Hong Kong Sixes 2026: Pakistan squad, Abbas Afridi captain, India and UAE in Pakistan's group

Hong Kong Sixes 2026 runs from Thursday 30 October to Saturday 1 November at the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground in Hong Kong, and Pakistan go in as defending champions. The Pakistan Cricket Board named a seven-man squad on Friday 9 October, with fast bowler Mohammad Abbas Afridi as captain, Business Recorder reported. The team leaves for Hong Kong on 28 October.

This page is our living page for the tournament: the newest update stays at the top, and fixtures, times and results will be added as they are confirmed.

Latest: 9 October 2026, squad announced

Pakistan squad for Hong Kong Sixes 2026:

1. Mohammad Abbas Afridi (captain)
2. Abdul Samad
3. Ahmed Daniyal
4. Muhammad Irfan Khan
5. Khawaja Nafay
6. Muhammad Shahzad
7. Saad Masood

Abbas also led the side last year, when Pakistan beat Kuwait in the final on 9 November 2025 for their sixth Hong Kong Sixes title.

Groups and Pakistan's first matches

Pakistan are in Group C with India and the UAE, ProPakistani reported. Both Pakistan matches in the group fall on the opening day, 30 October: Pakistan vs UAE first, then Pakistan vs India.

The other groups, as reported:

• Group A: Australia, Hong Kong China, England
• Group B: Bangladesh, Scotland, Sri Lanka
• Group D: South Africa, Oman, Afghanistan

Format: three days, three trophies

• 30 October: opening day, nine group matches.
• 31 October: the remaining group matches, starting with Oman vs Afghanistan, then the knockouts begin. Group winners go to the Cup semi-finals, runners-up to the Plate semi-finals and third-placed sides to the Bowl semi-finals.
• 1 November: Cup, Plate and Bowl finals and the placement matches.

Hong Kong Sixes time in Pakistan

Hong Kong is three hours ahead of Pakistan (HKT is UTC+8, PKT is UTC+5), so a match at 12pm in Hong Kong starts at 9am in Pakistan, and a 6pm evening match starts at 3pm PKT. Match times have not been published yet; we will add every Pakistan fixture in PKT here as soon as the organisers release the schedule.

Where to follow

Today's cricket fixtures and live scores are on our cricket page, and all other series Pakistan are playing this season are on the Pakistan women's and Asia Cup living pages.