Hong Kong Sixes 2024: All You Need To Know About The Cricket Tournament Which Returns After 7 Years

Hong Kong will be lit up with intense cricketing action when the Hong Kong Sices Tournament makes its grand return after a gap of seven years. 12 cricketing nations will be a part of the tournament, including India, the UAE, New Zealand, Pakistan , and many more. Ahead of the exciting tournament, take a look at the details of the tournament, including the schedule, timings, full squads, and more.  

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For the Hong Kong Sixes tournament, which will take place at the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground, the 12 participating teams have been divided into four pools of three each, and all of them will be competing in a round-robin format. The Robin Uthappa-led Team India has been paired up with arch-rivals Pakistan and the UAE.

At the Hong Kong Sixes playoffs, The top two teams from each pool will play the quarterfinal round, and the winners advance to the semi-finals. The teams that lose in the quarterfinals will play in the Plate semifinals. The team that finishes last in each pool will play in the Bowl Competition. Over the course of the competition's three days, 29 matches will be played, and one women's exhibition match will also take place.

Hong Kong Sixes Tournament 2024: Schedule & Timings

November 1

1. South Africa vs Hong Kong: 6 AM (IST), 8:30 AM (Local time)
2. England vs Nepal: 6:55 AM (IST), 9:25 AM (Local Time)
3. Pakistan vs UAE: 7:50 AM (IST) 10:20 AM (Local Time)
4. Sri Lanka vs Oman: 8:45 AM (IST), 11:15 AM (Local Time)
5. New Zealand vs Hong Kong: 9:40 AM (IST), 12:10 PM (Local Time)
6. Bangladesh vs Oman: 10:35 AM (IST), 13:05 PM (Local Time)
7. India vs Pakistan: 11:30 AM (IST), 14:00 PM (Local Time)
8. England vs Australia: 12:25 PM (IST), 14:55 (Local Time)
9. South Africa vs New Zealand: 1:15 PM (IST), 15:45 (Local Time)
10. Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh: 2:10 PM (IST), 16:40 (Local Time)

November 2

1. Australia vs Nepal: 6 AM (IST), 8:30 AM (Local Time)
2. India vs UAE: 6:55 AM (IST), 9:25 AM (Local Time)
3. Bowl Match 1: A3 vs D3 7:50 AM (IST), 10:20 AM (Local Time)
4. Bowl Match 2: B3 vs C3 8:45 AM (IST), 11:15 AM (Local Time)
5. Quarterfinal 1: B1 vs A2 9:40 AM (IST), 12:10 PM (Local Time)
6. Quarterfinal 2: A1 vs C2 10:35 AM (IST), 1:05 PM (Local Time)
7. Bowl Match 3: A3 vs C3 11:30 AM (IST), 2:00 PM (Local Time)
8. Bowl Match 4: B3 vs D4 12:25 PM (IST), 2:55 PM (Local Time)
9. Quarterfinal 3: D1 vs B2 1:15 PM (IST), 3:45 PM (Local Time)
10. Quarterfinal 4: C1 vs D2 2:10 PM (IST), 4:40 PM (Local Time)

November 3

1. Bowl Match 5: A3 vs B3 6 AM (IST), 8:30 AM (Local Time)
2. Plate Semifinal 1: LQ1 vs LQ2 6:55 AM (IST), 9:25 AM (Local Time)
3. Plate Semifinal 2: LQ3 vs LQ4 7:50 AM (IST), 10:20 AM (Local Time)
4. Bowl Match 6: C3 vs D3 8:45 AM (IST), 11:15 AM (Local Time)
5. Women's Exhibition Match: 9:40 AM (IST), 12:10 PM (Local Time)
6. Semifinal 1: WQ1 vs WQ2 10:20 AM (IST), 12:50 PM (Local Time)
7. Semifinal 2: WQ3 vs WQ4 11:10 AM (IST), 1:40 PM (Local Time)
8. Bowl final: 12:05 PM (IST), 2:35 PM (Local Time)
9. Plate Final: 12:55 PM (IST), 3:25 PM (Local Time)
10. Cup Final: 1:55 PM (IST), 4:25 PM (Local Time)

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Hong Kong Sixes Tournament 2024: Squads

India: Robin Uthappa (C), Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Stuart Binny, Shreevats Goswami, Bharat Chipli, Shahbaz Nadeem

Official: Deepak Dangayach

Pakistan: Faheem Ashraf (c), Muhammad Akhlaq, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Hussain Talat, Amir Yamin, Shahab Khan

Official: Saleem Yousaf

South Africa: JJ Smuts (c), Matthew Boast, Evan Jones, Modiri Litheko, Don Radebe, Jacques Snyman, Aubrey Swanepoel

Official: Malibongwe Maketa

Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (c), Zeeshan Ali, Imran Arif, Ehsan Khan, Jason Lui, Sahal Malvernkar, Benny Singh Paras

Coach: Mark Farmer

Australia: Dan Christian (c), Alex Ross, Andrew Fekete, Fawad Ahmed, Jack Wood, James Pattinson, Sam Heazlett

Official: Brendan Drew

New Zealand: Todd Astle C), Harmeet Singh, Henry Mclntyre, Raunaq Kapur, Sam Cassidy, Siddesh Dixit, Xavier Bell

Official: Carl Frauenstein

UAE: Asif Khan (C), Ansh Tandon, Khalid Shah, Mohammad Zuhaib, Raja Akif Ullah Khan, Sanchit Sharma, Zahoor Khan

Manager / Coach: Rejith Arjunan Kurungode

Bangladesh: Yasir Ali Chowdhury Rabbi (C), Abdullah AL Mamun, Abu Haider Rony, Jishan Alam, Mohammad Saifuddi, Nahidul Islam, Shohagh Gazi

Official: Md. Monjurul Islam

Sri Lanka: Lahiru Madusanka (C), Dhananjaya Lakshan, Lahiru Samarakoon, Nimesh Vimukthi, Sadun Weerakkody, Thanuka Dabare, Tharindu Rathnayake

Official: Samantha Dodanwela

Nepal: Sundeep Jora (C), Bibek Kumar Yadav, Dipendra Rawat, Lokesh Bahadur Ram, Narayan Joshi, Pratish GC, Rashid Khan

Coach: Gyanendra Malla

Oman: Sandeep Goud Shreematula (C), Vinayak Shukla, Asif Khan, Hassnain Ali Shah, Shoaib Al Balushi, Zikria Islam, Mujibur Ali

Coach/Manager: Syed Amir Ali

England: Ravi Bopara(C), Sumit Patel, Ed Barnard, Ethan Brookes, James Coles, Jordan Thompson, Alex Davies

Official: Paul Nixon.