India vs Hong Kong, Asia Cup 2022 Match 4, Stats Review: Rohit Sharma’s feat, India’s record, and other stats

Suryakumar Yadav’s blistering innings of unbeaten 68 off just 26 which included six fours and as many maximums and Virat Kohli’s welcome half-century powered India to a comfortable 40-run victory over Hong Kong in Match 4 of the Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai. Kohli returned to form as he smashed an unbeaten 59 off 44 with India posting a huge total of 192/2 in 20 overs courtesy of an unbeaten 98-run third-wicket partnership between him and Suryakumar.

Speaking about how the match went by, skipper Nizakat Khan won the toss and elected to field first. KL Rahul struggled throughout in his scratchy innings of 36 off 39 at a strike rate of 92.30 while captain Rohit Sharma played a cameo of 21 off 13. Then began the Virat-Suryakumar show as the duo reached their respective fifties and put on a solid partnership to take their team to a total of above 190. Haroon Arshad proved to be the expensive bowler for Hong Kong as he gave away 53 runs in just three overs.

Chasing 192, Nizakat and his opening partner Yasim Murtaza made just ten and nine respectively. Babar Hayat played a good hand of 41 off 35 while Kinchit Shah amassed 30 off 28. Zeeshan Ali mustered 26 off just 17 but the target looked well beyond the grasp of Hong Kong as they fell short by 40 runs. With this victory, India have stormed their way into the Super 4 while the winner of the Pakistan and Hong Kong match will be the second team from this group to progress. For his scintillating and match-winning innings, Suryakumar Yadav won the Player-of-the-Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 4 between India and Hong Kong in the Asia Cup 2022:

 12000 – Rohit Sharma reached the landmark of 12000 runs for India as an opener across formats. He became the fourth batter to achieve the feat after Virender Sehwag (15758), Sachin Tendulkar (15335), and Sunil Gavaskar (12258).

3520 – Rohit also became the first batter to smash 3500 runs in T20 internationals.

2 – Suryakumar Yadav recorded the second-highest strike rate of 261.53 by an Indian with a minimum of 25 balls faced in an innings. Rohit tops the chart with a strike rate of 274.41 against Sri Lanka in Indore in the year 2017.

3 – India scored the third-most runs (78) in the death-overs (16-20) in T20Is. Their top two scores consist of 86 against West Indies in Kolkata this year and 80 against England in Durban in 2007.

4 – KL Rahul registered the fourth lowest strike rate of 92.30 by an Indian with a minimum of 30 runs in a T20I innings. Ishan Kishan’s 83.33 against West Indies in 2022, Dinesh Mongia’s 84.44 against South Africa in 2006, and Dinesh Karthik’s 91.17 against West Indies in 2018 are in the top three.

14 - For the first time in 14-night T20Is in Dubai, a team managed to successfully defend the target.

18 – India have now won 18 T20Is this year and is now in the second spot for most wins in a calendar year. Pakistan tops the list for 20 victories in the year 2021.

514 – Suryakumar has now smashed the most T20I runs (514) for India in the format in 2022. He surpassed Shreyas Iyer’s tally of 449 runs.

50 – Nizakat Khan appeared in his 50th T20I innings.

31 – Virat Kohli is now tied with Rohit at the top for smashing most 50-plus scores (31) in T20 internationals.