2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup

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The 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup was a cricket tournament which took place in April and May 2023.[1] It was the inaugural edition of the ACC Men's Premier Cup, and it served as the final stage of qualification for the 2023 Asia Cup tournament.[2][3] It was held in Nepal,[4] with the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground and Mulpani International Cricket Ground hosting matches.[5] The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2023 Asia Cup.[6] The top three teams including also qualified for the 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[7]

2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup
Dates18 April – 2 May 2023
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and knockout
Host(s)   Nepal
Champions   Nepal (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Participants10
Matches24
Player of the seriesNepal Sandeep Lamichhane
Most runsUnited Arab Emirates Vriitya Aravind (454)
Most wicketsOman Bilal Khan (17)
2024

The Asian Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament on 23 March 2023.[8] Bahrain and Saudi Arabia qualified to participate in this tournament as the top two teams in the 2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup, where Saudi Arabia had beaten Bahrain by 10 wickets in the final.[9]

Nepal defeated United Arab Emirates in the final and qualified for the 2023 Asia Cup.[10][11][12] In addition to the two finalists, Oman advanced to the 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup tournament after the 3rd place play-off ended with no result.[13]

Teams and qualifications

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Following teams were qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification Venue Nos. Teams
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings 8
2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup   Thailand 2
Total 10

Squads

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  Bahrain[14]   Hong Kong[15]   Kuwait[16]   Malaysia[17]     Nepal[18]
  Oman[19]   Qatar[20]   Saudi Arabia   Singapore[21]   United Arab Emirates[22]
  • Hisham Sheikh (c)
  • Zain Ul Abidin (vc)
  • Ishtiaq Ahmad
  • Manan Ali
  • Imran Arif
  • Atif-Ur-Rehman
  • Ahmed Baladraf
  • Haseeb Ghafoor (wk)
  • Saad Khan
  • Usman Najeeb
  • Waqar Ul Hassan
  • Abdul Waheed
  • Abdul Wahid
  • Zuhair

Warm-up matches

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13 April 2023
09:30
Oman  
249/9 (50 overs)
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  Bahrain
198 (45.2 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 69 (105)
Rizwan Butt 2/33 (6 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 84 (104)
Bilal Khan 4/52 (8.2 overs)

15 April 2023
09:30
Oman  
246/9 (50 overs)
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    Nepal
249/5 (44.4 overs)
Shoaib Khan 110* (123)
Kishore Mahato 3/27 (8 overs)
Arjun Saud 67 (87)
Zeeshan Maqsood 2/60 (10 overs)

15 April 2023
09:30
Bahrain  
175 (49.4 overs)
v
  Kuwait
176/9 (40.1 overs)
Rizwan Butt 47 (59)
Ilyas Ahmed 3/27 (6 overs)
Parvindar Kumar 47 (36)
Waseeq Ahmed 2/23 (5 overs)

Group stage

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Group A

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1     Nepal 4 3 0 0 1 7 1.497
2   Oman 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.377
3   Malaysia 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.240
4   Saudi Arabia 4 1 2 0 1 3 −1.101
5   Qatar 4 0 4 0 0 0 −1.056
Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures

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18 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  
235/9 (50 overs)
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    Nepal
237/4 (36.2 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 76 (95)
Sompal Kami 3/40 (9 overs)
Bhim Sharki 71 (98)
Virandeep Singh 1/37 (7 overs)
Nepal won by 6 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Naresh D'Souza (Kuw) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Kushal Malla (Nep)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

19 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Oman  
249/8 (50 overs)
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  Qatar
209 (47.2 overs)
Ayaan Khan 64* (59)
Muhammad Murad 3/47 (10 overs)
Mohammed Rizlan 43 (69)
Bilal Khan 4/42 (8.2 overs)
Oman won by 40 runs
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Himal Giri (Nep) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Ayaan Khan (Oma)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

20 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Saudi Arabia  
153 (46.2 overs)
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  Malaysia
154/2 (21.2 overs)
Haseeb Ghafoor 40 (78)
Khizar Hayat 3/13 (10 overs)
Muhammad Amir 56 (44)
Zain Ul Abidin 2/46 (8.2 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung (Nep) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Khizar Hayat (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

21 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
310/8 (50 overs)
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  Oman
226 (46.3 overs)
Kushal Malla 108 (64)
Ayaan Khan 2/46 (5 overs)
Mohammad Nadeem 65 (84)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/45 (8 overs)
Nepal won by 84 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Naresh D'Souza (Kuw) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Kushal Malla (Nep)

22 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Qatar  
216 (49.5 overs)
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  Saudi Arabia
220/3 (34.2 overs)
Muhammad Tanveer 46 (84)
Ishtiaq Ahmad 4/46 (9.5 overs)
Abdul Waheed 124 (108)
Ikramullah Khan 2/28 (5 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 7 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Abdul Waheed (Sau)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected field.

23 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  
227/9 (50 overs)
v
  Oman
228/2 (41.4 overs)
Virandeep Singh 94 (144)
Zeeshan Maqsood 4/35 (10 overs)
Jatinder Singh 101* (111)
Muhammad Amir 2/26 (6 overs)
Oman won by 8 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung (Nep) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

24 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
v
Match abandoned
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Naresh D'Souza (Kuw) and Riyaz Kurupkar (Qat)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

25 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Qatar  
215/8 (35 overs)
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  Malaysia
216/7 (34.1 overs)
Imal Liyanage 56 (68)
Muhammad Wafiq 2/42 (5 overs)
Syed Aziz 80 (66)
Ikramullah Khan 2/35 (5.1 overs)
Malaysia won by 3 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mas)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 35 overs per side due to a wet outfield.

26 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Oman  
366/6 (50 overs)
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  Saudi Arabia
294 (46.5 overs)
Jatinder Singh 88 (79)
Atif-Ur-Rehman 3/80 (9 overs)
Abdul Waheed 95 (86)
Bilal Khan 4/75 (8.5 overs)
Oman won by 72 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung (Nep) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.

27 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
157 (40.3 overs)
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  Qatar
89 (25.1 overs)
Sandeep Lamichhane 42* (58)
Amir Farooq 4/42 (9.3 overs)
Zaheer Ibrahim 15 (23)
Sandeep Lamichhane 5/14 (9.1 overs)
Nepal won by 68 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Naresh D'Souza (Kuw)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

Group B

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   United Arab Emirates 4 3 1 0 0 6 2.468
2   Kuwait 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.223
3   Hong Kong 4 2 1 0 1 5 1.031
4   Bahrain 4 1 2 0 1 3 0.019
5   Singapore 4 0 4 0 0 0 −3.028
Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures

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18 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Singapore  
174 (42.1 overs)
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  Hong Kong
175/2 (33 overs)
Aritra Dutta 49 (57)
Ehsan Khan 4/24 (10 overs)
Babar Hayat 108* (94)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 1/31 (7 overs)
Hong Kong won by 8 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Babar Hayat (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

19 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
371/6 (50 overs)
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  Kuwait
228 (36.3 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 185 (147)
Parvindar Kumar 2/45 (3 overs)
Sayed Monib 68 (36)
Junaid Siddique 3/32 (7 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 143 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Riyaz Kurupkar (Qat) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Vriitya Aravind (UAE)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

20 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
286/8 (50 overs)
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  Singapore
154 (43.1 overs)
Fiaz Ahmed 79 (59)
Vinoth Baskaran 2/32 (10 overs)
Surendran Chandramohan 51 (66)
Imran Anwar 4/24 (9 overs)
Bahrain won by 132 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Shahbaz Badar (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.

21 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
263/8 (50 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
117/6 (27 overs)
Anshuman Rath 106 (117)
Aayan Afzal Khan 5/50 (10 overs)
Aryan Lakra 52* (71)
Ehsan Khan 2/23 (5 overs)
Hong Kong won by 67 runs (DLS method)
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

22 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
255/7 (50 overs)
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  Kuwait
258/8 (44.2 overs)
Imran Anwar 53 (19)
Sayed Monib 4/69 (10 overs)
Yasin Patel 63* (89)
Abdul Majid 3/51 (9 overs)
Kuwait won by 2 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Yasin Patel (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

23 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
471 (50 overs)
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  Singapore
270/9 (50 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 174 (133)
Adwitya Bhargava 4/85 (8 overs)
Manpreet Singh 66 (64)
Sanchit Sharma 2/32 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 201 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

24 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
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Match abandoned
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

25 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Singapore  
113 (31.4 overs)
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  Kuwait
118/6 (26.3 overs)
Amartya Kaul 45 (60)
Mohammed Aslam 5/20 (8.4 overs)
Adnan Idrees 38 (28)
Akshay Puri 2/33 (8.3 overs)
Kuwait won by 4 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Mohammed Aslam (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

26 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
116 (40.5 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
120/2 (27.4 overs)
Ali Dawood 23* (47)
Aayan Afzal Khan 4/6 (10 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 62* (84)
Abdul Majid 2/29 (10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 8 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Aayan Afzal Khan (UAE)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.

27 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Kuwait  
272/8 (50 overs)
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  Hong Kong
242 (50 overs)
Shiraz Khan 67 (95)
Ehsan Khan 3/49 (10 overs)
Nizakat Khan 60 (97)
Shahrukh Quddus 3/27 (8 overs)
Kuwait won by 30 runs
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung (Nep) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Shiraz Khan (Kuw)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finals Final
      
A1     Nepal 281/9 (42)
B2   Kuwait 37/6 (8.3)
B1   United Arab Emirates 117 (33.1)
A1     Nepal 118/3 (30.3)
B1   United Arab Emirates 236 (49.2)
A2   Oman 190/6 (43) 3rd place play-off
B2   Kuwait 130 (31.3)
A2   Oman 41/0 (6)

Semi-finals

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1st semi-final

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29 April 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
281/9 (42 overs)
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  Kuwait
37/6 (8.3 overs)
Rohit Paudel 94 (95)
Mohammed Aslam 3/43 (8 overs)
Mohammed Aslam 14 (19)
Karan KC 5/10 (4.3 overs)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Nepal advanced to the final on the basis of finishing higher in the group stage standings.[26]

2nd semi-final

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29 April 2023
09:00
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United Arab Emirates  
236 (49.2 overs)
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  Oman
190/6 (43 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 48 (31)
Zeeshan Maqsood 4/32 (10 overs)
Kashyap Prajapati 49 (43)
Karthik Meiyappan 3/42 (7 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 2 runs (DLS method)
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Sanjay Gurung (Nep)
Player of the match: Basil Hameed (UAE)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • This was the first ODI match to be held at this venue.[27]

3rd place play-off

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30 April 2023
09:00
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Kuwait  
130 (31.3 overs)
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  Oman
41/0 (6 overs)
Adnan Idrees 34 (48)
Jay Odedra 5/14 (5.3 overs)

Final

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1–2 May 2023
09:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
117 (33.1 overs)
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    Nepal
118/3 (30.3 overs)
Asif Khan 46 (54)
Lalit Rajbanshi 4/14 (7.1 overs)
Gulsan Jha 67* (84)
Rohan Mustafa 2/13 (10 overs)
Nepal won by 7 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Gulsan Jha (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match continued from United Arab Emirates' batting innings at 106/9 (27.3 overs) on the reserve day due to rain.
  • Nepal qualified for the 2023 Asia Cup.

Final standings

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Pos. Teams Remarks
1     Nepal Qualified for 2023 Asia Cup & 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
2   United Arab Emirates Qualified for 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
3   Oman
4   Kuwait
5   Hong Kong
6   Malaysia
7   Bahrain
8   Saudi Arabia
9   Qatar
10   Singapore


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