# Cricket at the 2010 South Asian Games

Cricket was included for the first time at the 2010 South Asian Games, hosted by Dhaka, Bangladesh. A men's 20-over tournament was played from 31 January to 7 February 2010.
The tournament was contested by five of the eight members of the South Asian Sports Council, with squads restricted to players aged 21 or under. Two venues were used – the Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi and the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Bangladesh, captained by Mithun Ali, defeated Sri Lanka in the final to claim the gold medal, while Pakistan defeated Nepal in a play-off for the bronze medal. The leading run-scorer at the tournament was Sri Lanka's Ashan Priyanjan, while Bangladesh's Subashis Roy and Pakistan's Kamran Hussain were the joint leading wicket-takers.

## Eligibility

The teams for the South Asian Games had to consist of players who were under the age of 21 as of January 28, 2010.

## Squads

Five countries sent teams to the tournament – Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Of those, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), while Nepal was an associate member and the Maldives were an affiliate. In March 2009, it was reported that Afghanistan, Bhutan, and India would also send teams, but this did not eventuate.
| Bangladesh | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| Mithun Ali (c) Anamul Haque Ariful Haque Asif Ahmed Emon Ahmed Nasir Hossain Nazmul Islam Rony Talukdar Jubair Rahman Sabbir Rahman Subashis Roy Sunzamul Islam Tanveer Haider | Ahmed Hassan (c) Ahmed Ameel Akram Mohamed Hassan Ibrahim Hassan Rasheed Husham Ibrahim Ismail Shayyal Jilwaz Rasheed Maskoor Ibrahim Mihusan Hamid Mohamed Azzum Muhavith Ganee | Gyanendra Malla (c) Pradeep Airee Prithu Baskota Binod Bhandari Amrit Bhattarai Naresh Budayair Akash Gupta Bhuvan Karki Subash Khakurel Anil Mandal Sunny Pun Chandra Sawad Rupesh Shrivastava | Umar Amin (c) Adil Amin Ahsan Jamil Ali Asad Ali Waqas Gulraiz Sadaf Hasan Dar Junaid Khan Kamran Hussain Mohammad Rameez Nayyer Abbas Rameez Alam Shoaib Khaliq Taimur Ali | Ashan Priyanjan (c) Dinesh Chandimal Ishan Jayaratne Navin Kavikara Nisham Mazahir Dilshan Munaweera Sachith Pathirana Angelo Perera Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Lahiru Thirimanne Imesh Udayanga |

## Group stage
### Points table

* Qualified for the final.
* Qualified for the bronze medal play-off.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | Pts | NRR |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +3.338 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +2.772 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1.490 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | –2.057 |
| Maldives | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –7.154 |

### Fixtures

* 31 January Scorecard
| Nepal 80/7 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 83/2 (9.3 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 8 wickets Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
* 1 February Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 166/8 (20 overs) | v | Nepal 102/3 (20 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 64 runs Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
* 1 February Scorecard
| Maldives 88/7 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 89/0 (9.4 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 10 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* 2 February Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 165/6 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 147 (19.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 18 runs Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
* 3 February Scorecard
| Pakistan 173/2 (20 overs) | v | Nepal 82/8 (20 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 91 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* 4 February Scorecard
| Maldives 26 (15.5 overs) | v | Bangladesh 30/2 (2.2 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* 4 February Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 99 (18.4 overs) | v | Pakistan 100/4 (18.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* 5 February Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 220/3 (20 overs) | v | Maldives 73/5 (20 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 147 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* 5 February Scorecard
| Bangladesh 156/6 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 104 (17.3 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 52 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* 6 February Scorecard
| Maldives 55 (16.4 overs) | v | Nepal 58/0 (7 overs) |
* Nepal won by 10 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

## Finals
### Bronze medal play-off

* 7 February Scorecard
| Nepal 147/6 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 148/8 (19.3 overs) |
| Pradeep Airee 52* (45) Kamran Hussain 2/21 (4 overs) | | Rameez Alam 33* (28) Chandra Sawad 3/19 (3 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 2 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 7 February Scorecard
| Bangladesh 157/7 (20 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 151 (19.5 overs) |
| Anamul Haque 43 (38) Sachith Pathirana 2/22 (4 overs) | | Lahiru Thirimanne 39 (34) Sabbir Rahman 4/31 (3.5 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 6 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Ashan Priyanjan | Sri Lanka | 211 | 5 | 52.75 | 92* | 0 | 1 |
| Mithun Ali | Bangladesh | 127 | 5 | 25.40 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Amin | Pakistan | 116 | 5 | 29.00 | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| Dilshan Munaweera | Sri Lanka | 110 | 5 | 22.00 | 63 | 0 | 1 |
| Ali Asad | Pakistan | 105 | 4 | 35.00 | 45* | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| Subashis Roy | Bangladesh | 19.0 | 10 | 10.10 | 11.4 | 5.31 | 4/6 |
| Kamran Hussain | Pakistan | 19.0 | 10 | 11.30 | 11.4 | 5.94 | 3/25 |
| Sabbir Rahman | Bangladesh | 6.4 | 7 | 5.42 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 4/31 |
| Sunzamul Islam | Bangladesh | 18.0 | 7 | 14.57 | 15.4 | 5.66 | 3/22 |
| Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka | 18.0 | 7 | 16.28 | 15.4 | 6.33 | 2/26 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
| | Bangladesh | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nepal | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Maldives | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |