Pakistan has won the second qualifier round final game in the Hong Kong league. Pakistan has not lost even a single game since Hong Song Sixes has started and always Pakistan power hitters player so well.
I think Asif Ali should be playing for the Pakistan original team, he was playing in 2021 and always led the team through the win against every single team, Australia, South Africa, Afghanistan and New Zealand team players' nightmare was Asif Ali . And he is still in form and also playing well in the PSL but is out of the team for no particular reason. Maybe he will come back for the South Africa series that will come after the Australia and Zimbabwe series before the Champions Trophy in 2025.
Yes Pakistan is doing amazingly well in Hong Kong Sixerleague winning every game so far. Their strong batsmen especially Asif Ali have played big role in their success. Asif has great record leading Pakistan to wins against strong teams like Australia South Africa Afghanistan and New Zealand in 2021. It is surprising he is not in Pakistan team right now and there is no clear reason why. He is still playing well in Pakistan Super League so he should be brought back. I also hope he will return for South Africa series which will help Pakistan do well in 2025 Champions Trophy.
Also the Indian team are playing so poorly in this Hong Kong league. As they lost the game against Pakistan first and now they have lost against the easy team the United States of America. India was so close but at the end of the day, they have lost the game unluckily, just missed by 1 runs and it caused their loss. The target was 130 that they had to chase and they made just 129. In this league, we are seeing a lot of sixes because here are the games of 6 overs. That is why a lot of boundaries are here as well.
India has played two matches and lost both of them in the Pool C.
What a surprise here is, New Zealand has lost by the smallest team of the cricket across all their region under 19s, women, men's, A team or B team and in all of these format, they have shown the most poor results but New Zealand have been lost by that team, the team is Oman. They made 103 runs in 6 overs and the Stronger New Zealand team was unabe to chase it and could only made 95 runs.
In the Hong Kong sixes, there are a lot of twists in the games, India has lost to the United Arab Emirates while New Zealand is suffering the lost by Oman. And Australia is suffering the loss against Nepal. Hong Kong and Australia games were equal for both teams but thankfully Australia won it. Experiencing some unique results in this Hong Kong Sixes.