Hong Kong Sixes 2024-25 It has started from 1st November. India had to suffer a humiliating defeat by 6 wickets against Pakistan in its first match of the tournament. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Team India had scored 119 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 6 overs. In response, Pakistan chased the target of 120 runs with 6 balls remaining.

Hong Kong Sixes: Bharat Chipli played an inning of 53 runs for Team India

India had a bit of a bad start after losing the toss and batting first against Pakistan. Robin Uthappa lost his wicket against Faheem Ashraf in the very second over. He played an inning of 31 runs in 8 balls. In the same over, Faheem Ashraf also showed the way to the pavilion to Kedar Jadhav (8).

Bharat Chipli (Retired Hurt) played the highest innings of 53 runs in 16 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. Manoj Tiwari scored 17* in 7 balls and Stuart Binny scored unbeaten 4* in 2 balls.

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For Pakistan, Faheem Ashraf took the maximum of two wickets for 50 runs in 2 overs. Apart from this, Aamir Yameen gave 27 runs in one over, Asif Ali gave 19 runs in one over, Hussain Talat gave 14 runs and Shahab Khan gave 8 runs in one over.

Pakistan chased the target in just 5 overs

Pakistan batted brilliantly against India and chased the target with one over remaining. Muhammad Akhlaf scored 40* in 12 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes, Asif Ali (Retired Hurt) scored 55* in 14 balls with the help of 2 fours and 7 sixes and captain Faheem Ashraf scored 22* runs in 5 balls.

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Performance of Indian bowlers

Shahbaz Nadeem was the most expensive bowler, he gave 57 runs in 2 overs. Kedar Jadhav spent 23 runs in one over, Manoj Tiwari spent 20 runs in 1 over and Stuart Binny spent 21 runs in one over.