Dates | 12 – 21 April 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | Oman |
Champions | United Arab Emirates (1st title) |
Runners-up | Oman |
Participants | 10 |
Matches | 24 |
Player of the series | Muhammad Waseem |
Most runs | Alishan Sharafu (278) |
Most wickets | Aqib Ilyas (12) |
The 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup was the second edition of ACC Premier Cup, took place in April 2024. [1] It served as the final stage of qualification for the 2025 Asia Cup Tournament. [2] [3] UAE won the tournament by defeating Oman in the final, and thus qualified for the 2025 Asia Cup. It featured the 8 highest-ranked ACC associate members who were joined by two finalists from 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup. [4]
Cambodia and Saudi Arabia qualified for the tournament after finishing as the top two teams in the 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup. [5] [6] Nepal were the defending champions, having won the 2023 edition (which was a One Day International tournament). [7]
Following teams were qualified for the tournament.
Means of qualification | Venue | Nos. | Teams |
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ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings | — | 8 | |
2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup | Thailand | 2 | |
Total | 10 |
The 10 participating nations were divided into two groups, with top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage. [17]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.557 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
2 | Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.128 | |
3 | Qatar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.453 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.306 | |
5 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.918 |
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Waji Ul Hassan 40 (29) Virandeep Singh 3/20 (3.1 overs) |
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Abdul Waheed 77 (51) Ehsan Khan 3/31 (4 overs) | Nizakat Khan 73 (51) Zain Ul Abidin 3/16 (4 overs) |
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Aasif Sheikh 40 (18) Yasim Murtaza 1/28 (4 overs) |
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Ahmad Faiz 38 (22) Himanshu Rathod 2/22 (4 overs) |
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Muhammad Tanveer 43 (44) Usman Khalid 2/11 (4 overs) | Waji Ul Hassan 57 (40) Gayan Munaweera 2/27 (4 overs) |
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Abdul Waheed 37 (16) Abinash Bohara 2/15 (2 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Oman | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.149 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
2 | United Arab Emirates (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.772 | |
3 | Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.569 | |
4 | Bahrain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.031 | |
5 | Cambodia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.903 |
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Aqib Ilyas 62 (53) Abdul Majid 1/12 (2 overs) | Imran Ali 50 (34) Bilal Khan 2/19 (4 overs) |
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Ram Sharan 30 (30) Shahrukh Quddus 1/22 (3 overs) |
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Naseem Khushi 69 (27) Sharwan Godara 2/25 (2 overs) |
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Meet Bhavsar 54 (36) Ali Dawood 2/25 (3 overs) |
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Sharwan Godara 24 (18) Aayan Afzal Khan 3/7 (4 overs) | Muhammad Waseem 48 (18) Ram Sharan 1/11 (1 over) |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | Nepal | 119/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
B2 | United Arab Emirates | 123/4 (17.2 overs) | |||||||
B2 | United Arab Emirates | 204/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
B1 | Oman | 149/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
A2 | Hong Kong | 130/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
B1 | Oman | 132/5 (19.2 overs) | 3rd place play-off | ||||||
A1 | Nepal | 139/8 (20 overs) | |||||||
A2 | Hong Kong | 140/6 (19.3 overs) |
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Pos. | Team | Qualification |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Qualified for the 2025 Asia Cup & 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup |
2 | Oman | Qualified for the 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup |
3 | Hong Kong | |
4 | Nepal | |
5 | Kuwait | |
6 | Qatar | |
7 | Saudi Arabia | |
8 | Bahrain | |
9 | Malaysia | |
10 | Cambodia |
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