Afghanistan vs Hong Kong T20I Head-to-Head Record

ABU DHABI: Afghanistan elected to bat first after winning the toss against Hong Kong in the opening match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Squads
  • Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen ul Haq.
  • Hong Kong: Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammad, Nasrulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Marc Challu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Ateeq ul Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Adil Mehmood, Haroon Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hassan, Shahid Wasif, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan and Ehsan Khan.
Head-to-Head Record

Afghanistan and Hong Kong have competed against each other five times in T20Is. Afghanistan holds a dominant position in their head-to-head encounters, having secured three victories.

  • Matches: 5
  • Afghanistan: 3
  • Hong Kong: 2
Current Form

Both teams enter the Asia Cup 2025 curtain raiser showing similar form, each having three wins in their respective last five T20Is.

Hong Kong participated in the Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy in July, reaching the final. However, Malaysia defeated them by 10 wickets in a rain-affected match reduced to five overs per side.

Afghanistan experienced a similar outcome in the recent T20I tri-series against Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), suffering a defeat in the final against Pakistan.

Afghanistan: L, W, W, W, L (most recent first)

UAE: L, W, W, L, W