DUBAI (DNA) – Hong Kong have on Sunday elected to bat first against Pakistan in continent’s premier ODI tournament.

“We wanted to bat. But we ll try to restrict them and chase the target. Hong Kong has qualified to this event, so congrats to them. We won t take them lightly. It s a long tournament and we re not thinking too far ahead. Going with four pacers today”, stated Sarfraz after losing the toss.

Hong Kong’s skipper Anshuman Rath said, “Saw the game yesterday and the pitch seemed to stay true. We re ready, we deserve to be here, especially on the back of losing ODI status in March. We ve beaten top teams before, hope we could do it again. After the Qualifiers, a lot of our players have confidence”

Pakistan XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt. and wk), Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan

Hong Kong XI: Anshuman Rath (capt.), Babar Hayat, Nizakat Khan, Tanwir Afzal, Aizaz Khan, Christopher Carter, Nadeem Ahmed, Scott McKechnie (wk), Ehsan Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Kinchit Shah