Hong Kong Sixes: India crash out after losses to Kuwait, UAE & Nepal; Pak, Aus in semis

NEW DELHI: India’s run astatine the Hong Kong Sixes came to a disappointing extremity connected Saturday arsenic they suffered 3 consecutive defeats, crashing retired of the main competition. While Pakistan and Australia marched confidently into the semifinals, India’s erratic signifier saw them driblet into the ‘Bowl’ signifier and yet bow retired aft different loss.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!In a must-win Pool C brushwood against Kuwait, India’s hopes unraveled with a 27-run defeat. Chasing 107 for victory, India were restricted to 79 for 6, undone by Kuwait’s Yasin Patel, who claimed 3 wickets for 23 runs. The effect sealed India’s fate, leaving them 3rd successful the radical down Kuwait — who topped the array — and Pakistan, who finished second. Both sides precocious to the quarterfinals, portion India’s run slid into the consolation bracket.Pakistan, meanwhile, kept their rubric hopes live by overpowering South Africa by 5 wickets to seal a semifinal berth.In the ‘Bowl’ stage, India’s struggles persisted contempt flashes of brilliance. Abhimanyu Mithun (50 disconnected 16 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (42 disconnected 14) produced blistering cameos to instrumentality India to 108, but UAE’s Khalid Shah stole the amusement with a match-winning 50 disconnected conscionable 14 balls, guiding his broadside to a four-wicket win.

The misery deepened successful India’s last outing, arsenic Nepal thrashed them by 92 runs. Nepal’s openers launched a relentless assault, posting 137 without nonaccomplishment successful six overs. Rashid Khan led the complaint with 55 disconnected 17 and past delivered a superb spell, taking 3 wickets arsenic India stumbled to 45 for 6.Elsewhere, Australia powered into the semifinals with a commanding 54-run triumph implicit Bangladesh. Australia volition look Pakistan successful the archetypal semifinal connected November 9, portion India volition wrapper up their run with a ‘Bowl’ fixture against Sri Lanka.