Top 5 Moments of Asia Cup 2018, Round 1

#4 Hong Kong's shocking counter-attack

Hong Kong gave a huge fight to the Indian side

A sporadic number of cricket fans and pundits would have given Hong Kong a chance of chasing 286 against a star-studded Indian bowling attack. But the opening batsmen of the Dragons, Nizakat Khan and Anshuman Rath had other intentions as they almost single-handedly had the game won for their side.

The most remarkable feature of their 174-run stand was the control and situation awareness they displayed while playing India’s spinners. They completely nullified the Indian spinners’ dominance and hardly attempted a slog during their long partnership. On any fine night, a performance like this would have handed over their team a victory but the untried middle order of HK choked under pressure and flung away a comfortable win.