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Bangladesh vs Hong Kong, 3rd Match, Group B

Bangladesh won by 7 wkts
HK
143/7(20)
BAN
144/3(17.4)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
That's it from here for tonight. We will be back tomorrow for more action. Do join us then. For now it's bye bye.
Litton Das | Bangladesh Captain and Player of the Match: It was important to win the first game. We have played some good cricket in the last two series, but the Asia Cup can be a different pressure. We played very well today. In the last few years our pace bowling department has done very well, and all we were looking for was a leg spinner and Rishad has done very well. The wicket was a bit on the slow side so we had to play carefully in the middle overs, and make the most of the big ground with the singles and doubles.
Yasim Murtaza | Hong Kong Captain: To be honest, I am happy with the batters but would have been happier if one of them got 60-70+ and got a big total. I think we know what we need to work on, hopefully we’ll do better next time. We gave too many freebies against Afghanistan, but we came with a plan today and implemented better. Litton and the other batter though got a good partnership.
Stats by Shashikant Singh
50-plus scores for BAN in T20 Asia Cup
80 - Sabbir Rahman vs SL, Mirpur, 2016
59 - Litton Das vs HK, Abu Dhabi, 2025*

Highest partnerships for 3rd wicket or below in T20 Asia Cup
114* - Shoaib Malik & Umar Akmal (PAK) vs UAE, Mirpur, 2016
98* - Virat Kohli & Suryakumar Yadav (IND) vs HK, Dubai, 2022
97 - Rohit Sharma & SuryakumarYadav (IND) vs SL, Dubai, 2022
95 - Litton Das & Towhid Hridoy (BAN) vs HK, Abu Dhabi, 2025*
22:05 Local Time, 18:05 GMT, 23:35 IST: Easy win for Bangladesh even though they were made to work for this one by a disciplined HKC side. The partnership between Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy taking Bangladesh to a win. They concentrated on taking the singles and were content to play the waiting game. When the stand reached a stage, Litton took risks and got the target down with boundaries. Eventually NRR will come into play at some stage and Litton was aware of that. Credit to HKC who took pace off and bowled to their strengths. They certainly put up a much better fight in this game. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...
17.4
Ateeq Iqbal to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, Bangladesh begin their campaign with a win. Length on off, heaved to deep backward square-leg and it's off the thick inside half but that will do
17.3
Ateeq Iqbal to Towhid Hridoy, no run, back of a length outside off, Towhid Hridoy mistimes the cut, rolls to mid-off
17.2
Ateeq Iqbal to Jaker Ali, leg byes, 1 run, short of length and on the thigh pad, Jaker Ali works and misses, sliding down leg, they take a legbye
Jaker Ali, right handed bat, comes to the crease
17.1
W
Ateeq Iqbal to Litton Das, out Bowled!! Dragged back on. Full and in the slot for the winning hit outside off, Litton Das gets forward to loft and the inside-edge goes back on to middle-stump. Litton falls at the doorstep of victory. Litton Das b Ateeq Iqbal 59(39) [4s-6 6s-1]
Ateeq Iqbal to Litton Das, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
Ateeq Iqbal [3.0-0-13-1] is back into the attack
17
0 1 1 1 1 0 (4 runs)
BAN 142-2
Towhid Hridoy
34(34)
Litton Das
59(38)
Ehsan Khan
3-0-28-0
16.6
Ehsan Khan to Towhid Hridoy, no run, tossed up full on leg-stump, Towhid Hridoy gets forward to mow and misses, rapped on the pads but sliding down
16.5
Ehsan Khan to Litton Das, 1 run, flat good length just outside off, Litton Das goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on
16.4
Ehsan Khan to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, Towhid Hridoy again uses his feet but doesn't get the elevation on the heave, mistimes it to deep mid-wicket
16.3
Ehsan Khan to Litton Das, 1 run, Litton Das shimmies across his stumps and then goes outside off, gets forward to drive the low full-toss to long-on
16.2
Ehsan Khan to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, now Towhid Hridoy comes down the track and swings the length delivery to deep square-leg
16.1
Ehsan Khan to Towhid Hridoy, no run, just wide of off-stump. Tossed up on a length just outside off, Towhid Hridoy wants to end this with one blow, heaves and misses, Zeeshan Ali fumbles too
16
6 2 2 4 1 1 (16 runs)
BAN 138-2
Towhid Hridoy
32(30)
Litton Das
57(36)
Yasim Murtaza
4-0-39-0
15.6
Yasim Murtaza to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, tossed up on a length on off, Towhid Hridoy goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep mid-wicket