Toss Afghanistan opt to bat vs Hong Kong

Rashid Khan says in T20s the toss doesn't matter as much as giving yourself the best chance. By his own logic, he thinks batting first in Abu Dhabi is the way to go because that's what he's done when the coin fell in his favour. Afghanistan are in a run where they are playing six T20Is in 13 days and that's resulted in a slight reshuffling of personnel. Rashid confirmed one change from the team that stumbled badly in the tri-series final against Pakistan just two days ago, with batter Darwish Rasooli stepping out for allrounder Gulbadin Naib.

The pitch, reports suggest, has 3.5mm of grass on it, which is unusual on this ground. Hong Kong might have taken that into considering during their pre-match plans because their captain Yasim Mur

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