2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship

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2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship
2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship.jpeg
Dates5 – 11 March 2024
Administrator(s) Malaysia Cricket Association
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and final
Host(s)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
ChampionsFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Runners-upFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Participants5
Matches12
Player of the series Flag of Malaysia.svg Virandeep Singh
Most runs Flag of Bahrain.svg Sohail Ahmed (182)
Most wickets Flag of Bahrain.svg Rizwan Butt (13)

The 2024 Malaysia Open T20 Championship was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Malaysia in March 2024. [1] The tournament was contested by the men's national teams of Malaysia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Tanzania and Vanuatu. [1] All five teams remained in Malaysia to play in this T20I tournament after taking part in the 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off competition. [2]

Contents

Squads

Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain [3] Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait [4] Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania [5] Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu [6]

Round-robin

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 440082.220Advanced to the final
2Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 431061.402
3Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 42204−0.010Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 41302−1.903
5Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 40400−1.517
Source: ESPNcricinfo [7]

Fixtures

5 March 2024
09:45
Scorecard
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg
128/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
119 (18 overs)
Andrew Mansale 61* (40)
Ally Kimote 2/20 (4 overs)
Jumanne Masquater 29 (20)
Williamsing Nalisa 3/15 (4 overs)
Vanuatu won by 9 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Andrew Mansale (Van)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jumanne Masquater (Tan) and Tim Cutler (Van) both made their T20I debuts.

5 March 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg
123 (19.4 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
99/2 (12.4 overs)
Meet Bhavsar 50 (41)
Sathaiya Veerapathiran 3/20 (2.4 overs)
Sarfaraz Ali 57 (41)
Shiraz Khan 1/3 (1.4 overs)
Bahrain won by 28 runs (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

6 March 2024
09:45
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
97/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
103/5 (17.1 overs)
Omary Kitunda 21 (18)
Shiraz Khan 2/23 (4 overs)
Yasin Patel 2/23 (4 overs)
Mohammed Aslam 51* (34)
Salum Jumbe 2/13 (2 overs)
Kuwait won by 5 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Mohammed Aslam (Kuw)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sefu Athumani (Tan) made his T20I debut.

6 March 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
148/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
96/9 (20 overs)
Virandeep Singh 52 (36)
Womejo Wotu 2/19 (3 overs)
Nalin Nipiko 34 (47)
Virandeep Singh 2/17 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 52 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

7 March 2024
09:45
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
110/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
112/1 (16.5 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 36 (33)
Rizwan Butt 2/15 (4 overs)
Umer Toor 69* (52)
Muhammad Amir 1/33 (3.5 overs)
Bahrain won by 9 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Umer Toor (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.

7 March 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg
102/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
105/2 (13.1 overs)
Joshua Rasu 35* (40)
Mohamed Shafeeq 2/17 (4 overs)
Meet Bhavsar 40 (26)
Womejo Wotu 1/18 (2 overs)
Kuwait won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Mohamed Shafeeq (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

9 March 2024
09:45
Scorecard
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg
87 (18.4 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
88/3 (13.4 overs)
Yasin Patel 31 (33)
Virandeep Singh 3/14 (2.4 overs)
Syed Aziz 59* (38)
Nimish Latheef 2/19 (3.4 overs)
Malaysia won by 7 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

9 March 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
135/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
83 (20 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 35 (33)
Yalinde Nkanya 3/17 (4 overs)
Omary Kitunda 30 (43)
Rizwan Butt 5/12 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 52 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Rizwan Butt (Bhr)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

10 March 2024
09:45
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
166/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
110 (18.4 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 73* (51)
Patrick Matautaava 1/10 (3 overs)
Joshua Rasu 24 (28)
Sachin Kumar 4/40 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 56 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Sohail Ahmed (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ubaid Martuza (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

10 March 2024
09:45
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
83 (18.2 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
86/4 (14.4 overs)
Mohamed Issa 28* (27)
Virandeep Singh 3/4 (2 overs)
Muhamad Syahadat 27* (31)
Ally Kimote 2/17 (3 overs)
Malaysia won by 6 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Place play-off

11 March 2024
09:45
Scorecard
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg
106/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
109/3 (11.3 overs)
Patrick Matautaava 28 (30)
Shiraz Khan 4/12 (4 overs)
Ravija Sandaruwan 35 (22)
Joshua Rasu 2/23 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 7 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Shiraz Khan (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

Final

11 March 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
77/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
82/2 (15.4 overs)
Khizar Hayat 18* (23)
Rizwan Butt 3/10 (4 overs)
Haider Butt 37* (38)
Pavandeep Singh 1/8 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)
Player of the match: Rizwan Butt (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

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