Hong Kong created history in T20 cricket, won in 10 balls and created a unique record
SUMMARY
Hong Kong created a unique record by defeating Mongolia by 9 wickets in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier. Hong Kong achieved the target of 18 runs in 10 balls. This is Hong Kong's third biggest win in T20 cricket history.
New Delhi: The Hong Kong cricket team has written a new chapter in T20 cricket history. The Hong Kong team, which is in the race to qualify for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup tournament, has created a unique record in T20 cricket history.
In fact, Hong Kong team registered a spectacular victory by 9 wickets against Mongolia in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier match. The surprising thing is that Hong Kong team achieved the target of victory by facing only 10 balls. Mongolia team batted first and gave a target of just 18 runs for victory. Chasing this easy target, Hong Kong team won with 110 balls remaining by losing only one wicket.
Hong Kong won the toss and decided to bowl first in the match played in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night, 31 August. It did not take long for Hong Kong's decision to prove right. Mongolia's team was all out after scoring just 17 runs in 14.2 overs. No batsman of the Mongolia cricket team could even touch the double digit mark. A batsman named Mohan Vivekanandan scored the most runs from Mongolia, facing 18 balls and scoring 5 runs. This was the best individual score made by Mongolia.
🏆Another victory with ease for our players in their second match in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Asia Qualifier A, against Mongolia.
— Cricket Hong Kong, China (@CricketHK) August 31, 2024
🎉Player of the match: Ehsan Khan
🔥Next match will be played against Singapore at 9:30 AM HKT on 2nd September!
📢Livestream on ICCTV… pic.twitter.com/RFkE919gPj
For Hong Kong, Ehsan Khan bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets for just 5 runs, while Anas Khan and Yasin Murtaza took 2 wickets each. Meanwhile, Ayush Shukla made the most headlines with his lethal bowling. Ayush Shukla did not give a single run while bowling 4 overs and managed to take 1 wicket. With this, this Indian-origin bowler Ayush Shukla became the third bowler in the world to bowl 4 maiden overs in a match in international T20 cricket history. Before him, Canada's Saad Bin Zafar and New Zealand's fast bowler Lockie Ferguson have created history by bowling 4 maiden overs in a T20 match. Now Ayush Shukla's name has also been added to this list.
Hong Kong's third biggest win in T20 cricket history: Hong Kong cricket team has also made a record of registering the third biggest win in international T20 cricket history by winning with 110 balls to spare. Earlier, Spain's team is on the first position by defeating Isle of Man's team with 118 balls to spare. At the same time, Japan's team had won against Mongolia with 112 balls to spare.