New Delhi: In recent and exciting news for Indian cricket fans, the Hong Kong Cricket Board has announced that Team India has agreed to take part in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament. The tournament is scheduled to take place from November 1 to November 3 and will see some of the top teams like Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan take part in the tournament.
Team India last won the HK6 in 2005. Apart from India; Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies are some of the other winners. HK6 is a tournament which was started in 1992 and subsequently continued till 2017. However, post-2017 the tournament went into a long hiatus which is set to start again in 2024.
The HK6 is a six-a-side cricket tournament which is organized by Cricket Hong Kong with this year’s edition hosting 12 teams including India’s arch-rivals Pakistan. The other teams set to compete in the 3-day tournament are Australia, Bangladesh, England, Hong Kong, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.
Team India in HK6!
“Team announcement. Team India is gearing up to smash it out of the park at HK6!…”
🚨TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Team India is gearing up to smash it out of the park at HK6! 🇮🇳💥
Prepare for explosive power hitting and a storm of sixes that will electrify the crowd! 🔥
Expect More Teams, More Sixes, More Excitement, and MAXIMUM THRILLS! 🔥🔥
HK6 is back from 1st to… pic.twitter.com/P5WDkksoJn
— Cricket Hong Kong, China (@CricketHK) October 7, 2024
Teams scheduled to play in HK6
- India
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- England
- Hong Kong
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Oman
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- UAE
What are the rules?
- The matches are played between two teams of six players with each game consisting of a maximum of five overs for each side. The final match, however, will have each team bowl 5 overs which will consist of 8 balls, up from the 6 in normal matches.
- Except for the wicket-keeper, every member of the fielding side will have to bowl one over while wides and no-balls count as two runs.
- If 5 wickets fall before the stipulated 5 overs have ended, the last batter will bat with the fifth batter acting as a runner. The batter who is not out will have to be on strike at all times and the innings will conclude once he falls.
- If five wickets fall before 5 overs are completed, the last remaining batsman bats on with the fifth batsman acting as a runner. He always takes a strike. The innings is complete when the sixth wicket falls.