ICC World Twenty20 2016 - 6th Match
(First Round Group B - Afghanistan vs Hong Kong)
Nabi,Shahzad to the fore in easy Afghanistan win
| Hong Kong | vs | Afghanistan |
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| 116/6 (20) | 119/4 (18) | |
| Afghanistan won by 6 wickets | ||
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Hong Kong tied themselves into knots against Mohammad Nabi, and how. Their lack of application on slow turners, typical of the subcontinent, stood exposed as Afghanistan bossed their way to second successive win, this time by six wickets, to set them up for a knockout shootout against Zimbabwe which will determine the Group B qualifier for the Super 10s.
Hong Kong, who opted to bat, raced away to 40 without loss, before the sight of spin induced a sense of panic and desperation in their ranks. Four wickets in four overs, two of those being Babar Hayat and Mark Chapman, to a superb yorker from Gulbadin Naib, had Hong Kong shortchanged even before the halfway mark of their innings. They then huffed and puffed to 116 for 6 on the back of Anshuman Rath's industry, an unbeaten 31-ball 28, a total that was 40 short of what Tanwir Afzal, the captain, hoped to get.
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