Asia Cup 2018: Live Result India beat spirited Hong Kong by 26 runs

Breaking News:-

Live Result:-A self-satisfied India survived a relentless terrify before recording an unremarkable 26-run prevail upon minnows Hong Kong in their opening gathering alliance match of the Asia Cup here Tuesday.

Indian cricketer celebrates with teammate after he dismissed Hong Kong batsman during the one day international (ODI) Asia Cup cricket match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at The Dubai International Cricket Stadium.(AFP)

In quest for a hardened 286-run target, unheralded Hong Kong opening pair of Nizakat Khan (92) and captain Anshuman Rath (73) included a record 174-run association to raise the dreams of a noteworthy bombshell before inability cost them dear as they oversaw 259 for eight.

Nizakat and Rath's 174-run stand is the partner country's most elevated organization in ODI cricket.

This was after Shikhar Dhawan discovered his magic in comfortable level tracks with absence of development, taking his fourteenth ODI century.

Dhawan, who had a repulsive voyage through England, capitalized on the possibility against a weaker resistance on a low and moderate mainland pitch, crushing 127 off 120 balls as India scored 285 for seven in the wake of being requested to bat.
Dhawan hit upwards of 15 limits and two sixes in transit his century however India saw a smaller than usual batting breakdown and neglected to cross the 300-run detriment for the unfancied rocking the bowling alley assault of Hong Kong. Afterward, the Indian bowlers and defenders looked corroded till Nizakat and Rath were at the wrinkle as the couple played without hardly lifting a finger to baffle Rohit Sharma's men for near 35 overs.

Be that as it may, it was a well established actuality that India simply required one wicket to tilt the match to support them as Hong Kong doesn't have the enormous stage involvement and the leap forward in the long run came in the 35th over.

It took chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (2/42) to break the unsafe looking association when Rath selected Rohit at additional cover with a delicate drive.

That was the trigger as Hong Kong lost the plot from that point with another set batsman Nizakat withdrawing in the following over, LBW to debutant Khaleel Ahmed (3/48).

The expulsions got two crisp batsmen at the wrinkle and of course it was never going to be simple for them to move instantly on the moderate pitch and it ended up being so.

From that point, the content wrote out how India needed as Yuzvendra Chahal (3/46), who looked incapable at an early stage, went to the gathering and grabbed three wickets.

Prior, together with rebound man Ambati Rayudu (60), Dhawan sewed 116 keeps running for the second wicket off 130 conveyances, to establish the framework for India's aggregate after the early expulsion of captain Rohit (23).

Sent into bat, India lost Rohit with the scoreboard perusing 45 of every 7.4 overs however Dhawan and Rayudu held hands to share a century remain amid their chanceless thumps.

Coming back to the side subsequent to clearing the YoYo test, Rayudu snatched the open door with the two hands and hit three limits and two sixes amid his 70-ball thump.

However, exactly when it appeared the team would scam the resistance, Rayudu edged an Ehsan Nawaz bouncer to Scott McKechnie behind the stumps, attempting an upper cut.

After the finish of Dhawan-Rayudu organization, the Indian batsmen found the going intense against moderate bowlers of Hong Kong, on a generally moderate pitch, where shot making isn't simple for another batsman.

Dhawan and next man Dinesh Karthik (33) at that point shared 79 keeps running for the third wicket to take the side forward before Hong Kong grabbed three snappy wickets to put brakes on India's scoring rate.

Dhawan himself squandered a brilliant chance to score a major hundred, holing out to Tanwir Afzal off-spinner Kinchit Shah's (3/39) astounding in the 41st.

Supernatural Mahendra Singh Dhoni's stay at the wrinkle was restricted to three conveyances as he neglected to check the gradualness of the pitch and edged one to McKechnie off-spinner Ehsan Khan (2/65) in the following over.

As though that was insufficient, Karthik too gave away his wicket while attempting to go for a big cheese on a moderate wicket, got at profound mid-wicket to Babar Hayat off Shah.

Towards the end, Kedar Jadhav made a 27-ball 28 however he excessively discovered shot-production troublesome on account of the moderate idea of the pitch.

Indeed, Hong Kong rocked the bowling alley splendidly in the last 10 overs as India scored only 48 runs losing five wickets.