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Legspinner Hossain took 2/31 as Bangladesh kept Hong Kong to a below-par 143/7.
Bangladesh captain Litton Das stated on Thursday that the team has long been in need of a quality leg-spinner, a void now filled by Rishad Hossain.
Bangladesh began their Asia Cup campaign impressively, securing a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Hong Kong.
Pacers Tanzim Hasan Sakib (2/21) and Taskin Ahmed (2/38), along with legspinner Hossain (2/31), collectively claimed six wickets to limit Hong Kong to a below-par total.
“It was important to win the first game. We have played some good cricket in the last two series, but the Asia Cup can be a different pressure. We played very well today,” said Litton, who was named player of the match for his 59 off 39 balls, at the post-match presentation.
“In the last few years, our pace bowling department has done very well, and all we were looking for was a legspinner and Rishad has done very well,” he added.
Hong Kong, meanwhile, suffered their second consecutive defeat. However, captain Yasim Murtaza found positives in his team’s batting performance.
“To be honest, I am happy with the batters but would have been happier if one of them got 60-70+ and got a big total.
“I think we know what we need to work on, hopefully we’ll do better next time. We gave too many freebies against Afghanistan, but we came with a plan today and implemented better,” said Murtaza.
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