Hong Kong featured in the shortest format during the Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy 2025 tournament, coming into the Men’s Asia Cup T20, which is scheduled to begin on September 09. Hong Kong will be part of the event after a long time, and that shows how they have started to progress in the shortest format.

Hong Kong has decided to go with an experienced line-up under the leadership of Yasim Murtaza, with some notable players, Nizakat Khan and Babar Hayat, in the side. In the bowling department, Ehsan Khan is expected to play a crucial role with notable wickets.

Hong Kong’s squad for Men’s Asia Cup 2025- Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Nizakat Khan Mohammad, Nasrulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Marc Challu, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Ateeq ul Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Ali Hassan, Shahid Wasif, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Ehsan Khan.

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Hong Kong will feature in the curtain raiser of the competition against Afghanistan on September 09 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi before locking horns with Bangladesh at the same ground two days later. Their last group-stage fixture will be against Sri Lanka on September 15 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Let’s take a look at the top three players to watch from Hong Kong ahead of the Asia Cup 2025

3. Nizakat Khan

Nizakat Khan, the 33-year-old right-handed batter, is the leading run-scorer of the Hong Kong side in the shortest format. In 112 innings, he has smashed 2282 runs at an average of under 22 and a strike rate of 121.25 with the help of 11 half-centuries at the best score of 81 runs. Despite being an all-rounder, he hasn’t contributed much with the ball.

In 138 innings of the T20s, he has clubbed 2776 runs at an average of under 22 and a strike rate of 119.70, thanks to 13 fifties at the best score of 81 runs. With the ball, he has bagged 81 wickets at an economy rate of just over six.

If he can repeat the same skills and runs in the Men’s Asia Cup 2025 against the stronger side, it will be really beneficial for the Hong Kong side.

2. Babar Hayat

Babar Hayat is just under Nizakat Khan in the all-time list of most runs in the T20Is for the Hong Kong side. In 91 innings, he has smacked 2216 runs at an average of 28.41 and a strike rate of more than 130, with the help of 12 half-centuries and two centuries at the best score of 122 runs.

In 114 T20 innings, Babar has drilled 2704 runs at an average of under 28 and a strike rate of 127.12. Besides that, he has also celebrated 13 fifties and a couple of half-centuries at the best score of 122.

One of the best skills of the right-handed batter on the right side is how he can easily smash the big shots. In 114 T20 innings, Babar has clubbed 163 boundaries and 154 over boundaries, which shows his balanced power of nailing the big shots.

1. Ehsan Khan

The 40-year-old right-arm off-spinner of the Hong Kong side, Ehsan Khan, is the leading wicket-taker of the shortest format. In 92 innings of the shortest format, Ehsan has bagged 127 wickets at an average of under 17 and a strike rate of 15.7 with an economy rate of just over six, thanks to five four-wicket hauls at the best bowling figure of 4/5 in an innings.

In 95 innings of the T20s, he has collected 132 wickets at an average of 16.40 and a strike rate of 15.7 with an economy rate of 6.26. One of his best skills has been how he has been able to hold the runs in any phase of the game, and on those slow and low Dubai and Abu Dhabi surfaces, he could prove to be a key figure.

His partnership in the bowling department with Aizaz Khan, who has collected 96 T20I wickets in 82 innings, will be another vital aspect for Hong Kong. Their eight overs can prove to be essential against the dominant sides in the upcoming Men’s Asia Cup 2025.