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News India Live, Digital Desk: Cricket Match Result: In the first match of Asia Cup 2025, Afghanistan completely defeated Hong Kong with its all -round game. Afghanistan made a strong debut in the tournament by winning the match by a big margin of 94 runs on the basis of the brilliant performance of the team’s star all -rounder Ajmatullah Omarjai. Hong Kong had no answer to what Omarjai showed the amazing bat and then with the ball.
After losing the toss, the Afghanistan team came out to bat first and scored a challenging score of 166 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs. However, the team did not start very good and opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz returned to the pavilion cheaply. But after this, Ajmatullah Omrajai took the front. He played a stormy innings of 62 runs off just 36 balls, including 5 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes. Najibullah Jadaran also came to the end and scored an unbeaten 23 off 13 balls and took the team to a respectable score.
For Hong Kong, Ayush Shukla took 3 wickets while bowling economically, but he could not rein in Omarjai’s Atishi batting.
Chasing the target of 167 runs, Hong Kong’s team appeared under pressure from the beginning and could never return to the match. In front of the tight bowling of Afghanistan bowlers, his batsmen could not play by ticking. Captain Nizakat Khan scored the highest 23 runs, but he did not get the support of any other batsman. The entire team collapsed for just 72 runs in 19.3 overs.
Ajmatullah Omrajai, who made a blast with the bat, also showed amazing with the ball and took 2 important wickets. Apart from him, Fazalhak Farooqui, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan also broke the back of Hong Kong’s batting with 2-2 wickets.
With this big win, Afghanistan not only scored two points, but has also improved its net run rate, which can prove to be important in the front stages of the tournament.