Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav's unbeaten half-century inning help India beat Hong Kong by 40 runs.
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The 4th Match of the Asia Cup 2022 was played yesterday between India and Hong Kong at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. In which Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav's unbeaten half-century help India beat Hong Kong by 40 runs.
Hong Kong won the toss and invited India to bat first, India batted first, started the inning very well, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma came to start the inning, and gave good start, the first wicket has gone for 38 runs in 4.5 over, Rohit Sharma dismissed after scoring 21 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Virat Kohli came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 56 runs with KL Rahul for the second wicket, the second wicket has gone for 94 runs in last ball of the 13th over, KL Rahul dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 36 runs with the help of 2 sixes in 39 balls, followed by Suryakumar Yadav came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century and victory inning of 68 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 26 balls with Virat Kohli, and Virat Kohli also played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 59 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in just 44 balls, in this way, India scored 192 runs for losing just 2 wickets in 20 overs and set a very strong target of 193 runs for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong bowlers Ayush Shukia and Mohammad Ghazanfar got 1-1 wicket.
Hong Kong chasing 193 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 152 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs, Babar Hayat played a very brilliant inning of 41 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 35 balls, Kinchit Shah scored 30 runs in 28 balls, Zeeshan Ali played a very brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 26 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in 17 balls, apart from this, Scott Mckechnie played a quick unbeaten inning of 16 runs in just 8 balls, Azaz Khan dismissed for 14 runs in 13 balls, Nizakat Khan dismissed just for 10 runs, and Yasim Murtaza dismissed just for 9 runs. In this way, Hong Kong could manage just 152 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 40 runs.
Indian bowlers Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket just for 15 runs in his spell, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 1 wicket for 15 runs in 3 overs, Arshdeep Singh got 1 wicket for 44 runs, and Avesh Khan got 1 wicket for 53 runs.
Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century and victory inning of 68 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 26 balls.
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