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After India posted a hefty 192/2 on the board on the back of some mad hitting from Suryakumar Yadav and a half-century from Virat Kohli, Hong Kong batters also came with a positive intent. Nizakat Khan and Yasim Murtaza started the proceedings and got a few boundaries. However, Arshdeep Singh did a terrific job to get in-form Murtaza as the batter could not time his pull shot. With this wicket, out came Babar Hayat and changed the momentum entirely in Hong Kong’s favor.
The batter played some breathtaking shots and accumulated runs at a really quick rate. He took on everyone from Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Arshdeep Sigh and Avesh Khan. The pair of Khan and Hayat seemed to be doing some serious damage and there was a sense of panic in the Indian camp. But a small mistake from Nizakat Khan proved too costly for his team. The Hong Kong captain took the chance to challenge Ravindra Jadeja’s throw and he had to pay for it.
After playing a cut shot towards the point fielder, Khan tried to sneak in a single. However, his partner did not respond accordingly and the batter had to abort his plan. But it was too late then as the ball had already reached Jadeja and the Indian fielder used his rocket arms to nail the direct hit. Jadeja uprooted Khan’s stumps with his right-on-target throw and sent the batter packing.
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