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Pakistan qualified for the Asia Cup 2022 Super Four stage on Friday, after it beat Hong Kong by a massive 155 runs – its biggest T20I win – in Sharjah. Babar Azam’s men join India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the Super 4. Its first match will be against India in Dubai on Sunday.
The two-time champion, Pakistan, had finished third in the inaugural edition of the Asia Cup T20 held in Bangladesh in 2016. It had also finished third in the previous edition held in the UAE. Pakistan, which had a tremendous run in T20Is last year, has only played three matches in the format this year so far.
Pakistan gave Hongkong a target of 194 runs and destroyed the HongKong team by 155 runs as Hongkong was all out on 38 runs. Shadab Khan took 4 wickets and was the leading wicket taker in the match. Mohammad Rizwan was the highest run scorer in the match as he scored 78 runs. He was also named the Man of the Match award for his incredible knock. Pakistan will now play against India again on 4th September. The hype of the match has again increased as India has already defeated Pakistan once in the tournament and it will be interesting to see who will win the match.
Biggest margin of victory for Pakistan in T20Is ✅
Records tumble in Sharjah as Pakistan go through to Super Four 🙌#AsiaCup2022 | #PAKvHK pic.twitter.com/APOHUStKhT
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 2, 2022