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Mumbai: In an interesting development, Cricket Hong Kong, China announced an Indian team comprising IPL stars Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya, Nitish Rana, T Natarajan, Rahul Tewatia and Shashank Singh to compete in the Hong Kong Sixes competition to be played from October 30 to November 1.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proposed a new six-a-side tournament modelled on the Hong Kong Sixes to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises, with the aim of boosting fan engagement and generating additional revenue

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Abhishek Sharma had already done enough to make the evening his own. Thirty-six balls, 82 runs, seven sixes and a strike rate north of 227 — it was the sort of assault that ordinarily leaves the opposition scrambling merely to stay in the contest.

For five overs, it looked as if Abhishek Sharma had already produced the innings of the Sher-e-Punjab T20 opener. By the end of the night, Anmolpreet Singh had made even a 17-ball fifty and a total of 258 look insufficient. Anmolpreet smashed 12 sixes in a breathtaking 133 off 51 balls as Mohali Kings chased down…

The easiest way to misread Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 92 against Central Zone is to look only at the scorecard. Ninety-two from 81 balls, seven fours, seven sixes and a strike rate of 113.58 reads like another extension of the destructive white-ball batter who has spent the last two years making absurd scoring rates look routine.