
Rahul Tiwari
khelja|02-11-2024
The Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes Tournament has returned after 7 years. This tournament, which started in 1992, was very popular in the initial phase but was stopped in 2017. Only 6-6 players from two teams participate in a match of this tournament. At the same time, the match is of only 5-5 overs. Indian team is also playing in this tournament, whose captain is Robin Uthappa. But the team has been in bad shape under the captaincy of Robin Uthappa. Team India faced defeat against 3 different teams in a single day.
In this tournament which started from 1 November, Team India played its first match against Pakistan.
But the Indian team lost in this match. At the same time, on 2 November, it played its first match against United Arab Emirates (UAE), but Team India did not win this match also. India needed a win over UAE to make it to the quarterfinals but the team lost by one run. Batting first, UAE scored 130 runs for five wickets in six overs. In response, the Indian team could score only 129 runs. Chasing the target of 131 runs, India needed 32 runs in the last over. All-rounder Stuart Binny tried his best to take the team to the target, but he was run out on the last ball.Team India played the second match of the day against England. But here also the Indian team could not open its account. In this match, the England team batted first and scored 120 runs. But chasing the target of 121 runs, India could score only 105 runs for three wickets and lost by 15 runs.
After this, the Indian team faced New Zealand in the third match of the day. New Zealand, batting first in this match, scored 146 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. This time also the Indian team failed to chase the target.
They could score only 102 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 6 overs and lost the match by 44 runs. They could score only 102 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 6 overs and lost the match by 44 runs.



