# 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

The 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the sixth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup that was played in October 2024 in Muscat, Oman. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including 'A' teams from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh as well as 3 qualifiers from the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup. The tournament was organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Afghanistan A won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka A by 7 wickets in the final.

## Teams

The teams were placed in the following groups.
| Group A | Group B |
| Afghanistan A Bangladesh A  Hong Kong Sri Lanka A | India A  Oman Pakistan Shaheens  United Arab Emirates |

## Squads

| Afghanistan A | Bangladesh A | Hong Kong | India A |
| Darwish Rasooli (c) Qais Ahmad Sharafuddin Ashraf Sediqullah Atal Faridoon Dawoodzai Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Karim Janat Nangialai Kharoti Abdul Rahman Rahmani Bilal Sami Numan Shah (wk) Shahidullah Wafiullah Tarakhil | Akbar Ali (c, wk) Saif Hassan (vc) Jishan Alam Aliss Islam Rakibul Hasan Abu Hider Parvez Hossain Emon Shamim Hossain Towhid Hridoy Ripon Mondol Maruf Mridha Mohammad Naim Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby Rejaur Rahman Raja Wasi Siddiquee | Nizakat Khan (c) Yasim Murtaza (vc) Zeeshan Ali (wk) Martin Coetzee Babar Hayat Rajab Hussain Ateeq Iqbal Aizaz Khan Anas Khan Ehsan Khan Nasrulla Rana Anshuman Rath Ayush Shukla Darsh Vora | Tilak Varma (c) Vaibhav Arora Ayush Badoni Rahul Chahar Anshul Kamboj Sai Kishore Aaqib Khan Anuj Rawat (wk) Rasikh Salam Nishant Sindhu Prabhsimran Singh (wk) Ramandeep Singh Abhishek Sharma Hrithik Shokeen Nehal Wadhera |
| Oman | Pakistan Shaheens | Sri Lanka A | United Arab Emirates |
| Jatinder Singh (c, wk) Shakeel Ahmed Wasim Ali Aryan Bisht Sandeep Goud Aamir Kaleem Mehran Khan Sufyan Mehmood Hammad Mirza (wk) Mohammad Nadeem Jay Odedra Muzahir Raza Samay Shrivastava Bukkapatnam Siddharth Karan Sonavale | Mohammad Haris (c, wk) Abdul Samad Abbas Afridi Qasim Akram Haider Ali Shahnawaz Dahani Ahmed Daniyal Mohammad Imran Haseebullah Khan (wk) Yasir Khan Zaman Khan Arafat Minhas Mehran Mumtaz Sufiyan Muqeem Omair Yousuf | Nuwanidu Fernando (c) Sahan Arachchige Lasith Croospulle Dushan Hemantha Dinura Kalupahana Yashodha Lanka Pramod Madushan Eshan Malinga Ramesh Mendis Kavindu Nadeeshan Pavan Rathnayake Lahiru Udara (wk) Nimesh Vimukthi Ahan Wickramasinghe Isitha Wijesundara | Basil Hameed (c) Rahul Chopra Muhammad Farooq Muhammad Jawadullah Nilansh Keswani Mayank Kumar Dhruv Parashar Omid Shafi Rahman Akif Raja Syed Haider (wk) Aryansh Sharma (wk) Sanchit Sharma Vishnu Sukumaran Tanish Suri (wk) Ansh Tandon |
Afghanistan also named Bashir Ahmad, Hassan Eisakhil, Sediqullah Pacha and Mohammad Saleem as reserve players.

## Warm-up matches

Before the start of the tournament, Afghanistan A played two warm-up matches against Oman A, followed by a T20 Tri-series involving hosts Oman A, Hong Kong and Afghanistan A.
Warm-up matches :
9 October 2024 13:30 Scorecard
Afghanistan A 143 (19.4 overs)
v
Oman A 144/3 (18.3 overs)
Sharafuddin Ashraf 53* (35) Rafiullah 4/30 (4 overs)
Shoaib Khan 64 (43) Nangialai Kharoti 1/17 (3 overs)
Oman A won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat
Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to bat.
10 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
Afghanistan A 190/6 (20 overs)
v
Oman A 184/6 (20 overs)
Zubaid Akbari 56 (37) Sufyan Mehmood 3/24 (4 overs)
Vinayak Shukla 74 (41) Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar 3/25 (4 overs)
Afghanistan A won by 6 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat
Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to bat. :

## Tri-nation Series
### Round-robin
#### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Afghanistan A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.715 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.198 | Advanced to the final |
| 3 | Oman A | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.225 | |

#### Fixtures

* 12 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Oman A 147/9 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 152/8 (20 overs) |
| Zeeshan Maqsood 60* (45) Ayush Shukla 3/14 (3 overs) | | Anshuman Rath 61 (48) Kaleemullah 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 2 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Azad KR (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
* 13 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 111/9 (20 overs) | v | Afghanistan A 116/3 (13.5 overs) |
| Nasrulla Rana 42 (35) Karim Janat 3/17 (4 overs) | | Karim Janat 47* (27) Yasim Murtaza 2/19 (3 overs) |
* Afghanistan A won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat
* Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.
* 14 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Afghanistan A 211/3 (20 overs) | v | Oman A 167/7 (20 overs) |
| Darwish Rasooli 109* (57) Shakeel Ahmed 1/34 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Khan 62 (43) Karim Janat 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Afghanistan A won by 44 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat
* Oman A won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 15 October 2024 13:00
| Afghanistan A | v | Hong Kong |
* Match abandoned Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat
* No toss
* No play was possible due to rain.

## Group stage

The fixtures were announced by ACC on 20 September 2024.

### Group A
#### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Sri Lanka A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.833 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Afghanistan A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.212 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 3 | Bangladesh A | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.211 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.844 | |

#### Fixtures

* 18 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 150/8 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh A 151/5 (18.2 overs) |
| Babar Hayat 85 (61) Ripon Mondol 4/24 (4 overs) | | Akbar Ali 45 (24) Ehsan Khan 3/12 (4 overs) |
* Bangladesh A won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ripon Mondol (Bangladesh A)
* Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to field.
* Jishan Alam and Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (Bangladesh A) both made their T20 debuts.
* 18 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Afghanistan A 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Sri Lanka A 155 (19.3 overs) |
| Sediqullah Atal 83 (46) Dushan Hemantha 6/23 (4 overs) | | Nuwanidu Fernando 51 (32) Faridoon Dawoodzai 3/40 (4 overs) |
* Afghanistan A won by 11 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Sediqullah Atal (Afghanistan A)
* Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to field.
* Dushan Hemantha (Sri Lanka A) took his first five-wicket haul in T20s.
* 20 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka A 178/5 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 136/7 (20 overs) |
| Yashodha Lanka 56 (44) Ateeq Iqbal 2/26 (4 overs) | | Yasim Murtaza 44 (31) Nipun Ransika 3/17 (3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka A won by 42 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Nasir Hussain (Pak) Player of the match: Yashodha Lanka (Sri Lanka A)
* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
* 20 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Bangladesh A 164/4 (20 overs) | v | Afghanistan A 165/6 (19.1 overs) |
| Parvez Hossain Emon 54 (32) Sharafuddin Ashraf 1/9 (2 overs) | | Sediqullah Atal 95* (55) Ripon Mondol 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Afghanistan A won by 4 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sediqullah Atal (Afghanistan A)
* Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Afghanistan A 131 (19.5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 133/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Sediqullah Atal 52 (41) Anas Khan 6/12 (3.5 overs) | | Nizakat Khan 61 (53) Abdul Rahman Rahmani 3/17 (3 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Anas Khan (HK)
* Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to bat.
* Anas Khan (HK) took his first five-wicket haul in T20s.
* 22 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka A 161/7 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh A 142/7 (20 overs) |
| Pavan Rathnayake 42 (26) Rejaur Rahman Raja 2/35 (4 overs) | | Abu Hider 38* (25) Dushan Hemantha 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka A won by 19 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Nasir Hussain (Pak) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Dushan Hemantha (Sri Lanka A)
* Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.

### Group B
#### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | India A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.481 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan Shaheens | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.017 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −3.197 | |
| 4 | Oman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.161 | |

#### Fixtures

* 19 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Oman 150/8 (20 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 151/6 (19.1 overs) |
| Jatinder Singh 54 (40) Muhammad Jawadullah 3/21 (4 overs) Muhammad Farooq 3/21 (4 overs) | | Syed Haider 44* (28) Aamir Kaleem 2/18 (4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 4 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Nasir Hussain (Pak) and Muhammad Sabir (Afg) Player of the match: Syed Haider (UAE)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
* Muzahir Raza, Karan Sonavale (Oman A) and Mayank Kumar (UAE) all made their T20 debuts.
* 19 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| India A 183/8 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan Shaheens 176/7 (20 overs) |
| Tilak Varma 44 (35) Sufiyan Muqeem 2/28 (4 overs) | | Arafat Minhas 41 (29) Anshul Kamboj 3/33 (4 overs) |
* India A won by 7 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Anshul Kamboj (India A)
* India A won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan Shaheens 185/5 (20 overs) | v | Oman 111/7 (20 overs) |
| Qasim Akram 48 (38) Muzahir Raza 2/29 (3 overs) | | Wasim Ali 28 (31) Zaman Khan 2/17 (3 overs) |
* Pakistan Shaheens won by 74 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Muhammad Sabir (Afg) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Rohail Nazir (Pakistan Shaheens)
* Pakistan Shaheens won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 107 (16.5 overs) | v | India A 111/3 (10.5 overs) |
| Rahul Chopra 50 (50) Rasikh Salam 3/15 (2 overs) | | Abhishek Sharma 58 (24) Vishnu Sukumaran 1/10 (2 overs) |
* India A won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Rasikh Salam (India A)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan Shaheens 179/4 (20 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 65 (16.3 overs) |
| Mohammad Haris 71* (49) Muhammad Farooq 3/27 (4 overs) | | Rahul Chopra 20 (18) Shahnawaz Dahani 5/12 (4 overs) |
* Pakistan Shaheens won by 114 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Chamara de Soysa (SL) Player of the match: Shahnawaz Dahani (Pakistan Shaheens)
* Pakistan Shaheens won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Oman 140/5 (20 overs) | v | India A 146/4 (15.2 overs) |
| Mohammad Nadeem 41 (49) Ramandeep Singh 1/2 (1 over) | | Ayush Badoni 51 (27) Karan Sonavale 1/9 (1 over) |
* India won by 6 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Muhammad Sabir (Afg) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Ayush Badoni (India A)
* Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Sri Lanka A | 137/3 (16.3 overs) | | | |
| B2 | Pakistan Shaheens | 135/9 (20 overs) | | | |
| B2 | Pakistan Shaheens | 135/9 (20 overs) | SF1W | Sri Lanka A | 133/7 (20 overs) |
| | | | SF2W | Afghanistan A | 134/3 (18.1 overs) |
| B1 | India A | 186/7 (20 overs) | SF2W | Afghanistan A | 134/3 (18.1 overs) |
| A2 | Afghanistan A | 206/4 (20 overs) | | | |

### Semi-finals
#### 1st semi-final

* 25 October 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan Shaheens 135/9 (20 overs) | v | Sri Lanka A 137/3 (16.3 overs) |
| Omair Yousuf 68 (46) Dushan Hemantha 4/21 (4 overs) | | Ahan Wickramasinghe 52* (46) Abbas Afridi 1/16 (3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka A won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Muhammad Sabir (Afg) Player of the match: Dushan Hemantha (Sri Lanka A)
* Pakistan Shaheens won the toss and elected to bat.

#### 2nd semi-final

* 25 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Afghanistan A 206/4 (20 overs) | v | India A 186/7 (20 overs) |
| Sediqullah Atal 83 (52) Rasikh Salam 3/25 (4 overs) | | Ramandeep Singh 64 (34) Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar 2/14 (3 overs) |
* Afghanistan A won by 20 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Chamara de Soysa (SL) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Sediqullah Atal (Afghanistan A)
* Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 27 October 2024 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka A 133/7 (20 overs) | v | Afghanistan A 134/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Sahan Arachchige 64* (47) Bilal Sami 3/22 (4 overs) | | Sediqullah Atal 55* (55) Sahan Arachchige 2/8 (2 overs) |
* Afghanistan A won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amarat Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan A)
* Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.