Men’s National teams from Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qualifiers 1 & 2 (Saudi Arabia and Cambodia) from ACC Men’s Challenger Cup 2024 tournament (to be hosted by Cricket Association of Thailand) will compete in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2024 tournament (Asia Cup Qualifier) from April 10th – 23rd, 2024, to be hosted by Oman Cricket (OC) at the ovals in Al Amerat. The Winner of the Premier Cup tournament will qualify for the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025 tournament, while the Winner, Runners-up and 3rd placed teams will qualify for the ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup 2024 tournament in October 2024. Group A of the Premier Cup will feature teams from Nepal, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia (from Challenger Cup), while Group B of the Premier Cup will feature teams from UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Cambodia (from Challenger Cup).
ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2024 Schedule
12th April 2024: Nepal vs Malaysia (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong vs Qatar (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Kuwait (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Bahrain (Scorecard)
13th April 2024: Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia (Scorecard) ; Nepal vs Qatar (Scorecard) ; Kuwait vs Cambodia (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Bahrain (Scorecard)
14th April 2024: Saudi Arabia vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) ; Cambodia vs Oman (Scorecard)
15th April 2024: Qatar vs Malaysia (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Bahrain vs Kuwait (Scorecard) ; Oman vs UAE (Scorecard)
16th April 2024: Qatar vs Saudi Arabia (Scorecard) ; Bahrain vs Cambodia (Scorecard)
17th April 2024: Malaysia vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) ; Nepal vs Saudi Arabia (Scorecard) ; Kuwait vs Oman (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Cambodia (Scorecard)
19th April 2024: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)
20th April 2024: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard)
21st April 2024: FINAL (Scorecard)
ACC Men’s Premier Cup Pre-Tour Schedule
05th – 06th April 2024: Hong Kong vs UAE (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Hong Kong (Scorecard)
08th April 2024: Hong Kong vs UAE (Scorecard) ; Bahrain vs Oman A (Scorecard)
09th – 10th April 2024: Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain (Scorecard) ; Oman A vs Kuwait (Scorecard) ; Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia (Scorecard)
ACC Men’s Premier Cup Squads
Hong Kong, China: Nizakat Khan (Captain), Yasim Murtaza, Adit Gorawara, Aizaz Khan, Anshuman Rath, Ateeq Iqbal, Ayush Shukla, Babar Hayat, Dhananjay Rao, Ehsan Khan, Martin Coetzee, Nasrulla Rana, Raunaq Kapur and Zeeshan Ali
Bahrain: Haider Ali (Captain), Sohail Ahmed, Junaid Aziz Khan, Ahmer Bin Nasir, Muhammed Rizwan Butt, Ali Dawood, Imran Javed Anwer, Abdul Majid Abbasi, Sathaiyah Veerapathiran, Umer Imtiaz, Abdul Majid Malik, Ubaid Murtaza Minhas, Sarfraz Ali and Imran Ali Butt
United Arab Emirates: Muhammad Waseem (Captain), Aayan Afzal Khan, Alishan Sharafu, Ali Naseer, Asif Khan, Basil Hameed, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Haider Shah, Omid Rahman, Rahul Bhatia, Raja Akif, Tanish Suri and Vishnu Sukumaran
Kuwait: Mohammad Aslam (Captain), Adnan Idrees, Bilal Tahir, Clinto Anto, Ilyas Ahmed, Meet Bhavsar, Muhammad Umar, Nimish Lathief, Parvinder Kumar, Ravija Sandaruwan, Shahrukh Quddus, Sayed Monib, Usman Ghani and Yasin Patel
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Sundeep Jora, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Pratis GC, Bibek Yadav, Abinash Bohara, Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Kushal Malla, Asif Sheikh and Anil Sah
Oman: Zeeshan Maqsood (Captain), Aaqib Ilyas, Kashyap Prajapati, Ayaan Khan, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Naseem, Rafi Ullah, Khalid Kail, Bilal Khan, Fayyaz Butt, Kaleemullah, Shakeel Ahmad, Mehran Khan and Pratik Athavale
Qatar: Muhammad Tanveer (Captain), Mohammad Irshad, Gayan Buddika, Himanshu Rathod, Musawar Shah, Kamran Khan, Mirza Adnan Ali, Muhammad Ikramullah, Amir Farooq, Rifayi Theruvath, Muhammad Jabir, Shahzaib Jamil, Saqlain Arshad and Mohammad Ahnaff
Malaysia: Virandeep Singh (Captain), Ahmad Faiz, Syed Aziz, Vijay Unni, Amir Azim, Sharvin Muniyandy, Wafiq Irfan, Nazmus Sakib, Ainool Hafizs, Rizwan Haider, Khizar Hayat, Zubaidi Zulkifle, Pavandeep Singh and Aqeel Wahid
Saudi Arabia: Hisham Shaikh (Captain), Abdul Waheed, Abdul Manan Ali, Faisal Khan, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Atif ur-Rehman, Usman Khalid, Usman Najeeb, Waji ul Hassan, Saad Khan, Usman Ali, Zail ul Abidin, Kashif Abbas and Muhammad Ahmad Raza
Cambodia: Lugman Butt (Captain), Viraj Raddella, Utkarsh Jain, Uday Sing Hathinjar, Phon Bunthean, Te Senglong, Asanka Kumara, Salvin Stanly, Anish Prasad, Etienne Beukes, Ghulam Murtaza, Lakshit Gupta, Ram Sharan, Sharwan Godara, Pel Vannak and Chanthoeun Rathanak
