Hong Kong Vs India 4Th Match Group B
Asia Cup Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates in Pakistan - 2008 (2008) · National Stadium, Karachi · 25 June 2008
India won by 256 runs
India won by 256 runs. MS Dhoni top-scored with 109* for India. Piyush Chawla took 4/23.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- National Stadium, Karachi
- Date
- 25 June 2008
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 256 runs
- Player of the match
- Suresh Raina
- Captains
- MS Dhoni (India), Tabarak Dar (Hong Kong)
- Debut
- Manpreet Gony (India)
- Umpires
- BG Jerling and AL Hill
- Match referee
- AG Hurst
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat. It was Manpreet Gony's first ODI.
India batted first and made 374 for 4. MS Dhoni top-scored with 109 not out off 96 balls, and Suresh Raina made 101. The innings was built on a 166-run stand for the fourth wicket between MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina, 44% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at National Stadium, 290 across 23 ODIs.
Chasing 375, Hong Kong made 118 all out. Irfan Ahmed top-scored with 25 off 43 balls. Piyush Chawla took 4 for 23 for India.
India won by 256 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at National Stadium across the 58 ODIs in our archive. India's 374 is the highest total at National Stadium.
INDIA: 374 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | c Roy Lamsam b Najeeb Amar | 51 | 54 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Irfan Ahmed b Najeeb Amar | 78 | 44 |
| Rohit Sharma | run out (Nadeem Ahmed) | 11 | 29 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 109 | 96 |
| Suresh Raina | c Irfan Ahmed b Afzaal Haider | 101 | 68 |
| Robin Uthappa | not out | 15 | 9 |
Did not bat: Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Manpreet Gony
Extras 9 · Total 374 for 4
| Bowler (Hong Kong) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afzaal Haider | 6 | 0 | 72 | 1 |
| Irfan Ahmed | 6 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Roy Lamsam | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Nadeem Ahmed | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| Najeeb Amar | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Munir Dar | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| Skhawat Ali | 8 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-127 (Virender Sehwag, 14.3 ov), 2-136 (Gautam Gambhir, 18.3 ov), 3-159 (Rohit Sharma, 24.6 ov), 4-325 (Suresh Raina, 45.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Gautam Gambhir (45) and Virender Sehwag (78) | 127 | 87 |
| second | Gautam Gambhir (6) and Rohit Sharma (3) | 9 | 24 |
| third | MS Dhoni (15) and Rohit Sharma (8) | 23 | 39 |
| fourth | MS Dhoni (60) and Suresh Raina (101) | 166 | 123 |
| fifth | MS Dhoni (34) and Robin Uthappa (15) | 49 | 27 |
HONG KONG: 118 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabarak Dar | st MS Dhoni b Piyush Chawla | 21 | 37 |
| Skhawat Ali | lbw b RP Singh | 0 | 3 |
| Jamie Atkinson | c & b Yusuf Pathan | 23 | 46 |
| Hussain Butt | st MS Dhoni b Piyush Chawla | 4 | 15 |
| Courtney Kruger | st MS Dhoni b Piyush Chawla | 3 | 16 |
| Irfan Ahmed | run out (RP Singh, Yusuf Pathan) | 25 | 43 |
| Roy Lamsam | run out (MS Dhoni, RP Singh) | 16 | 30 |
| Munir Dar | c Yusuf Pathan b Piyush Chawla | 4 | 4 |
| Najeeb Amar | not out | 13 | 16 |
| Afzaal Haider | b Virender Sehwag | 0 | 10 |
| Nadeem Ahmed | c MS Dhoni b Virender Sehwag | 0 | 1 |
Extras 9 · Total 118 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praveen Kumar | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Manpreet Gony | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Piyush Chawla | 10 | 2 | 23 | 4 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Virender Sehwag | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-4 (Skhawat Ali, 1.3 ov), 2-49 (Tabarak Dar, 12.3 ov), 3-54 (Hussain Butt, 16.2 ov), 4-54 (Jamie Atkinson, 17.3 ov), 5-67 (Courtney Kruger, 22.1 ov), 6-91 (Irfan Ahmed, 29.3 ov), 7-99 (Munir Dar, 30.4 ov), 8-109 (Roy Lamsam, 33.4 ov), 9-118 (Afzaal Haider, 36.4 ov), 10-118 (Nadeem Ahmed, 36.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Tabarak Dar (2) and Skhawat Ali (0) | 4 | 9 |
| second | Tabarak Dar (19) and Jamie Atkinson (23) | 45 | 66 |
| third | Hussain Butt (4) and Jamie Atkinson (0) | 5 | 23 |
| fourth | Courtney Kruger (0) and Jamie Atkinson (0) | 0 | 7 |
| fifth | Irfan Ahmed (9) and Courtney Kruger (3) | 13 | 28 |
| sixth | Roy Lamsam (6) and Irfan Ahmed (16) | 24 | 43 |
| seventh | Roy Lamsam (4) and Munir Dar (4) | 8 | 7 |
| eighth | Roy Lamsam (6) and Najeeb Amar (4) | 10 | 17 |
| ninth | Afzaal Haider (0) and Najeeb Amar (9) | 9 | 18 |
| tenth | Najeeb Amar (0) and Nadeem Ahmed (0) | 0 | 1 |
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