid Khan	4	0	24	1	-	-	7	-	1	24.00	6.00
Noor Ahmad	4	0	16	1	2	-	14	1	-	24.00	4.00
Gulbadeen Naib	3	0	8	2	1	-	11	-	-	9.00	2.67
Karim Janat	2	0	21	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	10.50

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Notes
--> Afghanistan powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (41/2)
--> Hong Kong powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (23/4)
--> Afghanistan innings: 50 in 6.4 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 100 in 13.5 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 150 in 17.4 overs
--> Hong Kong innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> Sediqullah Atal 50 in 41 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> Sediqullah Atal passed his previous highest score of 64 in International Twenty20 matches
--> Gulbadeen Naib passed 2500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 4
--> Azmatullah Omarzai passed his previous highest score of 34 in International Twenty20 matches
--> Azmatullah Omarzai 50 in 20 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes
--> KM Challu made his debut in United Arab Emirates in International Twenty20 matches
--> KM Challu made his debut in United Arab Emirates in Twenty20 matches
--> Ateeq Iqbal made his debut in United Arab Emirates in International Twenty20 matches
--> Ateeq Iqbal made his debut in United Arab Emirates in Twenty20 matches
--> A Shukla reached 50 wickets in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed Azmatullah Omarzai, his 2nd wicket in the Afghanistan innings
--> Gulbadeen Naib reached 100 wickets in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed Babar Hayat, his 1st wicket in the Hong Kong innings
--> Sediqullah Atal (13) and Mohammad Nabi (32) added 50 in 38 balls for the Afghanistan 3rd wicket
--> Sediqullah Atal (25) and Azmatullah Omarzai (22) added 50 in 25 balls for the Afghanistan 5th wicket

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Over 6.4: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - KD Shah (decision upheld)
Over 13.1: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - Yasim Murtaza (decision upheld)
Over 18.4: Review by Hong Kong (Batting), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - Yasim Murtaza (decision upheld)

 

 

 

 

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