Malaysia Cricket to host 2023 ACC Men’s U19 Premier Cup (U19 Asia Cup Qualifier) in October

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) have announced the tournament calendars for 2023 and 2024, with senior Men’s, senior Women’s, U19 Men’s and Emerging events stacked up for the next two (2) years and giving ample opportunities for Associate member countries in the region to play in competitions in both T20 and 50-overs formats.

The U19 Men’s Asia Cup 2023 tournament structure and qualification pathway have been announced. The ACC Men’s U19 Premier Cup (U19 Asia Cup Qualifier) will be competed by sixteen (16) Associate member countries from the Asian region (also includes U19 teams from Japan and Indonesia as invitees from the East Asia-Pacific region), through which the Finalists and the 3rd placed team will qualify for the 2023 ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup in Pakistan in December. All the matches in the U19 Premier Cup tournament will be played in the 50-overs format across three (3) venues in Malaysia from October 12th – 24th, 2023, namely YSD-UKM Oval, Bayuemas Oval and Dato Dr Harjit Singh Johor Cricket Council & Academy Oval.

U19 Men’s Premier Cup (Winner, Runners-up and 3rd placed team qualify for U19 Men’s Asia Cup)

Group A: Nepal U19, Bahrain U19, Saudi Arabia U19 and Iran U19

Group B: UAE U19, Oman U19, Qatar U19 and China U19

Group C: Singapore U19, Kuwait U19, Thailand U19 and Maldives U19

Group D: Hong Kong U19, Malaysia U19, Japan U19 and Indonesia U19

2023 ACC Men’s U19 Premier Cup Schedule

12th October 2023: Bahrain U19 vs Saudi Arabia U19 (Scorecard) ; Nepal U19 vs Iran U19 (Scorecard) ; Singapore U19 vs Maldives U19 (Scorecard)

13th October 2023: UAE U19 vs China U19 (Scorecard) ; Oman U19 vs Qatar U19 (Scorecard) ; Kuwait U19 vs Thailand U19 (Scorecard)

14th October 2023: Malaysia U19 vs Japan U19 (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong U19 vs Indonesia U19 (Scorecard)

15th October 2023: Nepal U19 vs Bahrain U19 (Scorecard) ; Saudi Arabia U19 vs Iran U19 (Scorecard) ; Singapore U19 vs Kuwait U19 (Scorecard)

16th October 2023: Qatar U19 vs China U19 (Scorecard) ; UAE U19 vs Oman U19 (Scorecard) ; Thailand U19 vs Maldives U19 (Scorecard)

17th October 2023: Japan U19 vs Indonesia U19 (Scorecard) ; Bahrain U19 vs Iran U19 (Scorecard)

18th October 2023: Oman U19 vs China U19 (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong U19 vs Malaysia U19 (Scorecard) ; Kuwait U19 vs Maldives U19 (Scorecard)

19th October 2023: UAE U19 vs Qatar U19 (Scorecard) ; Nepal U19 vs Saudi Arabia U19 (Scorecard) ; Singapore U19 vs Thailand U19 (Scorecard)

20th October 2023: Malaysia U19 vs Indonesia U19 (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong U19 vs Japan U19 (Scorecard)

22nd October 2023: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)

23rd October 2023: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)

Squads

Oman Men U19: Aditya Gurumukhi (Captain), Aryan Bisht, Narayana Satish, Mustaqeem Asif, Ashish Valappil, Rahil Habibulla, Varshieth Sai, Prathiesh HR, Arafat Islam, Giriharan K, Aditya Girish, Saumya Sampat, Adharsh Srinivasan and Wajih Abbas

Japan Men U19: Koji Hardgrave-Abe (Captain), Chihaya Arakawa, Shotaro Hiratsuka, Charles Hinze, Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Hugo Kelly, Daniel Panckhurst, Nihar Parmar, Aditya Phadke, Nikhil Pol, Tomo Rear, Rithvik Sivakumar, Aarav Tiwari and Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake

Iran Men U19: Dadrahman Raeisi (Captain), Salim Taal, Samaan Sheikhi, Salman Niazmand, Amer Khorsand, Armin Balouchi, Abdollah Derakhshandeh, Arsalan Sheikhi, Esmaeil Bajarzehi, Farhan Bahak, Saber Ebrahimpour, Hanzaleh Derakhshandeh, Zeid Raeisi and Sobhan Niazmand

Malaysia Men U19: M.Rifqi Iman (Captain), Muhammad Aalif, Mohamad Aras Azmi, Muhammad Akram, Mohammad Hariz Afnan, Haziq Haiqal Idris, Muhammad Aiman Zaquan, Muhammad Azri Azhar, Mohammad Hairil, Adeshlie Alias, Ahmad Arif Yusuf, Muhammad Syahir Syamael, Hamzah Panggi and Muhammad Ashraf

Nepal Men U19: Dev Khanal (Captain), Aakash Tripathi, Aakash Chand, Arjun Kumal, Dipak Bohara, Subhash Bhandari, Deepak Bohara, Bishal KC, Uttam Thapa Magar, Milan Bohara, Dipak Dumre, Dipesh Kandel, Hemant Dhami and Durgesh Gupta

Kuwait Men U19: Jude Christopher (Captain), Jay Maheshkumar, Rudransh Panchal, Arsh Sahil, Muhammad Aqif, Hassan Khan, Kandarp Tushar, Mohammed Arman, Gautam Mohandas, Vedant Pradeep, Het Koshorbhai, Habier Ali, Henry Thomas and Mohamed Raashiq

Thailand Men U19: Chaloemwonh Chatphaisan (Captain), Anucha Kalasi, Ashirvad Narayan, Boohi Martinez, Danuphon Fuangpotpinit, Jirasak Pakhiadkajee, Khanitson Namchaikul, Mohan Dugar, Natpakhan Manowon, Phanuwat Desungnoen, Siriphum Sonthi, Sitthikarn Klahan, Supakorn Uamcharoen and Wiraphan Ngowhuad

Singapore Men U19: Jeevan Santhanam (Captain), Shreyan Pattnaik, Aryaveer Chaudhary, Hariharan Ramani, Kabir Biren, Pranav Dhanuka, Adwitya Bhargava, Vihaan Hampihallikar, Venkatesan Thiyanesh, Harsha Bharadwaj, Aaryan Modi, Aaryan Menon, Rahil Khan and Pratham Somani

Hong Kong Men U19: Ahan Trivedi (Captain), Aarez Dar, Abdul Samad Khan, Aliyaan Mohammad, Ansh Doshi, Arya Panjwani, Aryan Chandirmani, Danny Mapp, Darsh Vora, Harry Hodgson, Jayden Botfield, Mudassar Khan, Paraspreet Singh and Shiv Mathur

United Arab Emirates Men U19: Aayan Afzal Khan (Captain), Akshat Rai, Ammar Badami, Aryan Saxena, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Hardik Pai, Harit Shetty, Harshit Seth, Maroof Merchant, Muhammad Ismail, Tanish Suri and Yayin Kiran Rai

Bahrain Men U19: Abhinav Girish (Captain), Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Ali, Anas Obaid, Ayan Obaid, Muhammad Basil, Faisal Rahim, Mounish Swamy, Mohammed Rehaan, Rishabh Ramesh, Sai Sarthak, Shashank Shekhar, Wazir Ahmad and Vishwaesh Gurumurthy

Maldives Men U19: Rayan Tholal Mohamed (Captain), Abdulla Ibrahim Mabsar, Khalaf Khaleel Adam, Shaadin Hussain, Alyan Aneel Ahmed, Sulaiman Mohamed, Miuvaan Shifaau Mohamed, Naisam Nisah Ahmed, Yaneeu Ahmed Ali, Azooz Mohamed Ibrahim, Layaan Ali, Naveel Abdul Mohamed, Manu Naseer Mohamed and Mohamed Saabir Siraj