Kuwait registered a dominating win over Qatar in match 5 of the Hong Kong T20I Quadrangular Series 2025 held at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok on Saturday, 12 April 2025. (More Cricket News)
Playing XIs
Kuwait: Usman Ghani (wk), Meet Bhavsar, Clinto Anto, Ravija Sandaruwan, Muhammad Umar, Bilal Tahir, Mohammed Aslam (c), Nimish Lathif, Naveenraj Rajendran, Anudeep C, Mohammed Shafeeq
Qatar: Shahzaib-Jamil Ahmed, Rifayi Hassainar, Mohammed Irshad E A, Jassim Khan, Mohammad Abrar, Muhammad Ikramullah, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Muhammad Jabir Ajmir Khan, Arumugam Ganesh, Bipin Kumar, Bukhari Munchummal
Kuwait won the toss and asked Qatar to bat first in a must-win match. They managed to take three wickets within the first four overs.
But Shahzaib Jamil (34), Jassim Khan (20) and Mujeeb Ur Rehman (28) played quick cameos to take their team to a respectable total of 124 runs. Qatar failed to score in the death overs and were bowled out within 19.3 overs.
Anudeep Chanthamara picked up three wickets for Kuwait, whereas Mohammed Shafeeq, Nimish Lathief and Meet Bhavsar took a couple of wickets each.
In response, Kuwaiti opening batter Clinto Anto went berserk from the word go and hit a quick 28-ball 72. He hit five fours and seven sixes in his match-winning knock.
Kuwait successfully chased down the target in 10 overs with six wickets to spare. Anto was named Player of the Match for his performance.
Mohammed Irshad was the best bowler for Qatar, who took three wickets in just two overs while conceding 10 runs.
Kuwait's Bilal Tahir broke the record for most catches by a fielder in T20Is for Kuwait when he took his 27th catch in the format. Earlier, Yasin Patel (25) held that record.
If Nepal beat Hong Kong in match 6, then Kuwait will face Nepal in the final on Sunday. Qatar will play the third-place play-off match on Sunday.
