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2025 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series

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2025 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series
Dates9 – 13 April 2025
Administrator(s)Cricket Hong Kong, China
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s) Hong Kong
Champions Kuwait
Runners-up   Nepal
Participants4
Matches8
Player of the seriesHong Kong Anshuman Rath
Most runsHong Kong Anshuman Rath (248)
Most wicketsQatar Mohammed Irshad (8)
2023

The 2025 Hong Kong Quadrangular Series was a cricket series that took place in Hong Kong in April 2025.[1] It was a quadrangular series involving Hong Kong, Kuwait, Nepal and Qatar men's cricket teams, with the matches played as Twenty20 International (T20I) fixtures.[2] All of the matches were played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok.[3] The tournament was played in a single round-robin format with the top two teams qualifying for the final.[4]

Squads

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 Hong Kong[5]  Kuwait[6]    Nepal[7]  Qatar[8]
  • Mohammed Aslam (c)
  • Ilyas Ahmed
  • Mirza Ahmed
  • Clinto Anto
  • Meet Bhavsar
  • Anudeep Chenthamara
  • Nimish Lathief
  • Usman Patel (wk)
  • Yasin Patel
  • Naveenraj Rajendran
  • Ravija Sandaruwan
  • Mohamed Shafeeq
  • Bilal Tahir
  • Muhammad Umar
  • Ikramullah Khan (c)
  • Mohammad Abrar
  • Bukhar Illikkal
  • Mohammed Irshad
  • Muhammad Jabir
  • Shahzaib Jamil (wk)
  • Jassim Khan
  • Bipin Kumar
  • Mujeeb-ur-Rehman
  • Arumugaganesh Nagarajan
  • Rifayi Theruvath

Round-robin

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1    Nepal 3 2 0 1 5 1.088 Advanced to the final
2  Kuwait 3 2 1 0 4 1.797
3  Hong Kong 3 1 1 1 3 1.377 Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
4  Qatar 3 0 3 0 0 −3.437
Source: ESPNcricinfo[9]

Fixtures

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9 April 2025
09:00
Scorecard
Qatar 
151/5 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
154/2 (17 overs)
Ikramullah Khan 54 (54)
Lalit Rajbanshi 1/12 (2 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 38 (19)
Mujeeb-ur-Rehman 2/12 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nandan Yadav (Nep) and Mohammad Abrar (Qat) both made their T20I debuts.

9 April 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
175/5 (20 overs)
v
 Kuwait
180/6 (19 overs)
Anshuman Rath 76 (48)
Mohamed Shafeeq 2/22 (3 overs)
Mohammed Aslam 55 (29)
Yasim Murtaza 3/41 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 4 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Mohammed Aslam (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kalhan Challu (HK) and Anudeep Chenthamara (Kuw) both made their T20I debuts.
  • Babar Hayat (HK) scored his 2000th run in T20Is.[10]

10 April 2025
09:00
Scorecard
Kuwait 
185/8 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
186/4 (18.5 overs)
Clinto Anto 41 (30)
Sompal Kami 3/36 (4 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 81 (50)
Yasin Patel 2/17 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 6 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: John Prakash (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

10 April 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
197/7 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
129 (19.1 overs)
Anshuman Rath 58 (42)
Mohammed Irshad 4/24 (3 overs)
Shahzaib Jamil 37 (22)
Waqas Barkat 4/18 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 68 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK)
Player of the match: Waqas Barkat (HK)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Darsh Vora (HK) made his T20I debut.

12 April 2025
09:00
Scorecard
Qatar 
124 (19.3 overs)
v
 Kuwait
127/4 (10 overs)
Shahzaib Jamil 34 (35)
Anudeep Chenthamara 3/15 (3 overs)
Clinto Anto 72 (28)
Mohammed Irshad 3/10 (2 overs)
Kuwait won by 6 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Clinto Anto (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Naveenraj Rajendran (Kuw) made his T20I debut.

12 April 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
68/3 (9 overs)
v
   Nepal
Zeeshan Ali 30 (22)
Lalit Rajbanshi 2/19 (3 overs)
No result
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain prevented any further play.

3rd place play-off

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13 April 2025
09:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
188/6 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
187/5 (20 overs)
Anshuman Rath 97 (60)
Muhammad Jabir 2/29 (4 overs)
Ikramullah Khan 55 (35)
Yasim Murtaza 2/40 (2 overs)
Hong Kong won by 1 run
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton J D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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13 April 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Kuwait 
174/7 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
171 (19.3 overs)
Ravija Sandaruwan 63 (36)
Sompal Kami 2/26 (4 overs)
Basir Ahamad 80 (43)
Anudeep Chenthamara 3/18 (2.3 overs)
Kuwait won by 3 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK)
Player of the match: Anudeep Chenthamara (Kuw)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw) scored his 2,000th run in T20Is.

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket Hong Kong, China and India Club Presents the Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2025". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Cricket Hong Kong to host Men's Quaddrangular T20I tournament in April 2025". Czarsportz. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Nepal to play Hong Kong series as favourites". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Nepal Set to Play Quadrangular Series in Hong Kong as Favorites". Nepal Monitor. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong, China Squad and Broadcast Information for "Cricket Hong Kong, China and India Club Presents Hong Kong T20I Series 2025"". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Kuwait National Men's Team is all set for Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2025". Kuwait Cricket. Retrieved 7 April 2025 – via Facebook.
  7. ^ "Nepal announces squad for Quadrangular series in Hong Kong". Cricnepal. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2025". Qatar Cricket Association. Retrieved 9 April 2025 – via Instagram.
  9. ^ "Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Hong Kong) - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  10. ^ @CricketHK (9 April 2025). "Let's applaud Babar Hayat as he smashes away and crosses a milestone of 2000 T20I Runs during the Hong Kong Men's T20I Series 2025" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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