Experienced fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has returned to Team India. He will captain the Indian team announced for Hong Kong Sixes. Along with him, players like Krunal Pandya, Nitish Rana, Shashank Singh and T Natarajan are also part of the team. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been out of the Indian team for a long time. He played his last international match for India in November 2022. However, this time his return is not to the senior team, but hong kong sixes Happened for the tournament. The Indian team was announced on Monday, 5 October.
Apart from Bhuvneshwar, the team also includes Krunal Pandya and Nitish Rana, who have played international cricket for India. In such a situation, this tournament will be an opportunity for Bhuvneshwar to once again take the field in Indian jersey.
Tournament will start from 30th October
Hong Kong Sixes Tournament begins 30 October And its final match will be played on 1 November. A total of 12 teams will participate in the tournament, which have been divided into four groups.
Pool A: Hong Kong China, Australia and England
Pool B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Scotland
Pool C: India, Pakistan and UAE
Pool D: South Africa, Afghanistan and Oman
The detailed fixtures of the tournament have not been released yet. Therefore, the date and against which team the Indian team’s first match will be held is not yet known.
Indian team for Hong Kong Sixes
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (captain), Krunal Pandya, Shashank Singh, Nitish Rana, T Natarajan, Rahul Tewatia and Rahul Tripathi.
How was Bhuvneshwar’s international career?
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has played cricket in all three formats for India. They 21 Test, 121 ODI and 87 T20 International Have played matches.
He has 63 wickets to his name in 37 innings of Test cricket. In ODI, he has taken 141 wickets in 120 innings, while in T20 International, he has 90 wickets in his name.
Bhuvneshwar has not been a part of India’s white-ball team since 2022. At the same time, he was dropped from the Test team in 2018 itself. Now after his return to Hong Kong Sixes, it will be interesting to see how he performs in the tournament and whether he gets a chance to make a comeback in the senior Indian team in future.