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Kishan smashed 77 off just 40 deliveries, striking ten fours and three sixes on a sluggish, spin-friendly R Premadasa surface to power India to 175/7.
Usman Khan (3/19) was the top wicket-taker, while Imam-ul-Haq (50 not out) top-scored to guide Pakistan to a dominating win.
PTI | September 17, 2018 11:00 am
Pakistan Cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed. (Photo: AFP)
Pakistan defeated Hong Kong by 8 wickets in a group A match of the Asia Cup ODI tournament here on Sunday.
Usman Khan (3/19) was the top wicket-taker, while Imam-ul-Haq (50 not out) top-scored to guide Pakistan to a dominating win.
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Brief Score:
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Hong Kong: 116 allout in 37.1 overs (Aizaz Khan 27; Usman Khan 3/19)
Pakistan: 120 for 2 in 23.4 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 50 not out; Ehsan Khan 2/34).
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Kishan smashed 77 off just 40 deliveries, striking ten fours and three sixes on a sluggish, spin-friendly R Premadasa surface to power India to 175/7.
Pakistan slumped to a 61-run defeat against their arch-rivals in Colombo on Sunday, a result that has left them needing a victory over Namibia in their final Group A fixture to retain any realistic hope of progressing to the Super Eights.
Yet beneath the soaring television promos and breathless studio debates lies a far less dramatic reality.
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