September 10, 2025
Latika Bhatt
Highlights, News
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You’ve probably heard about the anticipation from cricket fans about the Asia Cup 2025. The intensity in the recent Afghanistan vs Hong Kong cricket match had the fans jumping in excitement about the long-awaited game.

Find out about the AFG vs HK highlights of the recent Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025, the way the players committed to their teams, and much more through this blog.

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Afg vs HK Highlights of Asia Cup 2025

The game between Afghanistan and Hong Kong, also known as the AFG vs HK Asia Cup to many, took place very recently, and the highlights of the match are already circulating on the web like wildfire.

The game was given its time to shine in the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, which is located in Abu Dhabi. Many predictions had been floating through forums about the match, like ‘Will Afghanistan fall due to a batting disadvantage against the Hong Kong team?’

So, let’s see if these predictions were true or not!

The final scores from Match 1 proved the predictions wrong, as Afghanistan took the glorious win with a 188/6 against Hong Kong’s 94/9. Even though the teams gave each other a hard time, the results only prove that the competition was far from close.

Team	Score
Afghanistan	188/6 (20.0)
Hong Kong	94/9 (20.0)
Toss	Afghanistan won the toss and took batting as their starter

If you’re still here, let us now take a look at the players and their performances that were displayed during the match. Each cricketer fought hard, and their skills were really able to make waves in the news headlines.

Players in the Afghanistan Team

As always, we should also remember that the supporting staff of both teams help out the players during these intense moments of the game. Without the supporting staff, the players would have a harder time focusing and keeping well during the matches.

Players	Role
All-rounders
Rashid Khan (Captain)	Bowling All-rounder
Azmatullah Omarzai	All-rounder
Sharafuddin Ashraf	All-rounder
Gulbadin Naib	Batting All-rounder
Karim Janat	Batting All-rounder
Batters
Darwish Rasooli	Top-order Batter
Ibrahim Zadran	Opening Batter
Sediqullah Atal	Opening Batter
Mohammad Ishaq	Wicketkeeper Batter
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Wicketkeeper batter
Bowlers
Fareed Ahmad	Bowler
Naveen-ul-Haq	Bowler
Fazalhaq Farooqi	Bowler
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Bowler
Noor Ahmad	Bowler
AM Ghazanfar	Bowler

Players in the Hong Kong Team

Players	Role
All-rounders
Yasim Murtaza (Captain)	All-rounder
Aizaz Khan	All-rounder
Nizakat Khan	All-rounder
Nasrulla Rana	Bowling All-rounder
Batters
Kinchit Shah	Top-order Batter
Anshy Rath	Top-Order Batter
Shahid Wasif	Middle-order Batter
Kalhan Challu	Middle-order Batter
Zeeshan Ali	Wicketkeeper Batter
Martin Coetzee	Opening Batter
Babar Hayat	Batter
Bowlers
Ehsan Khan	Bowler
Ali Hassan	Bowler
Mohammad Waheed	Bowler
Mohammad Ghazanfar	Bowler
Ateeq Iqbal	Bowler
Ayush Shukla	Bowler

Player of the Match

Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistani Cricketer)

The half-century innings that helped the Afghanistan team win, and also got attention and cheers from the fans who watched the live match, was done by none other than Afghanistan’s young and treasured cricketer.

Amzatullah Omarzai has been a part of the cricket field since 2021, and in the short period of his career, he has made a name for himself on several media platforms and in the hearts of cricket fans.

Name	Azmatullah Omarzai
Date of Birth	24 March, 2000
Azmatullah Omarzai Age	25
National Side	Afghanistan (2021-present)
Role	All-rounder
Batting Style	Right-handed
Bowling Style	Right-arm fast-medium
Last T20I	Afghanistan vs Hong Kong (September 9, 2025)
Current Team	MI New York

Azmatullah’s achievement in the Asia Cup 2025

Balls

Role

Score

Achieved

Opening Batter

5 Sixes

2 Fours

Half-century

Afghanistan Team Innings

AFG Players	Score	Opposing Team Player	Score
Sediqullah Atal	73 (52)	Ayush Shukla	2/54 (4.0)
Azmatullah Omarzai	53 (21)	Kinchit Shah	2/24 (3.0)

Hong Kong Team Innings

HK Players	Score	Opposing Team Player	Score
Babar Hayat	39 (43)	Fazalhaq Farooqi	2/16 (3.0)
Yasim Murtaza	16 (26)	Gulbadin Naib	2/8 (3.0)

Performance in the Match

Azmatullah Omarzai, Afghanistan’s all-rounder, was chosen as the opening batter, and he immediately caught the whole stadium off guard with his incredible batting skills.

Their start was rather inconvenient as the Hong Kong bowlers managed to take out both Azmatullah and Ibrahim Zadran within the first four overs of the game.

The Hong Kong team gave a tough time to the Afghanistan team in the beginning, especially the top-order batter of the Hong Kong team, Kinchit Shah. The Hong Kong team displayed great teamwork on the field, and each player had a moment to shine; however, that did not last long as the Afghanistan team started catching up rather quickly.

Towards the end, the Afghanistan team had a score of 188 due to Sediqullah Atal and Azmatullah Omarzai’s performance in their 20 overs.

Player Name	Score	Deliveries
Seqidullah Atal	72	51

Even if the Hong Kong Team had the advantage in the beginning, they could not score past 94/9 in the end due to the low scores in their 20 overs.

Afghanistan was predicted to fall back in their batting, since their bowling players are the stars in the field. However, the team’s performance on September 9 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium really blew away the expectations of the fans.

Match 1 (September 9, 2025) Results

Team	Score
Afghanistan	188/6 (20.0)
Hong Kong	94/9 (20.0)
Summary	Afghanistan won by 94 runs
Location	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Conclusion

The Hong Kong Team faced a devastating loss in the match against Afghanistan, and now they’ll only work harder to avoid another losing game like this.

The Afghanistan Team pushed back against the predictions that were made against them and proved that, despite the disadvantage, they are a force to be reckoned with.

This blog showed the AFG vs HK highlights, and if you are interested in learning about more games like this, kindly refer to other blogs on the website, like: PAK vs AFG Highlights – Team, Match, and Player Info.