Bangladesh vs Hong Kong Match Live Score: Bangladesh’s skipper Litton Das began his Asia Cup campaign by scoring a vital half-century to lead his team to victory. Tonight’s game marked Litton’s 14th half-century, effectively making him the batter with the highest number of half-centuries in T20 internationals from Bangladesh.
Despite his stellar performance, not all the credit for the victory can be attributed to the captain; Bangladesh’s Ahmed and Tanzim Hasan Sakib chipped in with vital wickets to seal Hong Kong’s score at 143 after Litton Das won the toss and opted to bowl first against Yasim Murtaza’s Hong Kong in the 3rd match of the ongoing Asia Cup at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
Hong Kong batters struggled to put runs on the board
Despite Zesshan Ali, Nizakat Khan and Yasim Murtaza’s disciplined batting performances, members of the Hong Kong squad struggled to drag their team to a respectable 143/7 against Bangladesh on Thursday. Multiple players, including the team’s highest scorer, Nizakat Khan, were unable to respond to Bangladesh’s tight bowling lineup for the majority of the first half of the game. Hong Kong’s batters struggled to keep up with the tempo of the game, as they mistimed the ball and made poor decisions during crucial moments that led to their dismissals.
Bangladesh looks in form
Bangladesh’s bowlers displayed a stunning performance to contain Hong Kong. Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Rishad Hossain took 2 wickets apiece to keep HKG on their toes the whole innings.
Bangladesh also presented a promising batting lineup. Over the last 18 months, their openers Tanzid Hasan and Parvez Hossain Emon have embraced aggression during the field restrictions, while Shamim Hossain and Jaker Ali have emerged as dependable finishers in the death overs.
Asia Cup, 2025
Bangladesh
144/3 (17.4)
Hong Kong, China
143/7 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 3 )
Bangladesh beat Hong Kong, China by 7 wickets
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Bangladesh captain Litton Das was named the Man of the Match for his outstanding performance. His innings was crucial in securing a seven-wicket victory for Bangladesh.
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Das gets taken out before Bangladesh achives victory
The Bangladesh captain effectively sealed this game, but could not quite do the honours of taking them past the line. Litton looked to smash the bowler right over mid-on when the ball got nicked inside by his bat and directly hit the stumps. Shortly afterwards, Towhid Hridoy nudged the ball towards mid-wicket to take a single to lead the team to victory. Bangladesh won the game by 7 wickets. Bangladesh 144/3 (17.4)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Ehsan Khan bowls an impressive over
Ehsan Khan returns to the bowler's end to deliver a rather economical over. Khan was able to contain Das to an extent, as the bowler only conceded 4 runs in the over. Bangladesh 142/2 (17)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Das reaches 50!
Litton das scooped up a delivery outside off to hit his first six of the game. Shortly afterwards, Das took a quick double to amass 50 runs of 33 balls. Bangladesh cricketing fans celebrate with delight as their captain begins his Asia Cup 2025 campaign with a half-century. Bangladesh 138/2 (16)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Das continues his hot streak
Bangladesh Captain, Litton Das, seems to want to scurry his team to victory. The skipper showed absolute class as he played a beautiful cover drive to put 4 more runs on the scoreboard. Bangladesh 122/2 (15)
Litton gets into a good rhythm as the batter picks the line and the length of the delivery early and shuffles across to hit Ayush Shukla for two back-to-back fours. Bangladesh 112/2 (14)
Bangladesh skipper Litton Das broke the boundary dry spell by unfurling a quick reverse sweep and topping the ball towards the backside . Shah conceded 11 runs in the over. Bangladesh 100/2 (13)
Trapped in front, but the umpire says no! Aziz Khan bowled an impressive cutter on a length just outside off, which decked back in sharply to hit Litton's first pad. Hong Kong's skipper Martuza called for a review, but the third umpire asked the on-field umpire to stand by his decision in light of inconclusive evidence. Bangladesh 89/2 (12)
Bangladesh wraps up yet another over without a boundary. Bot players Hridoy and Das have not scored a boundary for the past 25 deliveries. Both batters continue to pile up runs by rotating the strike on a regular basis. Martuza finishes an impressive over. Bangladesh 74/2 (11)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Hridoy and Das play a tactical game
Towhid Hridoy and Litton Das play a slow and tactical game against Hong Kong where they continue to slowly put runs on the board. Aziz wraps up another over. Bangladesh 74/2 (10)
Yasim Murtaza bowled a rather quick and economical over to Bangladesh's skipper Litton Das. Murtaza conceded only 4 runs in the over. Bangladesh 70/2 (9)
Aziz Khan steps up to provide relief to Iqbal as the supporting bowler. Khan bowls a rather economical over, where he conceded only five runs. Bangladesh 66/2 (8)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Murtaza gives away more extras
Dragged down on middle and off. Hridoy hops back and pulls it towards deep backward square leg for a brace. And it looks like Murtaza has overstepped now. Another tight call, but another right call! Bangladesh 61/2 (7)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Tanzid gets caugh out by Iqbal
Tanzid wanted to go down the ground, but the movement meant that he cut across his stroke a little too much to throw the ball into the air. Nizakat, running back from mid off, seems to misjudge it initially but then redeems himself to gobble it up over his right shoulder. Iqbal lands a crucial wicket and finishes an impressive spell. Bangladesh 51/2 (6)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Zeeshan misses an important catch, gives away four runs
In a disappointing moment for Ateeq Iqbal, Hong Kong's opener Zeeshan missed an important catch in the over, giving Hasan a crucial lifeline. Bangladesh 32/1 (4)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Emon goes down after hitting Bangladesh's first six of the game
In a beautiful display of smart bowling, Ayush Shukla outsmarted the batsman as he set him up perfectly to lose his wicket by casually slugging in a slower one amidst rather fast-paced deliveries. Emon (19) is followed by skipper Litton Das on the field. Bangladesh 24/1 (3)
Ateeq Iqbal stepped up to bowl the second over of the power play against Bangladesh. Hasan and Emon play comfortably and keep rotating the strike to 4 more runs to the scoreboard. Bangladesh 13/0 (2)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Bangladesh starts the second inning with promise
Ayush Shukla will be bowling to Parvez Hossain Emon with Tanzid Hasan in the non-striker’s end. And just the start that BAN needed as Emon gets back to back boundaries. One was deliberate which he smashed through the covers while the next one was lucky as he got an inner-edge for a four to third man. Good start, 9 off the first over. Bangladesh 9/0 (1)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Taskin takes another wicket in the final over
Aizaz is deceived completely by a slower ball put forward by Taskin. The batter mistimed the ball into the air only to be caught by Jaker.Hong Kong wrapped up the innings with a total of 143. Hong Kong 134/6 (20)
Another shout for an LBW and its given! Kinchit Shah, however opts to go for the review. No bat involved, finds UltraEdge and we are waiting for ball tracking. Hong Kong wastes another review as the umpire retains his original decision. Rishad takes two back-to-back wickets, putting Hong Kong in a scary position. Hong Kong 134/6 (19)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Nizakat goes down after hitting a big six
After Murtaza's dismissial, Nizakat took the responsibility of putting up numbers quickly on the scoreboard. Nizakat went down the ground to score a big six over Rishad in the middle of the over. However, the batter was later caught out by Hasan after he mistimed a ball into the air.
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Mustafizur takes down skipper Murtaza
A case of miscommunication between the two batsmen led the skipper to be dismissed by runout. This over marked one of the least economical overs of Rahman as it saw Nizakat put 8 more runs on the scoreboard. Hong Kong 125/4 (18)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Murtaza continues his hot streak by striking another 4
Taskin returns to the bowler's end as we enter the last 4 overs of the game. The pacer struggled to contain Murtaza who tried to smash some big shots over Taskin. Hong Kong 117/3 (17)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Mustafizur looks to take another wicket
Mustafizur bowls another economical over conceding only 15 runs in his 3 overs. Rahman keeps the heat up with a line of short deliveries that go over Nizakat's head. Hong Kong 107/3 (16)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Murtaza smashes another six over Hasan
Murtaza steps out, gets close to the ball and smokes it over long-on for a maximum. Hasan wraps an expensive over after conceding 12 runs. Hong Kong 101/3 (15)
Murtaza pulls the ball for the biggest six of the match of so far. Murtaza's explosive batting has boosted Hong Kong's run rate to increase their odds of taking the game. Sakib wrapped up the over with 11 more runs on the scoreboard. Hong Kong 89/3 (14)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Yasim Murtaza scores a boundary over Nishad
Nishad struugles to break his luck as he bowls another expensive over. Yashim Murtaza, who entered the field after Sakib took down Hong Kong's leading run scorer, Zeeshan Ali, smacked Nishad away for an impressive four. Hong Kong 78/3 (13)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Zeeshan out! Sakib deals critical blow
Sakib deals a critical blow to Hong Kong by taking the wicket of their leading run scorer, Zeeshan Ali. Zeeshan mistimed a good-length bowl, hitting it straight into the air to be caught by Mustafizur Rahman. Hong Kong 71/3 (12)
BAN vs HKG Asia Cup Live Score: Zeeshan steps out and hits Hasan over mid-wicket for a four
Zeeshan steps out and hammers Hasan's delivery away for a four. Hong Kong displays a positive start after the drinks break, hoping to step back into the game after a slow first half. Hong Kong 71/2 (11)
Mustafizur showcased his bowling diversity as Nizakat struggled to put bat behind the ball in the ninth over. Rahman's over played a crucial role in stunting Hong Kong's growing run rate. Rahaman conceded 6 runs in the over. Hong Kong 64/2 (10)