🏏T20 Asia Cup 2025: SL vs HK, 8th Match, Group B at Dubai🏏 - Page 7

Ravi Shastri, on broadcast, mentions Hong Kong have been given a warning for failing to start an over on time

wajahat: "come on hongkong, lets have a tight game here!"

2.6

Ateeq Iqbal to Kusal Mendis, no run, a maiden.

Mendis and Nissanka started scoring some quick runs.

Mendis is out. SL lost their first wicket.

26/1

HK 149/4 (20)

SL 29/1 (5)

CRR: 5.8 REQ: 8.07

Sri Lanka need 121 runs in 90 balls

HK 149/4 (20)

SL 29/1 (5)

CRR: 5.8 REQ: 8.07

Sri Lanka need 121 runs in 90 balls

Yasim Murtaza to Kamil Mishara, SIX, that should ease the pressure. It was building and Kamil Mishara releases it. It's tossed up full on leg-stump, Mishara gets forward and lofts high and clean over wide long-on.

SL -49/1

Sri Lanka need 101 runs in 74 balls

HK 149/4 (20)

SL 122/4 (16)

CRR: 7.62 REQ: 7

Sri Lanka need 28 runs in 24 balls

Congrats SL

Sri Lanka won by 4 wkts

Phew. Finally something resembling a thriller at this Asia Cup. This too was a slow burn. At the half-way stage, it felt Sri Lanka had this under control. Then, Hong Kong applied the powerplay squeeze and asked Sri Lanka questions. Nissanka answered most of them through his stunning 44-ball 68, but once he departed, the Sri Lankan innings descended into a bit of a procession, with several quick wickets.

Thankfully for Sri Lanka, they had a deep batting unit to bank upon. Shanaka held up his end of the bargain and Hasaranga, fresh off an injury, came up clutch with a 9-ball 20. Sri Lanka, it must be added, were helped by Hong Kong's wastefulness in the field, and by a No ball by their skipper in the 18th over. And that will sting Hong Kong the most. They could have made this a truly special evening, but they will go back now with that sinking feeling of what could have and perhaps should have been.