All you need to know about the Hong Kong Sixes as it turns seven

The Hong Kong Sixes 2024 tournament will run from November 1 to November 3 and promises to be some exciting fixtures at the Tin Kwong Road Cricket Ground, with 12 teams competing in six-a-side matches. The spectators will have a fascinating and very different experience as the cricket carnival will be graced with some captivating performances, great music and amazing food. The 12 teams have been divided into four pools of three each and will compete in a round-robin format. India, under the leadership of Robin Uthappa, is part of Pool C and along with UAE, its arch-rival Pakistan is also there.

In Pool A, hosts Hong Kong will face South Africa and New Zealand while Pool B includes Australia, England and Nepal. There will be a match between Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Oman in Pool D.

To start the tournament, the first match will be played between South Africa and Hong Kong while there will also be a high voltage clash between India and Pakistan on the first day.

The top two teams from each pool will play quarter-finals and the winners of the quarter-final round will advance to the semi-finals. The teams that lose in the quarters will play the plate semi-finals. The bottom-placed team in each pool will play in a bowl tournament. There will be a total of 29 matches in three days of the competition.

A women's exhibition match is also scheduled on the final day of the tournament to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Schedule and Timings:

November 1st:

South Africa vs Hong Kong: 6 am (IST), 8:30 am (local time)

England vs Nepal: 6:55 am (IST), 9:25 am (local time)

Pakistan vs UAE: 7:50 am (IST) 10:20 am (local time)

Sri Lanka vs Oman: 8:45 am (IST), 11:15 am (local time)

New Zealand vs Hong Kong: 9:40 am (IST), 12:10 pm (local time)

Bangladesh vs Oman: 10:35 am (IST), 13:05 pm (local time)

India vs Pakistan: 11:30 AM (IST), 14:00 PM (Local Time)

England vs Australia: 12:25 pm (IST), 14:55 (local time)

South Africa vs New Zealand: 1:15 pm (IST), 15:45 (local time)

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh: 2:10 pm (IST), 16:40 (local time)

2 November:

Australia vs Nepal: 6 am (IST), 8:30 am (local time)

India vs UAE: 6:55 am (IST), 9:25 am (local time)

Bowl Match 1: A3 vs D3 7:50 AM (IST), 10:20 AM (Local Time)

Bowl Match 2: B3 vs C3 8:45 AM (IST), 11:15 AM (Local Time)

Quarterfinal 1: B1 vs A2 9:40 AM (IST), 12:10 PM (Local Time)

Quarterfinal 2: A1 vs C2 10:35 AM (IST), 1:05 PM (Local Time)

Bowl Match 3: A3 vs C3 11:30 AM (IST), 2:00 PM (Local Time)

Bowl Match 4: B3 vs D4 12:25 PM (IST), 2:55 PM (Local Time)

Quarterfinal 3: D1 vs B2 1:15 PM (IST), 3:45 PM (Local Time)

Quarterfinal 4: C1 vs D2 2:10 PM (IST), 4:40 PM (Local Time)

3 November:

Bowl Match 5: A3 vs B3 6am (IST), 8:30am (Local Time)

Plate Semifinal 1: LQ1 vs LQ2 6:55 AM (IST), 9:25 AM (Local Time)

Plate Semifinal 2: LQ3 vs LQ4 7:50 am (IST), 10:20 am (local time)

Bowl Match 6: C3 vs D3 8:45 AM (IST), 11:15 AM (Local Time)

Women's Exhibition Match: 9:40 am (IST), 12:10 pm (local time)

Semifinal 1: WQ1 vs WQ2 10:20 AM (IST), 12:50 PM (Local Time)

Semifinal 2: WQ3 vs WQ4 11:10 am (IST), 1:40 pm (local time)

Bowl Final: 12:05 pm (IST), 2:35 pm (local time)

Plate Final: 12:55 pm (IST), 3:25 pm (local time)

Cup Final: 1:55 pm (IST), 4:25 pm (local time)

Squad:

India: Robin Uthappa (captain), Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwari, Stuart Binny, Shreevats Goswami, Bharat Chipli, Shahbaz Nadeem.

Officer: Deepak Dangaich

Pakistan: Faheem Ashraf (captain), Muhammad Akhlaq, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Hussain Talat, Amir Yameen, Shahab Khan.

Official: Salim Yusuf

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

Official: Malibongwe Maketa

Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (captain), Zeeshan Ali, Imran Arif, Ehsaan Khan, Jason Lewis, Sahal Malvarnkar, Benny Singh Paras.

Coach: Mark Farmer

Australia: Dan Christian (captain), 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 Kapoor, Sam Cassidy, Siddhesh Dixit, Xavier Bell

Official: Karl 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 Choudhary Rabbi (c), Abdullah AL Mamun, Abu Haider Rony, Zishan Alam, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nahidul Islam, Shohagh Ghazi.

Official: Mohammad Monjurul Islam

Sri Lanka: Lahiru Madusanka (captain), Dhananjay Lakshan, Lahiru Samarakoon, Nimesh Vimukthi, Sadun Weerakkody, Thanuka Dabre, Tharindu Rathnayake.

Official: Samantha Dodanwella

Nepal: Sandeep Jora (captain), Bibek Kumar Yadav, Deependra Rawat, Lokesh Bahadur Ram, Narayan Joshi, Pratish GC, Rashid Khan.

Coach: Gyanendra Mall

Oman: Sandeep Gaur Srimatula (c), Vinayak Shukla, Asif Khan, Hasnain Ali Shah, Shoaib Al Balushi, Zikriya Islam, Mujibur Ali

Coach/Manager: Syed Aamir Ali

England: Ravi Bopara (captain), Sumit Patel, Ed Bernard, Ethan Brooks, James Coles, Jordan Thompson, Alex Davis

Official: Paul Nixon.