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After their bowlers skittled out minnows Hong Kong for a record low of 38 on Friday, Pakistan’s bowlers advanced to the Asia Cup Super Four Stage behind Mohammad Rizwan.
In a crucial Twenty20 match, Pakistan scored 193-2 thanks to a 116-run partnership between Rizwan (78 not out) and Fakhar Zaman (53), who were given the opportunity to bat first on a sluggish, low Sharjah surface.
After that, Pakistani spinners Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz shared seven wickets to dismiss Hong Kong for 155 runs in 10.4 overs.
In addition to being their lowest score against Pakistan, who had dismissed the West Indies for 60 in 2018, it was Hong Kong’s lowest T20 international total since their 69 against Nepal in 2014.
In round two of the six-nation competition that serves as a warm-up for the T20 World Cup in Australia in October-November, Pakistan joins Afghanistan, India, and Sri Lanka.
In the third over of Hong Kong’s inning, pace bowler Naseem Shah struck twice, including the eight-point dismissal of captain Nizakat Khan.
Hong Kong, which qualified for the main draw by winning all three of its games in the qualifications, was unable to bounce back.
On Saturday in Sharjah, the Super Four will kick off with Afghanistan taking on Sri Lanka, and on Sunday, India will square off against Pakistan’s adversary for the second time in the competition.
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