Hong Kong Sixes: Lost 4 matches in 24 hours, India out, smaller teams defeated

India out of Hong Kong Success 2025. (Hong Kong Sixes)

The Indian team’s performance in the Hong Kong International Sixes 2025 was very poor and it was out of the tournament with 4 consecutive defeats. The tournament, played at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, started on 7 November, where India defeated Pakistan in its very first match. But after this the Indian team did not win even a single match. In this tournament, India played its last match against Sri Lanka, where it lost by 48 runs. Earlier, it was also defeated by teams from Kuwait, UAE and Nepal.

Also got out against Sri Lanka

In this match played between the two teams, India won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be completely wrong. Indian bowlers could not take even a single wicket in this match and Sri Lanka scored 138 runs in 6 overs. During this, Lahiru Samarakoon scored 52 runs in just 14 balls, which included 2 fours and 6 sixes. At the same time, Lahiru Madushanka also played an inning of 52 runs in 14 balls. After both these players retired hurt, Sachita Jayathilake scored unbeaten 16 runs on 5 balls and Dhananjay Lakshan scored unbeaten 10 runs on 2 balls.

On the other hand, while chasing the target of 139 runs, India’s batting was very poor. Robin Uthappa lost his wicket after scoring only 13 runs. After this Bharat Chipli played an inning of 41 runs in 13 balls. But he did not get the support of other batsmen. Priyank Panchal was out after scoring 2 runs. In the end, Stuart Binny scored unbeaten 25 runs on 9 balls and Abhimanyu Mithun scored 5 runs on 5 balls, due to which the Indian team could score only 90 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 6 overs.

4 defeats in 24 hours

Before the defeat against Sri Lanka, India had also played 3 matches in this tournament on 8 November. But he had to face defeat in all those matches also. After losing to Kuwait in Pool C, UAE and Nepal also defeated India in the ball round. That means the Indian team could not win even a single victory in the ball stage. Kuwait defeated them by 27 runs, UAE also defeated them by 4 wickets. At the same time, Nepal defeated by a huge margin of 92 runs.

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