India survived a scare before beating Hong Kong by 26 runs in their Group A match of the Asia Cup. Chasing 286 for an upset win Hong Kong were restricted for 259 in their 50 overs.
Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field against India in the fourth match of the 14th edition of the Unimoni Asia Cup being held at the Dubai International Stadium.
Scoreboard
India 1st innings
Rohit Sharma c Nizakat Khan b Ehsan Khan 23
Shikhar Dhawan c Tanwir Afzal b Kinchit Shah 127
Ambati Rayudu c Scott McKechnie b Ehsan Nawaz 60
Dinesh Karthik c Babar Hayat b Kinchit Shah 33
MS Dhoni c Scott McKechnie b Ehsan Khan 0
Kedar Jadhav Not Out 28
Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Anshy Rath b Kinchit Shah 9
Shardul Thakur c Christopher Carter b Aizaz Khan 0
Extras 0b 2lb 1nb 0pen 2w 5
Total (50.0 overs) 285-7
Fall of Wickets: 1-45 Sharma, 2-161 Rayudu, 3-240 Dhawan, 4-242 Dhoni, 5-248 Karthik, 6-277 Kumar, 7-282 Thakur
Did Not Bat: Yadav, Ahmed, Chahal
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Tanwir Afzal 4 0 34 0
Ehsan Nawaz 8 0 50 1
Aizaz Khan 8 0 41 1
Ehsan Khan 10 0 65 2
Nadeem Ahmed 10 0 39 0
Nizakat Khan 1 0 15 0
Kinchit Shah 9 0 39 3
Hong Kong 1st innings
Nizakat Khan lbw Khaleel Ahmed 92
Anshy Rath c Rohit Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 73
Babar Hayat c MS Dhoni b Yuzvendra Chahal 18
Christopher Carter c MS Dhoni b Khaleel Ahmed 3
Kinchit Shah c Shikhar Dhawan b Yuzvendra Chahal 17
Ehsan Khan c&b Khaleel Ahmed 22
Aizaz Khan lbw Yuzvendra Chahal 0
Scott McKechnie st MS Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 7
Tanwir Afzal Not Out 12
Ehsan Nawaz Not Out 2
Extras 0b 4lb 3nb 0pen 6w 13
Total (50.0 overs) 259-8
Fall of Wickets: 1-174 Rath, 2-175 Khan, 3-191 Carter, 4-199 Hayat, 5-227 Shah, 6-228 Khan, 7-240 McKechnie, 8-256 Khan
Did Not Bat : Ahmed
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9 0 50 0
Khaleel Ahmed 10 0 48 3
Shardul Thakur 4 0 41 0
Yuzvendra Chahal 10 0 46 3
Kuldeep Yadav 10 2 42 2
Kedar Jadhav 7 0 28 0
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BDST: 0919 HRS, SEPT 19, 2018
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