By Admin 
In the first match of Asia Cup 2025, Afghanistan made a big debut of the tournament by registering a big win over Hong Kong. Afghanistan gave Hong Kong a target of 189 runs to win. Hong Kong could score 94 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 94 runs.
Hong Kong, who chased a target of 189 runs, started very poorly. On the score of 22, the team lost their top 4 wickets. The match for Hong Kong was over here. In the later overs, Hong Kong batsmen were seen playing for the purpose of staying at just 20 overs.
Babur Hayat was the only batsman who could face Afghanistan bowlers. Babur was dismissed for 39 runs with the help of 3 sixes off 43 balls. Apart from this, all were flops.
For Afghanistan, Gulabdeen Naib took 2 wickets for 8 runs in 3 overs. Fazalhak Farukhi took 2, Umarjai, Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed took 1-1 wickets. Two batsmen were run out.
In the match played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Afghanistan did not have a good start and the team lost the important wickets of Gurbaz and Ibrahim Jadaran on the score of 26. Afghanistan scored 188 runs for 6 wickets thanks to the explosive innings of 53 runs played from Sedikullah Atal’s 52 balls and Ajmatullah Umarjai’s 53 runs played on 21 balls and 82 off 35 balls between the two. Umarzai hit 5 sixes and 2 fours in his innings. At the same time, Atal hit 3 sixes and 6 fours. Mohammad Nabi also scored 33 runs off 26 balls.
This half -century of Umarzai is the fastest half -century of any Afghanistan batsman in T20 International. Umarzai scored a half -century off 20 balls and broke the records of fifty half -centuries in 21 balls of Nabi and Gulabdeen. For Hong Kong, Ayush Shukla took 2 wickets 2, Kidi Shah 2 while Atik Iqbal and Ehsan Khan took 1-1 wickets.