Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a team doing so in Men’s T20 Asia Cup tournament. It also provides the first occasion of Afghanistan doing so in the tournament.

Sediqullah Atal, AM Gazanfar and Noor Ahmed are representing Afghanistan for the first time in Men’s T20 Asia Cup matches. With these three cricketers representing Afghanistan, the number of cricketers representing Afghanistan in the Men’s T20 Asia Cup Tournament read 25.

Rashid Khan became the third captain to lead Afghanistan in the tournament. Others are – Asgar Afghan and Mohammad Nabi.

Ateeq Iqbal of Hong Kong bowled a maiden over in this game to become the 14^th occasion of a bowler bowling a maiden over in the tournament. The tournament as a whole has witnessed 16 maiden overs.

Mohammad Nabi was playing his 137^th T20I. He became the sixth cricketer to appear in 137 plus T20Is in the history of T20Is. Others are – RG Sharma {159}, PR Sterling {151}, GH Dockrell {145}, Mahmadullah {141} and JC Buttler {137}

Mohammad Nabi was playing his 128^th T20I innings. He became the fourth batsman to play 128 plus T20I inningd in the history of T20Is. Others are – RG Sharma {151}, PR Sterling {148} and Mahmadullah {130}

Mohammad Nabi scored one boundary six in his knock of 33 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 110 boundary sixes in T20Is. He became the 24^th batsman to score 110 or more boundary sixes in T20Is

Mohammad Nabi scored three boundary fours in his knock of 33 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 160 boundary fours in T20Is. He became the 52nd batsman to score 160 or more boundary fours in T20Is

Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan are playing their ninth match in Men’s T20 Asia Cup. They own the record jointly for most capped cricketers for Afghanistan in the tournament. They also became the fourth and fifth cricketers to play nine or more matches in the tournament. Others are – V Kohli {10}, MD Shanaka {10} and RG Sharma {09}.

Sediqullah Atal of Afghanistan scored 73 not out in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 36^th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in the tournament.  It also represents the sixth occasion of an Afghanistan batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also represents the sixth occasion of an Afghanistan batsman scoring a half century in the tournament

Sediqullah Atal of Afghanistan scored 73 not out in this game to provide the 21st occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 21st occasion of an opening batsman scoring a half century in the tournament.  It also represents the third occasion of an Afghanistan opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also represents the third occasion of an Afghanistan opening batsman scoring a half century in the tournament.

A Omarzai of Afghanistan scored 53 in this game to provide the 39^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. It also provides the 37^th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in the tournament.  It also represents the seventh occasion of an Afghanistan batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

Sediqullah Atal and A Omarzai added 82 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 47^th occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament. It also represents the seventh occasion of Afghanistan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament.

Sediqullah Atal and A Omarzai added 82 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the eighth occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in the tournament. It also represents the second occasion of Afghanistan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in the tournament.

Sediqullah Atal and A Omarzai added 82 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fifth wicket in the tournament. The previous best was 70 runs partnership between Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan against Bangladesh at Mirpur on 02 Mar 2016.

Sediqullah Atal and A Omarzai added 82 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fifth wicket in the tournament by Afghanistan batsmen. The previous best was 59 runs partnership between Najibullah Zadran and Nooruallah Zadran of Afghanistan against Oman at Fatullah on 20 Feb 2016.

Afghanistan posted a team total of 188 for 6 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a team posting a total of 185 plus runs in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that three of these four totals have been scored against Hong Kong

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	212/2	20.0	1	v Afghanistan	Dubai (DICS)	08 Sep 2022
2	Pakistan	193/2	20.0	1	v Hong Kong	Sharjah	02 Sep 2022
3	India	192/2	20.0	1	v Hong Kong	Dubai (DICS)	31 Aug 2022
4	Afghanistan	188/6	20.0	1	v Hong Kong	Abu Dhabi	09 Sep 2025

Afghanistan posted a team total of 188 for 6 in this game which represents its highest team total in the tournament. The previous best was 178 for 7 against Hong Kong at Mirpur on 22 Feb 2016

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Afghanistan	188/6	20.0	1	v Hong Kong	Abu Dhabi	09 Sep 2025
2	Afghanistan	178/7	20.0	1	v Hong Kong	Mirpur	22 Feb 2016

Anshuman Rath of Hong Kong collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 28th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in the tournament. It also provides the ninth occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in the tournament.

Nizakat Khan of Hong Kong was dismissed run out for a duck without facing a delivery in this game to provide the second occasion of a batsman dismissed run out for a duck without facing a delivery in the tournament. Prior to this M Teekshana of Sri Lanka was dismissed in a similar manner against Afghanistan at Dubai {DICS} on 27 Aug 2022. Thus both these occasions in the tournament have occurred against Afghanistan

Afghanistan won this game by 94 runs to provide the third largest runs margin win in the tournament. The other two wins are – Pakistan winning by 155 runs against Hong Kong at Sharjah on 02 Sep 2022 and India winning by 101 runs against Afghanistan at Dubai-DICS on 08 Sep 2022

Afghanistan scored 188 for 6 and restricted Hong Kong to 94 for 9 – exactly half of its total to win by 94 runs. It is interesting to note that the winning margin in this game is 94 runs – exactly half of the total posted by the team batting first