India Beat Hong Kong By 40 Runs, Qualify For Super 4 Stage

India qualified for the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup after beating Hong Kong by 40 runs in a Group A match at the Dubai International Stadium yesterday. 

Chasing a target of 193, Hong Kong were restricted to a total of 142 for five in 20 overs. 

Babar Hayat top-scored with a knock of 41 while Kinchit Shah and Zeeshan Ali played cameos of 30 and 26 not out, respectively. 
Earlier, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav starred with the bat as India managed to post a total of 192 for two. Kohli (59 not out off 44) and Suryakumar (68 not out off 26) added an unbeaten 98 runs to rescue India, who were at one stage 94 for two after 13 overs of play. 
KL Rahul got out after a slugging 36 off 39 while skipper Rohit Sharma (21) too failed to leave his mark. 
For Hong Kong, Ayush Shukla and Mohammad Ghazanfar picked a wicket each.

India made one change to their playing XI from the last game as Rishabh Pant replaced Hardik Pandya, who was rested.

Scores:

India 192 for 2 (Suryakumar Yadav 68 n.o., Virat Kohli 59 n.o.)

Hong Kong 142 for 5 (Babar Hayat 41, Kinchit Shah 30,  Zeeshan Ali 26 n.o., Ravindra Jadeja 1 for 15, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 1 for 15)