India vs Hong Kong / Team India made it to Super 4 by defeating Hong Kong

India vs Hong Kong: After Afghanistan, Team India has become the second team to make it to the top-4 of the Asia Cup. Indian team defeated Hong Kong by 40 runs in their second league match. Batting first, Team India scored 192 runs for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav played the best innings for India. He scored an unbeaten 68 off 26 balls with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes. His strike rate was 261. Former captain Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 59 off 44 balls. Virat hit 1 four and 3 sixes in his innings. KL Rahul scored 36 off 39 balls and captain Rohit Sharma scored 21 runs in 13 balls.

In reply, Hong Kong could only manage 152 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan got one wicket each.

Brilliant throw from Jadeja

Why Ravindra Jadeja is called the best fielder in the world, he told with his amazing throw against Hong Kong. Arshdeep Singh's last ball of the 6th over was a free hit and Nizakat Khan wanted to play a big shot, but he could not do so and tried to run the ball on point, but Ravindra Jadeja was standing there. He hit a straight throw and sent Nizakat to the pavilion.

After this he dismissed Babar Hayat for 41 runs with his brilliant bowling.

Kohli has scored a half-century after 6 months and 11 innings. The last time Virat scored a half-century against West Indies was on 18 February 2022. In that match, he scored 52 runs in 41 balls. Kohli has scored more than 10 runs in 3 consecutive matches in T20 cricket after 32 months. The last time more than 10 runs came off his bat in 3 consecutive matches in January 2020.

Rohit Sharma could not play a big innings even against Hong Kong. He got a good start, but he got out after scoring 21 runs in 12 balls. His wicket was taken by Indian-origin Ayush Shukla.

KL Rahul's flop show against Hong Kong continued as well. His bat scored 36 runs in 39 balls and the strike rate was less than 100.

Hardik Pandya, the hero of the match against Pakistan, has been rested in today's match. Rishabh Pant has got a chance in his place. Pant was not part of the team in the first match.

Rohit made a world record

Team India captain Rohit Sharma has made a world record as soon as he scored the first run against Hong Kong. Rohit has become the first batsman in the world to score 3500 runs in T20 Internationals. At the same time, in the third over of the match, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma scored 22 runs together.

India - Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Hong Kong - Nizakat Khan (Captain), Yasim Mortaza, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Ejaz Khan, Scott McKennie (WK), Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsaas Khan, Mohammad Ghaznafar, Aayush Shukla.