MAL vs HK 2020 - 5th T20I Fantasy Preview

When you look at the two teams in question, you would fancy a Hong Kong whitewash of the series especially since they’ve played so much of cricket at the highest stage and even played a couple of ICC international tournaments. However, HK’s most recent tour to Malaysia has been completely disastrous, having not won a single of the 4 T20Is that have been played so far.

Though they have the home advantage, not anyone would’ve expected Malaysia to be in a position of 4-0 up and a chance to sweep HK in a T20 series. So far, we’ve seen lower scores and since we’re playing at the same ground in Kuala Lumpur, expect the same again in the 5th and final T20I. Keep reading for our PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234”) fantasy preview of the MAL vs HK 5th T20I…

Match info

Tournament: Hong Kong tour of Malaysia 2020.
Date: 26th February 2020, 8:00am IST.
Venue: Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur.
Capacity: 4,000+
Series status: Malaysia lead the 5-match series 4-0.

Form (recent first)

MAL: W W W W W
HK: L L L L W

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Numbers

Aftab Hussain – 7 wickets in 4 games so far this series.
Ahmad Faiz – 162 runs in 4 games so far this series.
Kinchit Shah – only 29 runs in 4 innings in this series.

Malaysia

The Malaysian captain Ahmad Faiz has been extremely consistent with the bat, with one fifty and a lowest score of 21, making hi the highest scorer in this series so far. Another player who has captured everyone’s attention is wicket-keeper batsman Virandeep Singh who also has a fifty and a lowest score of 19, slightly behind his captain in the run scoring charts for this series so far.

His brother Pavandeep Singh on the other hand has been excelling with the ball, with 6 wickets in 4 games and both the brothers should be in your MAL vs HK fantasy team for the 5th T20I. Another person who has displayed all-round abilities is Khizar Hayat who has 6 wickets too, but 5 of them came in a single match. A plus point for Hayat is that he bats and has accumulated 40 runs in 3 innings so far.

Hong Kong

Captain Aizaz Khan should be your first Hong Kong pick in your PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234”) fantasy team because he has 6 wickets too, having picked at least one scalp in every game, to go with a top score of 31*. Another high quality all-rounder in the side is Kinchit Shah who has had a horrible season with the bat, to go with only 2 wickets so far, but he’s someone worth picking even as your fantasy captain.

Talking about all-rounders, they also have the very versatile Nizakat Khan who has also been misfiring in this series, having scored just 42 runs and not even having bowled a single over this series.