Spinner Iqbal opens at the other end and Gurbaz is off the mark with a single as he pushes the ball to the leg side and scampers for a single.
Sediq then gets another life as he goes after the width ball and if flies just past mid-off and the ball goes for a four.
Sediq then gets a single to third man.
Gurbaz is then beaten by the pace next ball.
Gurbaz then gets a leading edge to third man and gets a single as 7 come off the over.
Sediq Atal and Rahmanullah Gurbaz will open the batting for Afghanisstan while right arm medium pacer Ayush Shukla will open the attack for Hong Kong.
He comes around the wicket to Sediq, short, on the pads and the batter pulls it to backward square leg for a four.
Shukla then gets the next two balls to shape back in by bowling fuller.
Sediq gets an early life as he edges the ball and he is put down in the slips.
The ball held up and Sediq gets an edge but gets lucky.
Next ball is angled back and the batter plays a check drive over min-on for a four.
Sediq then gets another four as a misfield at short fine sees the ball sneak to the boundary as 12 come off the opening over.
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