2020 Asia Cup qualifier round is going on. In the round-robin format, Singapore and Hong Kong faced against each other. Reportedly, Singapore beat Hong Kong by 16 runs in Bangkok
A total of five teams have made it to the round-robin stage. And if we look at the table, Singapore is holding the top position. Their unbeaten journey is running. By playing three matches, they have managed all three victories. Hong Kong is not so behind but they are on the 2nd position. They won two matches but in the 3rd, they faced Singapore earlier today.
At the Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok, the 8th match of the round-robin format took place earlier today. The match was between Singapore and Hong Kong. Singapore beat Hong Kong by 16 runs in Bangkok.
Team Singapore won the toss in the T20 match and decided to bat first. They have a number of expert T20 players. Sidhant Singh and Surendran Chandramohan started the innings for Singapore. Openers added little runs jointly. In 37 runs, Sidhant Singh was taken by Ehsan Khan. He added only 17 runs so far.
But the other opener Chandramohan scored 32 runs. Tim David played good innings for the team Singapore. He scored the highest 58 runs so far. The wicket-keeper batsman Manpreet Singh scored unbeaten 42 runs for the team. Team Singapore lost five wickets against Hong Kong and scored 168 runs.
Later, Hong Kong came to chase 168 runs milestone. They also played well. And went too close. But due to the lackings of the perfect finisher, they could not get the precious victory. The openers of the team failed to add a good score. So, it affected the game. Jamie Atkinson scored the highest 50 runs but rest players failed to do their job. In 20 overs, they scored 152 runs losing 8 wickets.
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