India have also won the entire thing in 2005 while Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies are some of the other winners. (X/BCCI)
Cricket Hong Kong on Monday confirmed that the Indian cricket team will be taking part in Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament, scheduled to take place from November 1 to November 3.
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 United Arab Emirates.
The tournament started in 1992 and went on a hiatus after the 2017 edition which makes the 2024 edition the first one in 7 years.
Players such as Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Malik, Sanath Jayasuriya, Anil Kumble, Umar Akmal, Glenn Maxwell and Damien Martyn have plied their trade in this tournament with Pakistan, England and South Africa being the most successful teams.
🚨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
India have also won the entire thing in 2005 while Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies are some of the other winners.
What makes the tournament interesting is that there are a bunch of new rules which makes for an interesting match, mostly predicated on power hitting.
Here 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 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 strike. The innings is complete when the sixth wicket falls.
* Batsmen are forced to retire at 31, but can come back in once all other batsmen have been dismissed or have retired.
