Afghanistan has won three out of five T20I games against Hong Kong.
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Get AFG vs HK Fantasy 11 Prediction for Asia Cup 2025 Match 1. Check cricket tips, probable playing XI, pitch report & injury updates for winning picks. Afghanistan (AFG) will face Hong Kong (HK) in the first match of the Asia Cup 2025 on Tuesday, September 9, at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan has won three out of five T20I games against Hong Kong. This will be the first time both teams will face each other in the Asia Cup since 2016.
Afghanistan has been one of the strongest Asian teams in T20 cricket in recent years. They reached the semi-finals of the last T20 World Cup, beating big teams like New Zealand, Australia, and Bangladesh. At present, they are ranked ninth in the ICC rankings and even defeated Pakistan in a recent tri-series that also included the UAE. Since last year’s T20 World Cup, Afghanistan has played eight T20I matches and won five of them, with victories against Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and the UAE.
Hong Kong, meanwhile, is still searching for their first win in the Asia Cup after four appearances. They booked their spot in this edition by finishing third in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup. In 2025 alone, Hong Kong has played 16 T20I matches and won eight. They also competed in the Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy in July, where they finished as runners-up after losing the final to Malaysia.
Match Information- AFG vs HK Fantasy 11 Prediction
Probable PlayingXI
Afghanistan
Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan(C), Allah Mohammad, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bench: Mohammad Ishaq, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq
Hong Kong
Anshuman Rath, Martin Coetzee, A Hassan, KD Shah, Aizaz Khan, Yasim Murtaza(C), Nizakat Khan, Ehsan Khan, Shahid Wasif, Zeeshan Ali, Ateeq Iqbal
Bench: A Mehmood, Babar Hayat, Kalhan Challu, Anas Khan, Haroon Arshed, Mohammad Waheed, Nasrulla Rana, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar
Pitch Report- AFG vs HK Fantasy 11 Prediction
Rashid Khan AFG | bowl
Rashid Khan remains Afghanistan’s biggest weapon in this format. He has 23 wickets in Asia Cup matches across formats and is the leading wicket-taker in T20Is with 170 scalps in 100 games at an average of 13.74. He has also taken the most wickets in T20Is played in the UAE.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz AFG | wk
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been a top run-scorer for Afghanistan in recent years. He is one of the only two Afghan batters to score over 1000 runs in T20Is since 2022. Gurbaz has made 1781 runs in 71 T20Is at an average of 25.08 and a strike rate of 132.71. He is also one of just three Afghan players to hit a century in T20Is.
Shahid Wasif- HKG | WK- 7
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