Kuwait have kept their hopes alive of making it into the Asia Cup (PC: Twitter)
Yasin Patel’s four-wicket haul with the ball, followed by Sayed Monib’s incredible hitting helped Kuwait secure a huge 6 wickets win over Singapore in the Asia Cup Qualifiers 2022.
Needing a huge win to keep their qualification dreams alive, Kuwait came onto the field with a purpose and chased down the target of 104 runs in just 7.5 overs. They stormed their way past Hong Kong to the top of the table with a much better NRR, as of writing.
Sayed Monib went bonkers with the bat.
After bowling out Singapore for just 104 on the board, Kuwait needed to chase down the target of 105 as early as possible to create a huge margin on NRR and put themselves in the best possible position to qualify for Group A in the Asia Cup 2022.
The openers started well and added 27 runs for the first wicket in the first two overs. Ravija Sandaruwan departed after scoring 28 off 14 and Kuwait were 52 for 4 in just four overs.
From Singapore's point of view, Vinoth Baskaran did try his best to put Kuwait on the backfoot, taking three wickets in quick succession. But Sayed Monib went bonkers as soon as he arrived and scored 32 off just 10 balls. Monib’s incredible hitting helped Kuwait chase the target in just 7.5 overs, which happens to be their biggest T20I win in terms of ball remaining.
They also improved their NRR from -0.421 to 1.627 after this chase and finished the qualifiers with four points.
If all goes well in the game between UAE and Hong Kong, Kuwait will be joining India and Pakistan in Group A of the Asia Cup 2022 in the UAE.
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