Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan (left) and Hong Kong’s Yasim Murtaza on the toss for his or her ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 match on the Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on September 9, 2025. — ACC
Afghanistan received the toss and elected to bat first in opposition to Hong Kong within the opening match of Asia Cup 2025 at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday.
The 2 sides have met 5 instances within the shorter format, with Afghanistan main the head-to-head document 3-2.
Enjoying XIs
Hong Kong: Zeeshan Ali(w), Babar Hayat, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Challu, Nizakat Khan, Aizaz Khan, Kinchit Shah, Yasim Murtaza(c), Ayush Shukla, Ateeq Iqbal, Ehsan Khan
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, AM Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Head-to-head
Afghanistan and Hong Kong have come face-to-face 5 instances in T20Is, with the previous main the head-to-head document with three triumphs.
Matches: 5Afghanistan: 3Hong Kong: 2Form Information
The 2 groups enter the Asia Cup 2025 curtain raiser with related momentum of their favour as they each have three victories of their final 5 accomplished T20Is, respectively.
Hong Kong participated within the Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy in July and made it to the ultimate, the place Malaysia outclassed them by 10 wickets within the rain-affected contest, which was decreased to 5 overs per aspect.
Afghanistan, however, tasted the same destiny within the just lately concluded T20I tri-series in opposition to Pakistan and hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) as they suffered a gruelling defeat within the last in opposition to the Inexperienced Shirts.
Afghanistan: L, W, W, W, L (most up-to-date first)
Hong Kong: L, W, W, L, W
