DUBAI – Defending champions India piled up a big total of 285 runs for seven wickets against minnows Hong Kong in Group A match of the Asia Cup 2018 here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Shikhar Dhawan’s 127 guided India to 285 runs in the Asia Cup opener in Dubai International Stadium against Hong Kong.
Sent into bat by Hong Kong captain Anshuman Rath, Indian batsmen availed the opportunity as practice for facing their arch-rivals Pakistan tomorrow at the same ground.
Earlier, Hong Kong won the toss and put India to bat first in their Group A match of the Asia Cup being played at the Dubai Stadium.
Hong Kong lost their opening match against Pakistan and will be eliminated from the tournament if they lose to India.
India being captained by Rohit Sharma in the absence of Virat Kohli will play Pakistan on Wednesday.
India:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Khaleel Ahmed
Hong Kong:
Nizakat Khan, Anshuman Rath (c), Babar Hayat, Christopher Carter, Kinchit Shah, Ehsan Khan, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Tanwir Afzal, Ehsan Nawaz, 11 Nadeem Ahmed
