Dates | 13 – 23 July 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | Sri Lanka |
Champions | Pakistan A (2nd title) |
Runners-up | India A |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 15 |
Player of the series | Nishant Sindhu |
Most runs | Avishka Fernando (255) |
Most wickets | Nishant Sindhu (11) |
The 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the fifth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. It took place from 13 to 23 July 2023 in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]
The tournament featured a total of 8 teams which included 5 'A' teams of the full members of the Asian Cricket Council; and the top 3 teams from the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup; where 'A' teams from UAE and Oman; and Nepal national cricket team took part. Pakistan A won the tournament, beating India A by 128 runs in the final.
In January 2023, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the pathway structure and calendar for 2023 and 2024, where they confirmed the dates and format of the tournament. [3] They later announced the fixtures of the tournament on the first week of July. [4]
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Afghanistan A [5] | Bangladesh A [6] | India A [7] | Pakistan A [8] |
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Sri Lanka A [9] | Nepal [10] | Oman A [11] | United Arab Emirates A [12] |
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Prior to the start of the tournament, Nepal's Aarif Sheikh was ruled out of the tournament and was replaced by Pawan Sarraf.
Fixtures of the tournament was announced by ACC on 6 July 2023. [13]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sri Lanka A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.693 |
2 | Bangladesh A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.263 |
3 | Afghanistan A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.416 |
4 | Oman A | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −3.243 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | India A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.928 |
2 | Pakistan A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.471 |
3 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.751 |
4 | United Arab Emirates A | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.456 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
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Kamran Ghulam 63 (53) Jash Giyanani 4/50 (10 overs) |
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Kushal Bhurtel 71 (43) Mohammed Faraazuddin 5/36 (6 overs) |
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Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | Sri Lanka A | 262 (45.4) | |||||||
B2 | Pakistan A | 322 (50) | |||||||
B2 | Pakistan A | 352/8 (50) | |||||||
B1 | India A | 224 (40) | |||||||
B1 | India A | 211 (49.1) | |||||||
A2 | Bangladesh A | 160 (34.2) |
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Star Sports Network broadcast in Indian Subcontinent. Live Streaming [14] in India on Fancode. [15]
Location | Television broadcaster(s) | Streaming |
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India Nepal Sri Lanka Bangladesh | Cable/satellite(pay): Star Sports (Indian TV network) [16] | Fancode (India only) |
Oman Nepal Afghanistan Pakistan UAE | Asian Cricket Council Official YouTube Channel [17] | |
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