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In the second group league match of India against Hon Kong, Virat Kohli showed a glimpse of his comeback by smashing a fifty off 40 deliveries by hammering two sixes and one boundary.
Virat Kohli’s form has been in focus for a long time now. He is going through a lean patch and has not been able to score a century for more than 1000 days. However, in the Group A match on Wednesday, Kohli’s innings stirred up hopes of him getting back to his best.
It was Kohli’s 31st half-century in 101 T20I matches played.
Earlier in the match, Hong Kong won the toss and opted to bowl first.
India Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Hong Kong Playing XI:
Nizakat Khan, Yasim Murtaza, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar
Here is a short recap of what happened at the last meeting between India and Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field first. Shikhar Dhawan and Ambati Rayudu scored 127 and 60 runs respectively, giving India a strong start. Indian batters started to stumble in the last 10 overs. From 239/2 to 248/5, India lost their way and ended with a total of 285/7.
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Powered by Anshuman Rath(73) and Nizakat Khan(92), Hong Kong blasted India for 174 runs in 34.1 overs. Khaleel turned out to be the partnership breaker and have India a much-needed breakthrough.Â
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Hong Kong could only manage 259/8. Khaleel took three wickets and the spin duo of
Chahal-Kuldeep took five wickets. India won the match by 26 runs.
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