IND vs HK: Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli’s heroics assist Team India seal Super 4 berth

Fifties from Suryakumar Yadav and also Virat Kohli assisted Team India down a worthy Hong Kong side, to end up being the junior varsity to receive the Super 4 phase of Asia Cup 2022. India sign up with Afghanistan in the following round, as they verified their top-place surface in team A, after defeating Nizakat Khan’s side by 40 runs. 

SKY racked up an unbeaten 68 off simply 26 spheres, and also Virat Kohli (59 * off 44) operated in tandem to drive India to a total amount of 192/2 in their corresponding 20 overs, after being asked to bat initially. 

In reply, Hong Kong placed in a worthy initiative, yet they failed by 40 runs, which suggests their suit versus Pakistan on September 2, comes to be a do-or-die ready both sides. 

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Hong Kong were off to an excellent beginning with the bat, yet the 193-run target showed to be excessive for them, finishing at 152 for 5 in the stated 20 overs.

Suryakumar managed the carnage while Kohli made an unbeaten 59 from 44 spheres, his very first worldwide fifty in greater than 6 months, as India collected 78 runs in the last 5 overs.

Arshdeep Singh (1/44) offered the innovation, while Ravindra Jadeja impacted a straight hit to eliminate captain Nizakat Khan and after that disregarded their top-scorer Bahar Hayat (41) to thwart their chase.

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Hong Kong’s racking up price went down significantly after the powerplay, with simply 14 runs being available in 4 overs, and also the Indian rewriters made points challenging with Jadeja (1/15 in 4 overs) leading the program in a clean spell, 3 days after he thrilled with the bat versus Pakistan.

This was India’s 5th successive win in T20Is as they went into the Super 4 as Group A mattress toppers with 2 triumphes from as lots of suits. India beat Pakistan by 5 gates in their opener onSunday

With inputs from PTI