Srilanka, Nov. 5 -- Going back to the history of previous 20 editions Pakistan, England and South Africa are the most successful teams of the tournament, having won 5 titles each. Sri Lanka won 2 titles and Australia, India and West Indies have won one title each.

Sri Lanka team first time won the championships in 2007 under the leadership of Indika de Saram while last year 2024 Sri Lanka won the title under the captaincy of Lahiru Madushanka who is going to lead the team for the second time this year to defend the title. The all rounder Lahiru Madushanka will lead the side once again while Dhananjaya Lakshan, Thanuka Dabare, Nimesh Vimukthi, Lahiru Samarakoon, Tharindu Ratnayake retained their places for Hong Kong sixes tournament while S...