Pakistan restricted India to 86-4 in the second match of the ongoing Hong Kong Sixes 2025 at the Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, today.
As per details, the green team won the toss and decided to bowl first against India. India started well with 13 runs from Shahid Aziz’s opening over, which included a six and a four from opener Robin Uthappa.
Pakistan captain Abbas Afridi bowled the second over but proved expensive, conceding 21 runs.
The green team last time came face to face with India in the Asia Cup 2025 where Pakistan had a bad luck and some weak performance that led to losing the title.
However, Pakistan is ready to turn the tides and win todays Pool C match of the Hong Kong Sixes, taking place at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok.
Pakistan Announce Squad
Earlier, Pakistan announced squad for the famous Hong Kong Sixes tournament under the captaincy of pacer Abbas Afridi.
According to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Abbas Afridi will captain Pakistan in the Hong Kong Sixes tournament, scheduled to take place at the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground in Hong Kong.
The 12-team tournament will be played from 7 to 9 November.
As per the tournament format, the 12 teams have been divided into four groups of three. Pakistan are placed in Pool C and will play their group matches on Friday, 7 November.
Pakistan Squad:
Abbas Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Shahzad, Saad Masood and Shahid Aziz
Non-traveling reserves:
Danish Aziz and Mohammad Faiq
India Squad
Bharath Chipli, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Priyank Panchal, Stuart Binny, Abhimanyu Mithun, Shahbaz Nadeem
What is Hong Kong Sixes?
The Sixes is the fastest format of cricket, with the key difference between the traditional game being that each match takes just 45 minutes to complete.
As the name suggests the game is six players per side compared with the usual 11, which means once the bowler and wicket-keeper are in position there aren’t many fieldsmen that the batting team need to evade to hit lots of ball to an over the boundaries.
Each team faces five overs each, and everyone (except for the wicketkeeper) is required to bowl one over each.
Batsmen are forced to retire at 31, but can come back in once all other batsmen have been dismissed or have retired. This can make for some interesting situations at the end of the innings with the lower-order taking risky singles knowing that if they are out, their in-form batsman can come back in.
Also read: Pakistan’s Squad for Hong Kong Sixes Tournament Announced
