2023 Men's T20 World Cup Asia sub-regional qualifiers

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ^{[1] [2]} The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for Asia was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final. ^{[3] [4] [5]} The Asia region's sub-regional phase consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, hosted by Qatar Cricket Association and Malaysian Cricket Association from 28 September to 5 October and 26 July to 1 August 2023 respectively. ^[6]

Kuwait progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier A's points table. ^[7] Kuwait's Meet Bhavsar scored the most runs (262) while Saudi Arabia's Hisham Sheikh and Qatar's Himanshu Rathod took the most wickets (12 each) in the tournament.

Malaysia progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier B's points table. ^[8] Malaysia's Virandeep Singh was named player of the series while Ahmad Faiz scored the most runs (115) and Syazrul Idrus took the most wickets (10) in the tournament.

Qualifier A

2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia
sub-regional qualifier A

Dates	28 September – 5 October 2023
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format	Double round-robin
Host	Qatar
Champions	Kuwait
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Participants	4
Matches	12
Most runs	Meet Bhavsar (262) [9]
Most wickets	Hisham Sheikh (12) Himanshu Rathod (12) [10]
← 2021 2024 →

Squads for the qualifier A

Kuwait [11]	Maldives [12]	Qatar	Saudi Arabia [13]
Mohammed Aslam (c) Shiraz Khan (vc) Ilyas Ahmed Ahsan ul Haq Clinto Anto Meet Bhavsar (wk) Adnan Idrees Parvindar Kumar Nimish Lathief Sayed Monib Usman Patel (wk) Yasin Patel Shahrukh Quddus Ravija Sandaruwan Mohamed Shafeeq Bilal Tahir Ali Zaheer	Umar Adam (c) Azyan Farhath (vc) Savindra Amaradasa Mohamed Azzam (wk) Ibrahim Hassan Shaof Hassan Chandana Liyanage Wedage Malinda Ameel Mauroof Ibrahim Nashath Mohamed Rishwan Ibrahim Rizan Kaushal Rodrigo Leem Shafeeg	Muhammad Murad (c) Muhammad Tanveer (vc) Mohammad Ahnaff Yousuf Ali Uzair Amir (wk) Saqlain Arshad Mirza Mohammed Baig Bukhar Illikkal Mohammed Irshad Muhammad Jabir Ikramullah Khan Jassim Khan Bipin Kumar Imal Liyanage (wk) Adnan Mirza Himanshu Rathod	Hisham Sheikh (c) Ishtiaq Ahmad Manan Ali Ahmed Baladraf Atif-Ur-Rehman Haseeb Ghafoor (wk) Faisal Khan Saad Khan Khalander Mustafa Usman Najeeb Umair Sharif Zain Ul Abidin Waqar Ul Hassan Abdul Waheed

Qualifier A fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Kuwait	6	5	1	0	10	2.202	Advance to the regional final
2	Saudi Arabia	6	5	1	0	10	1.447
3	Qatar	6	2	4	0	4	0.349
4	Maldives	6	0	6	0	0	−4.332

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[14]

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28 September 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Qatar   123/6 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 124/3 (15.4 overs)
Imal Liyanage 46 (49) Ilyas Ahmed 2/23 (4 overs)		Ravija Sandaruwan 42 (29) Himanshu Rathod 3/20 (4 overs)

Kuwait won by 7 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
• Mohammad Ahnaff (Qat) made his T20I debut.

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28 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Saudi Arabia   172/5 (20 overs)	v	Maldives 110/7 (20 overs)
Abdul Waheed 58 (35) Ameel Mauroof 2/24 (4 overs)		Azyan Farhath 43 (44) Hisham Sheikh 4/12 (4 overs)

Saudi Arabia won by 62 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Hisham Sheikh (Sau)

• Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Savindra Amaradasa, Kaushal Rodrigo (Mdv) and Waqar Ul Hassan (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.

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29 September 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Maldives   100/7 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 103/3 (12.2 overs)
Azyan Farhath 29 (46) Mohammed Aslam 2/11 (3 overs)		Meet Bhavsar 60* (41) Leem Shafeeg 2/25 (3.2 overs)

Kuwait won by 7 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Meet Bhavsar (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

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29 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Qatar   109 (19.3 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 110/6 (19.4 overs)
Saqlain Arshad 27 (24) Hisham Sheikh 4/14 (4 overs)		Hisham Sheikh 29* (33) Himanshu Rathod 2/21 (4 overs)

Saudi Arabia won by 4 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Hisham Sheikh (Sau)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.

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1 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Maldives   121/9 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 125/1 (10.2 overs)
Kaushal Rodrigo 71 (54) Muhammad Murad 3/21 (4 overs)		Saqlain Arshad 61* (32) Umar Adam 1/35 (4 overs)

Qatar won by 9 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Saqlain Arshad (Qat)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

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1 October 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Kuwait   174/9 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 175/7 (19.4 overs)
Meet Bhavsar 89 (55) Ishtiaq Ahmad 5/27 (4 overs)		Faisal Khan 69 (34) Sayed Monib 4/16 (3.4 overs)

Saudi Arabia won by 3 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Faisal Khan (Sau)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.

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2 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Qatar   129/6 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 130/5 (16.1 overs)
Muhammad Tanveer 69* (52) Mohammed Aslam 3/15 (4 overs)		Ravija Sandaruwan 71 (40) Muhammad Murad 2/23 (3 overs)

Kuwait won by 5 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
• Nimish Lathief (Kuw) made his T20I debut.

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2 October 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Maldives   76 (18.2 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 78/1 (7.5 overs)
Kaushal Rodrigo 26 (41) Ahmed Baladraf 3/14 (4 overs)		Faisal Khan 46* (25) Leem Shafeeg 1/9 (1 over)

Saudi Arabia won by 9 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Faisal Khan (Sau)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.

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4 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Maldives   83/6 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 84/2 (7.5 overs)
Kaushal Rodrigo 23 (29) Yasin Patel 2/10 (4 overs)		Meet Bhavsar 28 (20) Ibrahim Hassan 1/23 (2 overs)

Kuwait won by 8 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Meet Bhavsar (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
• Mirza Ahmed (Kuw) made his T20I debut.

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4 October 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Qatar   168/3 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 170/3 (18.3 overs)
Saqlain Arshad 76 (41) Hisham Sheikh 2/21 (4 overs)		Manan Ali 52* (37) Saqlain Arshad 1/8 (1 over)

Saudi Arabia won by 7 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Manan Ali (Sau)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.

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5 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Qatar   201/7 (20 overs)	v	Maldives 159 (17.2 overs)
Muhammad Tanveer 52 (23) Umar Adam 2/49 (4 overs)		Umar Adam 56 (29) Himanshu Rathod 4/29 (4 overs)

Qatar won by 42 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Muhammad Tanveer (Qat)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to field.
• Shaof Hassan (Mdv) made his T20I debut.

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5 October 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Saudi Arabia   173/4 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 175/6 (18.2 overs)
Abdul Waheed 83 (58) Sayed Monib 2/29 (4 overs)		Meet Bhavsar 55 (27) Zain Ul Abidin 2/23 (4 overs)

Kuwait won by 4 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Meet Bhavsar (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier B

2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia
sub-regional qualifier B

Dates	26 July – 1 August 2023
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format	Round-robin
Host	Malaysia
Champions	Malaysia
Runners-up	Thailand
Participants	5
Matches	10
Player of the series	Virandeep Singh
Most runs	Ahmad Faiz (115) [15]
Most wickets	Syazrul Idrus (10) [16]
← 2018 2024 →

Squads for the qualifier B

Bhutan [17]	China	Malaysia [18]
Suprit Pradhan (c) Namgay Thinley (vc) Sanjog Chhetri (wk) Sonam Chophel (wk) Karma Dorji Ranjung Mikyo Dorji Gakul Ghalley Kishen Ghalley Sherab Loday Anand Mongar Tashi Phuntsho Tenjin Rabgey Tenzin Wangchuk Sonam Yeshey	Wang Qi (c) Wei Guo Lei (vc, wk) Yin Chenhao Deng Jinqi Zou Kui Xie Kunkun Wang Liuyang (wk) Ma Qiancheng Tian Sen Qun Luo Shilin Zhao Tianle Zong Yuechao Zhuang Zelin Chen Zhuo Yue	Ahmad Faiz (c) Virandeep Singh (vc, wk) Muhammad Akram Muhammad Amir Syed Aziz (wk) Ainool Hafizs (wk) Rizwan Haider Khizar Hayat Syazrul Idrus Aiman Zaquan Ridzuan Pavandeep Singh Sharveen Surendran Vijay Unni Zubaidi Zulkifle
Myanmar	Thailand [19]
Thuya Aung (c) Htet Lin Aung Myat Thu Aung Khin Aye (wk) Paing Danu Nay Lin Htun Aung Ko Ko Swann Htet Ko Ko (wk) Kaung Htet Kyaw Htet Lin Oo Nyeing Cham Soe Ko Ko Lin Thu Ye Naing Tun (wk) Pyae Phyo Wai	Akshaykumar Yadav (c) Chaloemwong Chatphaisan (wk) Jandre Coetzee Phanuwat Desungnoen Sorawat Desungnoen Sarawut Maliwan Khanitson Namchaikul Narawit Nuntarach Chanchai Pengkumta Robert Raina Satarut Rungrueang (wk) Yodsak Saranonnakkun Nopphon Senamontree Phiriyapong Suanchuai (wk)

Qualifier B fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Malaysia	4	4	0	0	8	5.986	Advance to the regional final
2	Thailand	4	3	1	0	6	2.927
3	Bhutan	4	2	2	0	4	−0.085
4	China	4	1	3	0	2	−3.537
5	Myanmar	4	0	4	0	0	−4.196

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[20]

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26 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard

China   23 (11.2 overs)	v	Malaysia 24/2 (4.5 overs)
Wei Guo Lei 7 (15) Syazrul Idrus 7/8 (4 overs)		Virandeep Singh 19* (14) Wang Qi 1/5 (2 overs)

Malaysia won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Syazrul Idrus (Mas)

• China won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sharveen Surendran (Mas), Yin Chenhao, Xie Kunkun, Wei Guo Lei, Ma Qiancheng, Wang Liuyang, Wang Qi, Tian Sen Qun, Luo Shilin, Zhao Tianle, Zhuang Zelin and Chen Zhuo Yue (Chn) all made their T20I debuts.
• Syazrul Idrus (Mas) became the first bowler to take seven wickets in a men's T20I. ^[21]

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26 July 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Bhutan   105 (20 overs)	v	Myanmar 74/9 (20 overs)
Sherab Loday 18 (16) Pyae Phyo Wai 3/29 (4 overs)		Ye Naing Tun 19 (17) Karma Dorji 2/4 (2 overs)

Bhutan won by 31 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Tashi Phuntsho (Bhu)

• Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Karma Dorji, Kishen Ghalley, Tashi Phuntsho (Bhu), Htet Lin Aung, Thuya Aung, Khin Aye, Paing Danu, Nay Lin Htun, Aung Ko Ko, Swann Htet Ko Ko, Htet Lin Oo, Ko Ko Lin Thu, Ye Naing Tun and Pyae Phyo Wai (Mya) all made their T20I debuts.

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27 July 2023 09:30 Scorecard

China   26 (10.5 overs)	v	Thailand 27/1 (4.1 overs)
Wei Guo Lei 8 (16) Nopphon Senamontree 4/9 (2.5 overs)		Sorawat Desungnoen 16* (15) Wang Qi 1/7 (2 overs)

Thailand won by 9 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Nopphon Senamontree (Tha)

• Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
• Jandre Coetzee, Sarawut Maliwan and Akshaykumar Yadav (Tha) all made their T20I debuts.

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27 July 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Malaysia   180/7 (20 overs)	v	Bhutan 105/8 (20 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 36 (19) Tenzin Wangchuk 2/28 (4 overs)		Suprit Pradhan 22 (27) Virandeep Singh 2/14 (4 overs)

Malaysia won by 75 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)

• Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.

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28 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Thailand   140/6 (20 overs)	v	Myanmar 39 (16 overs)
Robert Raina 42 (30) Thuya Aung 2/23 (4 overs)		Pyae Phyo Wai 8 (18) Khaniston Namchaikul 4/7 (4 overs)

Thailand won by 101 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Jandre Coetzee (Tha)

• Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
• Nyeing Cham Soe (Mya) made his T20I debut.

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30 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Bhutan   161/4 (20 overs)	v	China 48 (11.4 overs)
Suprit Pradhan 59 (41) Ma Qiancheng 1/17 (4 overs)		Wei Guo Lei 15 (14) Namgay Thinley 3/3 (2.4 overs)

Bhutan won by 95 runs (DLS method) Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Suprit Pradhan (Bhu)

• Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.
• China were set a revised target of 144 runs from 17 overs due to rain.
• Anand Mongar (Bhu), Deng Jinqi and Zong Yuechao (Chn) all made their T20I debuts.

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30 July 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Malaysia   219/6 (20 overs)	v	Myanmar 35 (15.5 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 105* (50) Htet Lin Oo 2/40 (3 overs)		Ye Naing Tun 10 (15) Syazrul Idrus 2/5 (3 overs)

Malaysia won by 184 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Ahmad Faiz (Mas)

• Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
• Myat Thu Aung (Mya) made his T20I debut.
• Ahmad Faiz (Mas) scored his first century in T20Is. ^[22]

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31 July 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Bhutan   83 (18.2 overs)	v	Thailand 84/2 (10.1 overs)
Tenzin Rabgay 22 (27) Robert Raina 2/18 (4 overs)		Akshaykumar Yadav 31* (28) Tashi Phuntsho 1/22 (2 overs)

Thailand won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Akshaykumar Yadav (Tha)

• Thailand won the toss and elected to field.

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31 July 2023 13:30 Scorecard

Myanmar   77/8 (20 overs)	v	China 78/5 (17.2 overs)
Pyae Phyo Wai 17 (25) Chen Zhuo Yue 4/16 (4 overs)		Zhuang Zelin 33 (41) Paing Danu 2/15 (4 overs)

China won by 5 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Chen Zhuo Yue (Chn)

• China won the toss and elected to field.
• Zou Kui (Chn) made his T20I debut.

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1 August 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Thailand   93 (18.2 overs)	v	Malaysia 96/3 (11.4 overs)
Akshaykumar Yadav 23 (23) Vijay Unni 4/23 (4 overs)		Syed Aziz 45* (32) Robert Raina 2/17 (3 overs)

Malaysia won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Vijay Unni (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

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External links

• 2023 Men's T20 World Cup Asia sub-regional qualifier A at ESPNcricinfo
• 2023 Men's T20 World Cup Asia sub-regional qualifier B at ESPNcricinfo