ABU DHABI: Bangladesh have opted to bowl first against Hong Kong in the third game of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 following a win in the toss at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
In the past two matches of the Asia Cup 2025, Afghanistan and India defeated Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates in one-sided matches.
Pakistan will play Oman in their opening match of the tournament on Friday.
Playing XIs
Bangladesh XI: Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Litton Das (capt & wk), Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
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Hong Kong XI: Zeeshan Ali (wk), Anshy Rath, Babar Hayat, Nizakat Khan, Kalhan Challu, Kinchit Shah, Yasim Murtaza (capt), Aizaz Khan, Ayush Shukla, Ateeq Iqbal, Ehsan Khan.
Head-to-Head
Both sides have not yet met once in the T20I version which took place way back in the 2014 T20 World Cup. Surprisingly enough, Hong Kong emerged victorious in that match after bowling out Bangladesh for 108 runs and winning the match by 2 wickets.
