Adding a T20 to the Hong Kong Sixes is great, reckons http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780 - Cricket News Update
The captain of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s Hong Kong Sixes squad, Dinesh Karthik, has said that the inclusion of the T20 match in the Karp Group Hong Kong Sixes is a great step and hoped it would help the tournament grasp worldwide viewership.
"Adding a T20 to the Hong Kong Sixes is great. Twenty20 is obviously a very popular format with the Indian Premier League being so big worldwide," said Karthik while talking to the media reporters ahead of his side’s tournament opener against Hong Kong.
"It will give a different point of view for the crowd and I think it will be great for the spectators. For the players it will be a fun way to start the tournament," he added further.
India has so far clinched only one Hong Kong sixes title when the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in 2005. Karthik, a 26-year-old wicketkeeper batsman from Chennai, said that his side is looking forward to emulate the 2005 Cup victory.
"We may not have all of the big names but the squad is young and is very focused on performing," Karthik said.
India has been placed in the Pool C of KARP Group Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2011 which also includes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919.
For the first time the Sixes will feature a 12-team cast including tournament debutants Scotland and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751, as well as Bangladesh.
All the 12 teams have been divided into three pools, each pool featuring 4 teams. The All Stars, featuring the likes of explosive batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756.
Defending champion http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
The wicketkeeper batsman has so far played 52 One Day Internationals, 23 Tests and nine T20 Internationals for India and holds an impressive strike rate of 113.63 in the shortest format of the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642 has also agreed to play for the Rest of the World in the first ever T20 International of the tournament against Woodworm All Stars, to be played Kowloon Cricket Club on Friday afternoon.
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