India and Hong Kong go head-to-head in the second game in Group A of the 2022 Asia Cup on Wednesday evening. India beat Pakistan by five wickets with two balls remaining on Sunday. Hong Kong won the Asia Cup Qualifier last week to join India and Pakistan in Group A. Read on as we preview the match. This fixture gets underway at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium at 18:00 local time.
Watch Ind vs HK match live online on Hotstar here.
India very rarely suffers a giant-killing in any format and all experts are predicting an easy victory for them in this game. We expect India to look to show their power with both bat and ball across this fixture.
India vs Hong Kong Match Live Streaming
Watch Ind vs HK T20 live streaming on Star Sports Hotstar here.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Star Sports Network and DD Sports. In the UK you can watch the game on UTsav Gold HD.
Asia Cup 2022 Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on Disney+ Hotstar.
This is the second successive Asia Cup that Hong Kong has qualified for. They have very little to lose in this match and should be full of confidence after dominating the qualifying tournament earlier this month.
India vs Hong Kong Match Live Streaming
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Star Sports Network and DD Sports. In the UK you can watch the game on UTsav Gold HD.
Asia Cup 2022 Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on Disney+ Hotstar.
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IND vs HK Match Toss Prediction
India won the toss and chose to field first on Sunday with Hong Kong deciding to field first when they won the toss during the qualifiers. Both teams prefer to chase and we predict that both captains will choose to bowl first.
IND vs HK Pitch Report
The pitch in Dubai is relatively slow and we saw some changeable bounce in Sunday’s fixture. Expect a par score to be no higher than 165 in this match.
Weather Report
Cloudless skies with sunny conditions at the start of the match. The temperature will be in the mid-30s throughout this game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for India vs Hong Kong Match, Asia Cup 2022
India Team News & Playing 11
IND Team News
After getting the better of Pakistan with a strong performance with both bat and ball, there will certainly be a temptation to rest players for this match. However, with no injuries reported, we expect India to treat their opponents with respect and to be unchanged from Pakistan’s game.
IND Key Players
- Virat Kohli – The former skipper did not hit all of his boundaries out of the middle of the bat against Pakistan but he looked like he was very close to being back to near his best.
- Hardik Pandya – The all-rounder has had a fantastic 2022 and continued his form in the victory over Pakistan in Asia Cup 2022. He hit the winning runs and took the Player of The Match Award.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – The right arm fast medium bowler makes it all look so simple and easy. He took two wickets in two balls on Sunday but missed out on becoming the second India to take an IT20 hat-trick.
IND Team Form
India are targeting their fifth successive win in this format. Although there were a couple of wobbles against Pakistan, they fully deserved the win on Sunday.
India Predicted Playing 11
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan
Hong Kong Team News & Playing 11
HK Team News
Nizakat Khan’s side were no match for any of their three opponents during the round-robin qualifying tournament from August 20th – 24th. They won their final game by eight wickets and with no injuries reported since, we expect to see an unchanged XI for this game.
HK Key Players
- Yasim Murtaza – The experienced left-handed opener top scored across the recent Asia Cup Qualifier tournament and hit the most boundaries of any player.
- Babar Hayat – The right handed top order batter finished unbeaten in his last two appearances in the qualifiers. He hit 38 not out against UAE and 53 not out against Kuwait.
- Ehsan Khan – The 37 year old off-spinner was far too strong for Kuwait, UAE and Singapore during the fixtures last week. His worst figures across those three games was 2-37.
HK Team Form
Hong Kong come into this game in excellent form after brushing aside all of their opponents in last week’s qualifiers.
Hong Kong Predicted Playing 11
Nizakat Khan (c), Aizaz Khan, Babar Hayat, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Kinchit Shah, Zeeshan Ali, Yasim Murtaza, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Haroon Arshad, Scott McKechnie (wk)
India vs Hong Kong Head to Head
This will be the first time that these two sides have played an IT20 fixture. They have previously competed in two ODIs, each in the Asia Cup, with India winning both games in 2008 and 2018.
India vs Hong Kong Betting Odds
India are favourites with the bookies to get off to a winning start in this year’s Asia Cup. However, based on their win over Sri Lanka, and overall record against India, Hong Kong should not be ruled out.
Who will win India vs Hong Kong Match?
Although they have not beaten India before in any format, Hong Kong certainly gave them a big fright in the 2018 match when their openers put on 174 when chasing 286 to win. India eventually won by 26 runs but the Hong Kong players will take plenty of strength from that recent performance.
India vs Hong Kong Prediction
According to the rankings and the level of players on display, on paper this is likely to be the most one-sided game of the 2022 Asia Cup. We predict that there will be some strong performances from Hong Kong players but expect India to cruise to a convincing victory.
