ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024: Full schedule, squads, match timings, and live-streaming details
The ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 is all set to take place from October 18 to 27. The Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat, Oman will host the much-anticipated eight-team tournament, consisting of future stars. The tournament will be held in the T20 format for the first time.
United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan A, India A, Bangladesh A, Oman, Hong Kong, Pakistan A and Sri Lanka A will participate in the competition.
Interestingly, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Hong Kong qualified for the tournament through their impressive performances in the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup. India A are clubbed with Pakistan A, UAE and Oman in Group A.
The last edition of the continental event saw Pakistan A secure a 128-run victory against India to lift the title. Avishka Fernando (255) and Nishant Sindhu (11) were the top batter and wicket-taker, respectively.
So far, there have been only five editions (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023) of the competition, with Pakistan and Sri Lanka winning twice and India securing a solitary title victory.
Eight teams are divided into two groups and each of them will play three games in the league stage, followed by the semi-finals and finals.
India A will be led by left-hander Tilak Varma while opening batter Abhishek Sharma will be his deputy. The team has the presence of skilled spinners, Rahul Chahar and Sai Kishore.
Talented wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris has been announced as Pakistan A’s skipper. He will have the support of pacers Shahnawaz Dahani and Zaman Khan.
On that note, let’s check out the schedule, squad and live-streaming channel details of the tournament.
ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024: Full Schedule & Match Timings (All Times in IST)
Friday, October 18
Bangladesh A vs Hong Kong - 2:30 PM
Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A - 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 19
Oman vs UAE - 2:30 PM
India A vs Pakistan A - 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 20
Sri Lanka A vs Hong Kong - 2:30 PM
Bangladesh A vs Afghanistan A - 7:00 PM
Monday, October 21
Oman vs Pakistan A - 2:30 PM
India A vs UAE - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, October 22
Afghanistan A vs Hong Kong - 2:30 PM
Sri Lanka A vs Bangladesh A - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 23
Pakistan A vs UAE - 2:30 PM
Oman vs India A - 7:00 PM
Friday, October 25
Semifinal 1 - 2:30 PM
Semifinal 2 - 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 27
Final - 7:00 PM IST
ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024: Telecast & Live Streaming Details
Although there will be no TV telecast the ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 will be live-streamed on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.
ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024: Full Squads
At the time of writing, six teams have announced their squads for the tournament while Oman and United Arab Emirates are yet to make their team public.
Afghanistan A
Sediqullah Atal (c), Qais Ahmad, Zubaid Akbari, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Karim Janat, Nangialai Kharoti, Abdul Rahman Rahmani, Shahidullah, Bilal Sami, Numan Shah (wk), Wafiullah Tarakhil.
Hong Kong
Nizakat Khan (c), Yasim Murtaza (vc), Zeeshan Ali, Martin Coetzee, Babar Hayat, Rajab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan, Nasrulla Rana, Anshuman Rath, Ayush Shukla, Darsh Vora.
Pakistan A
Mohammad Haris (c), Abbas Afridi, Qasim Akram, Ahmed Daniyal, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Imran, Haseebullah Khan, Yasir Khan, Zaman Khan, Arafat Minhas, Sufiyan Moqim, Mehran Mumtaz, Abdul Samad, Omair Yousuf.
India A
Tilak Varma (c), Abhishek Sharma (vc), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Ramandeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat (wk), Sai Kishore, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Anshul Kamboj, Aquib Khan, Rasik Salam.
Sri Lanka A
Lahiru Udara, Yashoda Lanka, Lasith Croospulle, Nuwanidu Fernando, Sahan Arachchige, Pawan Rathnayake, Eshan Malinga, Dinura Kalupahana, Nipun Ransika, Isitha Wijesundara, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Kavindu Nadeeshan, Nimesh Vimukthi, Dushan Hemantha, Ramesh Mendis.
Bangladesh A
Akbar Ali (c), Saif Hassan (vc), Parvez Hossain Emon, Naim Sheikh, Jishan Alam, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby, Rakibul Hasan, Aliss Al Islam, Wasi Siddiquee, Abu Hider Rony, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Ripon Mondol, Maruf Mridha Reserves: Jaker Ali Anik, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasum Ahmed
Oman
Aqib Ilyas (captain), Shakeel Ahmed, Pratik Athavale (wk), Siddharth Bukkapatnam, Khalid Kail, Kaleemullah, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Zeeshan Maqsood, Sufyan Mehmood, Hammad Mirza (wk), Kashyap Prajapati, Rafiullah, Muzahir Raza, Jatinder Singh.
United Arab Emirates
Basil Hameed (captain), Aryansh Sharma, Ansh Tandon, Dhruv Parashar, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Haider Shah, Muhammad Jawadullah, Nilansh Keswani, Omid Rahman, Rahul Chopra, Raja Akifullah, Sanchit Sharma, Tanish Suri and Vishnu Sukumaran.