Bahrain vs Hong Kong Final
The final match of the Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series has started. Among the three teams, Malaysia has been eliminated from the series. Today this final match has started between Bahrain vs Hong Kong. Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. So far Hong Kong have collected 65 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 11 overs. Hong Kong's opening batsman Zeeshan Ali did not perform well, he was dismissed for 4 runs off 8 balls. Hong Kong's run rate is less than 6, they need to do better. Looking at the performance of the Hong Kong batsmen, it seems that they will not be able to score 130+. Let's see how many runs Hong Kong manage to give the target.
Bahrain outstanding batting performance winning the final match of tournament against Hong Kong. Bahrain chase down an easy target of 129 runs with only loss of just 2 wickets in just 17th over of the match. Bahrain bowling performance wonderful in final match especially Abdul Abbasi and Imran Anwar, both picked the 5 wickets and restricted Hong Kong under 130 runs. The man of the Match is Imran Anwar for his amazing all round performance in batting and bowling department, in batting they scored a well deserved half century and out after scoring 61 runs from 51 balls remain unbeaten in this match. Imran Anwar also bowl well in this match picking 3 important wickets by just giving only 19 runs with an impressive economy rate of under 5 run per over.
Both teams played very well and tried their best to win the match, but the Bahrain performance was better than Hong Kong's, and that's why they lost. There were four partnerships, two from Bahrain and two from Hong Kong, which were the best. Anwar and Kurup played the best, securing a total of 73 runs off 56 balls, and the partnership between Anwar and Ahmad secured 55 runs off 39 balls. From the above two partnerships, you can imagine how fast they were playing, and their performance was excellent. On the side of Hong Kong, Murtaza-Rath and Wasif-Rana formed a good partnership.
Overall, the Hong Kong team did not set a good target because if they had reached 150, Bahrain would have chased it easily, as they covered this target in 16.4 overs, with still some overs left in which they could chase.