Qualifiers include Hong Kong, UAE. Also teams from Kuwait and Singapore participated
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Al Amirat , dt. 25
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan entered the Asia Cup T20 tournament starting from August 27 in the UAE directly according to their ranking, but a qualifying tournament was held for the sixth team. In which the U.A.E. , Kuwait , Hong Kong and Singapore were competing for one place among four teams. In which each team had to play 1-1 match against other three teams. The Hong Kong team has qualified based on the points table that was then formed. Thus , India , Pakistan and Hong Kong will be in Group 'A' while Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will be in Group ' B ' .
Hong Kong and UAE All eyes were on the final match between. With two wins from two matches, Hong Kong has four points ahead of the UAE in this match. came forward. Kuwait had completed their qualifying round with four points from 3 matches with two wins. Singapore lost all three matches and crashed out of the race. UAE Hong Kong went down in the final match of the qualifying round with two points from two matches. If they win against Hong Kong, Hong Kong , Kuwait and its trio will get four points each and whoever has the higher net run rate will qualify. In which Kuwait was the favorite with a run rate of 1.627. But if Hong Kong wins outright, they will have six points and qualify. Hong Kong did just that, defeating the UAE by eight wickets in the final decider of the qualifying round.
The Hong Kong team has Mumbai-born 27-year-old Kinchit Dewang Shah, who is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. Apart from this, 20-year-old Ayush Shukla is a right-handed fast bowler. Most of the four teams have settled players from India, Pakistan , Bangladesh.
Score : UAE 147 all out in 19.3 overs (Captain Rizwan 49 , Farid 41 , Ehsan Khan 24 for 4 and Ayush Shukla 3 for 30) lost to Hong Kong: 149 for 2 in 19 overs (Captain Nazakat Khan 39 , Murtaza 58 , Hayat 38 not out) )
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