Kinchit Shah's 34 and Ehsan Khan's 3-20 helped Hong Kong comfortably defeat Singapore in the 1st match of the Asia Cup Qualifier 2022 tournament.
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Toss Update: Singapore won the toss and opted to field first.
After being sent into bat first, Hong Kong scored 148 on the board losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Kinchit Shah top scored for them with 34 runs while there were 3 other scores in the 20s in this innings. It was a decent bowling performance from the Singapore team as they kept the scoring rate to just over 7 runs per over!
Singapore, chasing 149 runs to win, managed to score 140 losing 7 wickets in 20 overs falling agonizingly short of the target by 8 runs! Hong Kong bowlers Ehsan Khan (3-20 from 4 overs) and Mohammad Ghazanfar (2-20 from 4 overs) bowled economically as the Singapore team lost by a small margin in the end!
Match result: Hong Kong defeated Singapore by a margin of 8 runs.
Ehsan Khan has been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his crucial contribution of 3-20 from his 4 overs with the ball.
Brief Scores: Hong Kong: 148-9 in 20 overs (Kinchit Shah 34, Akshay Puri 2-17) defeated Singapore: 140-7 in 20 overs (Janak Prakash 31, Ehsan Khan 3-20) by a margin of 8 runs
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