DHAKA: Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by 7 wickets in the qualifying round of ICC World Cup T-20 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium of Chittagong on Tuesday.        

Opener Mohammad Shahzad scored 68 runs off 53 balls that helped Afghanistan to reach 154-runs winning target set by Hong Kong.              

Shapoor Zadran, Hamza Hotak and Mohammad Nabi bagged 2-wickets each.              

Earlier in the day, Hong Kong won the toss and decided to bat first.  
   
Hong Kong amassed 153-run loosing eight-wicket in their innings.        

Mohammad Shahzad scored 68 runs and Shafiqullah bagged 51 runs on behalf of Afghan while MS Chapman and Waqas Barkat added 38 and 32-runs respectively from Hong Kong.               

The match was started at 3:30pm.      

Afghans were defeated to Bangladesh by 9-wickets on the opening day of the tournament and Nepal beat Hong Kong.     

Afghanistan Squad

Mohammad Nabi*, Aftab Alam, Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq, Mirwais Ashraf, Mohammad Shahzad†, Najeeb Tarakai, Najibullah Zadran, Nawroz Mangal, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah, Shapoor Zadran

Hong Kong Squad      

JJ Atkinson*†, Waqas Barkat†, Aizaz Khan, Babar Hayat, MS Chapman, Ehsan Nawaz, Haseeb Amjad, Irfan Ahmed, JPR Lamsam, Munir Dar, Nadeem Ahmed, Najeeb Amar, Nizakat Khan, KD Shah, Tanwir Afzal

BDST: 1925 HRS, MAR 18, 2014