For the third encounter of the Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025, Hong Kong locked horns with Bangladesh at the Shiekh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, as the former was trying to open their account after their first defeat of the tournament against Afghanistan at the same ground, while Bangladesh was making a dominating start.

Bangladesh’s captain, Litton Das, won the toss and decided to bowl first on a surface which was anticipated to be friendly for the pacers. On the third ball of the fifth over, Babar Hayat danced down the track against Tanzim Hasan Sakib and found the length ball in the middle of his bat to swat it over the mid-on region.

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However, it was a chance for the bowler to make a comeback with the ball. He went with a full and straight delivery as the batter again charged down the surface and swung his willow. Beaten by the pace comprehensively, his bat was in a different postcode to see the stumps being broken as Hayat returned to the hut for 14 runs. Sakib now gave an aggressive celebration at the batter.

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On the ninth ball of the innings, Hong Kong lost their opening wicket and found themselves two runs in the fifth over for 30 runs. The wicket-keeper opening batter, Zeeshan Ali, who smashed 30 runs in 34 balls at a strike rate of 88.24 with three boundaries and one six, put up a 41-run stand with Nizakat Khan, who got 42 runs in 40 balls.

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The captain of the side, Yasim Murtaza, blasted 28 runs in 19 balls as the China side ended with 143/7 in their allotted 20 overs of the first inning. All of Rishad Hossain, Sakib, and Taskin Ahmed picked up two wickets each.

Both Bangladesh openers ended with low scores on the board as they found themselves 51/2 in six overs of the powerplay. At the last update of the scorecard, they had already crossed the 65-run mark and were in a good spot to chase down the target in the second innings.