The Indian cricket team is going to participate in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes Tournament. This tournament will be held from 1 to 3 November. Cricket Hong Kong has confirmed this.
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The Indian cricket team is going to participate in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes Tournament. This tournament will be held from 1 to 3 November. Cricket Hong Kong has confirmed this. It is a 6-member cricket tournament which is organized by Cricket Hong Kong.
12 teams including India were included
12 teams have been included for this tournament to be held in November. In which teams from India, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, England, Hong Kong, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates have been included. The tournament started in 1992 and was not organized after the 2017 edition. This tournament is being organized after 7 years.
Legends like Sachin Tendulkar have also played in this tournament.
Players like Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Malik, Sanath Jayasuriya, Anil Kumble, Umar Akmal, Glenn Maxwell and Damien Martyn have played in this tournament. Pakistan, England and South Africa have been the most successful teams. India won this tournament in 2005, while the teams of Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies are also included in the list of winners.
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
There are some rules of this tournament which make it more interesting. In this tournament only power hitting is emphasized. The rules of this tournament are also similar to street cricket to some extent. For example, even if 5 players of a team of 6 players are out, the sixth player will continue to play.
The rules of this tournament are as follows-
- Matches are played between teams of six players, with a maximum of five overs for each team. However, in the final match, each team will bowl 5 overs, compared to 8 balls in normal matches.
- Except for the wicketkeeper, each member of the fielding team must bowl one over, while wides and no-balls will result in 2 runs.
- If 5 overs are finished before 5 wickets fall, the last batsman will continue to bat and the fifth batsman will be placed as the runner. The batsman who is not out has to remain on strike forever and when he is out, the innings ends.
- If 5 overs are not completed before 5 wickets fall, the last batsman bats and the fifth batsman is placed as the runner. He is always on strike. The innings ends when the sixth wicket falls.
- Batsmen have to retire at 31, but can come back when all other batsmen have been out or retired.
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