Asia Cup 2022, Match 6- Hong Kong vs Pakistan Preview: Probable Playing XI, Live Streaming, Pitch Report

Hong Kong and Pakistan will lock horns in the 6th and the last Group stage game in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 in Sharjah on September 2. Both teams have lost their first game to India and would need to win in order to qualify for the Super Four. Even though Pakistan is the top contender to win the game, Hong Kong can't be taken lightly.

The Red Army fought well in their game against India while chasing 190. Also, not to forget, Pakistan has been riddled with injuries and has been famous for either losing against minnows or playing a nerve-wracking game against them. This is the reason, this contest becomes more and more interesting.

Team News

Hong Kong

Talking about the team, they are the most inexperienced side in the tournament. However, there is no doubt about the fact that they can upset any team on their given day. They entered the tournament after winning all of their Asia Cup qualifiers games. Talking about their playing, it might remain the same as it was against India.

Probable Playing XI: Nizakat Khan (c), Babar Hayat, Yasim Murtaza, Kinchit Shah, Scott McKechnie (wk), Haroon Arshad, Aizaz Khan, Zeeshan Ali, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar

Pakistan

Talking about the team, they have been in trouble even before the tournament started. First, up their lead pacer, Shaheen Afridi got injured and was ruled out of the tournament. After this, Mohammad Wasim Jr got injured ahead of their game against India. During the game against the Men In Blue, Naseem Shah limped after completing his bowling. At this point, there is no update on his injury. In this case, Hasan Ali could be inducted into the playing XI.

Probable Playing XI: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah/Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani

Match Details

Asia Cup 2022, Match 6, Group A, Hong Kong vs Pakistan

Date & Time – Friday, 2^st September 2022, 7:30 PM(IST)

Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Live Broadcast and Streaming – The game can be watched live on the Star Sports Network while the live streaming will be available on Hotstar.

Pitch Report

Talking about the wicket, it has only hosted one game, i.e Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka. That game saw the ball wasn't coming onto the bat if pitched up towards the good length. The game was a low-scoring one and could be a possibility that the upcoming game might turn out to be a low-scoring one.