# 2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup

The 2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup was an international cricket tournament that was held between 25 and 30 January 2015 in the United Arab Emirates. Oman won the round-robin tournament and qualified for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, along with Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Nepal and UAE who did not play in this tournament as their T20I status had qualified them directly to the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held in Ireland and Scotland. The full members of the ACC (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) automatically qualify for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

## Squads

| Kuwait | Malaysia | Maldives | Oman | Saudi Arabia | Singapore |
| Aamir Javed Abid Mushtaq Ali Zaheer Bilal Ahmed Faizan Ali Haroon Shahid Hisham Mirza Kashif Sharif Khalid Butt Mohammad Amin Mohammed Ghulam Muhammad Irfan Raheel Khan Sibtain Raza | Ahmed Faiz(C) Virandeep Singh Derek Duraisingam Hammadullah Khan Hassan Ghulam Imran ullah Gul Khizar Hayat Pavandeep Singh Aminuddin Ramly Shafiq Sharif Shahrulnizam Yusof Suhan Alagaratnam Suharril Fetri Muhammad Ramli | Abdullah Shahid Afzal Faiz Ahmed Ameel Ahmed Hassan Hassan Ibrahim Mihusan Hamid Mohamed Azzam Mohamed Rishwan Mohamed Mahfooz Muawiyath Ghanee Leem Shafeeg Shafraz Jaleel Shunan Ali Umar Adam | Aamir Kaleem Adnan Ilyas Amir Ali Munis Ansari Gayash Dias Jatinder Singh Ajay Lalcheta Muhammad Saeed Rajeshkumar Ranpura Shuaib Al Balushi Sufyan Mehmood Sultan Ahmed(C) Vaibhav Wategaonkar Zeeshan Maqsood | Shoaib Ali (C) Abdul Waheed Adnan Liaquat Babar Hussain Bilal Butt Faheem Afrad Hammad Saeed Ibrarul Haq Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Nadeem Mohsin Shabbir Nasir Abbasi Shahbaz Rasheed Zuhair Bukhari | Abhiraj Singh Amjad Mahboob Suresh Appusamy Nishant Chugh Archit Goenka Christopher Janik Chaminda Ruwan Irfan Madakia Mohamed Shoib Arjun Mutreja Anish Paraam Rohan Rangarajan Saad Janjua Deepak Sarika Varun Sivaram Chetan Suryawanshi Selladore Vijayakumar |

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Oman | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.815 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.125 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.163 |
| 4 | Singapore | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.550 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.183 |
| 6 | Maldives | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.288 |
Points Table:
    Won - 2 points
    Lost - 0 points
    Tie or No Result- 1 points

## Fixtures

* 25 January 10:00 Scorecard
| Malaysia 156/6 (20 overs) | v | Maldives 100 (19.5 overs) |
| Ahmed Faiz 80 (54) Hassan Ibrahim 3/22 (4 overs) | | Mohamed Rishwan 36 (29) Derek Duraisingam 3/11 (3.5 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 56 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Sharjah Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) and Shabbir Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Ahmed Faiz (Malaysia)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 January 10:00 Scorecard
| Oman 167/5 (20 overs) | v | Saudi Arabia 116 (19.1 overs) |
| Jatinder Singh 45 (31) Mohammad Nadeem 1/22 (4 overs) | | Babar Hussain 24 (22) Ajay Lalcheta 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Oman won by 51 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Ajay Lalcheta (Oman)
* Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
* 25 January 14:00 Scorecard
| Kuwait 160/8 (20 overs) | v | Singapore 150/9 (20 overs) |
| Usman Waheed 54* (34) Suresh Appusamy 1/21 (4 overs) | | Kshitij Shinde 43* (44) Khalid Butt 4/26 (4 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 10 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Vinay Kumar (Nepal) Player of the match: Khalid Butt (Kuwait)
* Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 January 10:00 Scorecard
| Kuwait 159 (19.5 overs) | v | Saudi Arabia 156/8 (20 overs) |
| Aamir Javed 44 (26) Shoaib Ali 6/55 (4 overs) | | Mohsin Shabbir 44* (42) Sibtain Raza 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 3 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shabbir Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Kashif Sharif (Kuwait)
* Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 January 10:00 Scorecard
| Singapore 128/8 (20 overs) | v | Maldives 60 (13.3 overs) |
| Saad Janjua 38 (32) Ahmed Hassan 3/22 (4 overs) | | Abdullah Shahid 21 (19) Suresh Appusamy 4/16 (4 overs) |
* Singapore won by 68 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nepal) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE) Player of the match: Suresh Appusamy (Singapore)
* Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 January 14:00 Scorecard
| Oman 192/3 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 146/7 (20 overs) |
| Jatinder Singh 62 (41) Suharril Fetri 1/10 (3 overs) | | Suhan Alagaratnam 34 (21) Aamir Kaleem 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Oman won by 46 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) and Vinay Kumar (Nepal) Player of the match: Jatinder Singh (Oman)
* Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 January 10:00 Scorecard
| Singapore 198/9 (20 overs) | v | Oman 175/9 (20 overs) |
| Arjun Mutreja 79 (45) Ajay Lalcheta 3/30 (4 overs) | | Jatinder Singh 70 (37) Selladore Vijayakumar 4/20 (4 overs) |
* Singapore won by 23 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Sharjah Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nepal) and Shabbir Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Arjun Mutreja (Singapore)
* Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 January 10:00 Scorecard
| Maldives 138/9 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 143/1 (8.5 overs) |
| Afzal Faiz 34 (35) Sibtain Raza 5/27 (4 overs) | | Mohammed Irfan 63* (26) Mohamed Mahfooz 1/31 (3 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 9 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Sibtain Raza (Kuwait)
* Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 January 14:00 Scorecard
| Saudi Arabia 176/6 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 133/9 (20 overs) |
| Nasir Abbasi 65 (34) Hassan Ghulam 3/22 (4 overs) | | Suhan Alagaratnam 33 (24) Shoaib Ali 5/19 (4 overs) |
* Saudi Arabia won by 43 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE) Player of the match: Shoaib Ali (Saudi Arabia)
* Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 29 January 9:30 Scorecard
| Maldives 102/6 (20 overs) | v | Oman 103/3 (9.1 overs) |
| Abdullah Shahid 24 (20) Aamir Kaleem 3/17 (4 overs) | | Adnan Ilyas 57* (21) Ahmed Hassan 2/18 (3 overs) |
* Oman won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) Player of the match: Adnan Ilyas (Oman)
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* 29 January 13:00 Scorecard
| Saudi Arabia 146/9 (20 overs) | v | Singapore 138/7 (20 overs) |
| Hammad Saeed 30 (15) Amjad Mahboob 2/22 (4 overs) | | Chaminda Ruwan 45 (40) Shoaib Ali 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Saudi Arabia won by 8 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE) Player of the match: Hammad Saeed (Saudi Arabia)
* Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 29 January 16:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 190/6 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 191/8 (19.3 overs) |
| Suhan Alagaratnam 86 (45) Kashif Sharif 2/24 (4 overs) | | Aamir Javed 60 (25) Khizar Hayat 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 2 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Aamir Javed (Kuwait)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 January 09:30 Scorecard
| Maldives 73 (18.1 overs) | v | Saudi Arabia 74/7 (17.2 overs) |
| Ahmed Hassan 14 (26) Adnan Liaquat 3/11 (3.1 overs) | | Shoaib Ali 30* (37) Ahmed Hassan 4/15 (4 overs) |
* Saudi Arabia won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) Player of the match: Shoaib Ali (Saudi Arabia)
* Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 January 13:00 Scorecard
| Oman 149/8 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 138/9 (20 overs) |
| Adnan Ilyas 26 (14) Hisham Mirza 2/20 (4 overs) | | Abid Mushtaq 31* (23) Aamir Kaleem 3/18 (4 overs) |
* Oman won by 11 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE) Player of the match: Aamir Kaleem (Oman)
* Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
* 30 January 16:30 Scorecard
| Singapore 140 (19.5 overs) | v | Malaysia 144/4 (18 overs) |
| Anish Paraam 37 (31) Hassan Ghulam 3/23 (4 overs) | | Ahmed Faiz 56* (32) Amjad Mahboob 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) Player of the match: Ahmed Faiz (Malaysia)
* Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final standing

| Position | Team | Status |
| 1 | Oman | Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier |
| 2 | Kuwait | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | |
| 4 | Singapore | |
| 5 | Malaysia | |
| 6 | Maldives | |

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Aamir Javed | Kuwait | 229 | 5 | 57.25 | 60 | 0 | 2 |
| Jatinder Singh | Oman | 204 | 5 | 40.80 | 70 | 0 | 2 |
| Ahmed Faiz | Malaysia | 198 | 5 | 49.50 | 80 | 0 | 2 |
| Suhan Alagaratnam | Malaysia | 174 | 5 | 34.80 | 86 | 0 | 1 |
| Kshitij Shinde | Singapore | 168 | 5 | 84.00 | 43* | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

The top five wicket takers, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average, are listed in this table.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| Shoaib Ali | Saudi Arabia | 19.0 | 15 | 9.46 | 7.6 | 7.47 | 6/55 |
| Aamir Kaleem | Oman | 19.1 | 10 | 10.40 | 11.5 | 5.42 | 3/17 |
| Ahmed Hassan | Maldives | 15.0 | 9 | 9.77 | 10.0 | 5.86 | 4/15 |
| Ajay Lalcheta | Oman | 20.0 | 9 | 13.88 | 13.3 | 6.25 | 3/22 |
| Rajesh Ranpura | Oman | 19.0 | 9 | 14.77 | 12.6 | 7.00 | 3/38 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo