Asia Cup 2023: ACC allows reserve day for Ind-Pak match in rare exception
In an unprecedented move, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has decided to keep a reserve day only for the marquee…
Hong Kong cricket team skipper Anshuman Rath invited Sarfraz Ahmed -led Pakistan cricket team to field first after winning the toss in the second ODI of Asia Cup 2018 on Sunday. The match is being played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Sarfraz Ahmed, Pakistan captain: “Wanted to bat first, but that’s not in our hands. Congrats to Hong Kong, this is a big event for them. Won’t take them lightly, won’t relax. Long tournament, we’ll go match by match. If you see the last match, didn’t see much spin. We’re going in with four pacers and one spinner. ”
Anshuman Rath, Hong Kong captain: “We’ll have a bat. We saw the game yesterday. Pitch stayed true throughout. Hoping it will roughen up a bit through the course. No better place to do it than in the Asia Cup. We’re ready, we deserve to be here. Especially on the back of losing ODI status in March. We’ve beaten top teams before, hope we could do it again. It’s more of a confidence thing. After the Qualifiers, a lot of our players have taken confidence. Hopefully we can put runs on the board.”
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Teams:
Hong Kong (Playing XI): Nizakat Khan, Anshuman Rath(c), Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Christopher Carter, Ehsan Khan, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie(w), Tanwir Afzal, Ehsan Nawaz, Nadeem Ahmed
Pakistan (Playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed(w/c), Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan
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