2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup

Template:Infobox cricket tournament 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 Cricket Stadium 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]

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]

Squads

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Haider Butt (c) Abdul Majid Fiaz Ahmed Sohail Ahmed Waseeq Ahmed Imran Anwar Junaid Aziz Shahbaz Badar (wk) Rizwan Butt Ali Dawood David Mathias Sai Sarthak Sathaiya Veerapathiran Muhammad Younis	Nizakat Khan (c) Zeeshan Ali (wk) Haroon Arshad Mohammad Ghazanfar Adit Gorawara (wk) Babar Hayat Aizaz Khan Ehsan Khan Yasim Murtaza Nasrulla Rana Anshuman Rath Kinchit Shah Ayush Shukla Shahid Wasif	Mohammed Aslam (c) Ilyas Ahmed Mohammad Amin Clinto Anto Meet Bhavsar (wk) Adnan Idrees Shiraz Khan Parvindar Kumar Sayed Monib Usman Patel (wk) Yasin Patel Shahrukh Quddus Ravija Sandaruwan Bilal Tahir	Ahmad Faiz (c) Virandeep Singh (vc, wk) Muhammad Amir Wan Azam Syed Aziz Rizwan Haider Khizar Hayat Sharvin Muniandy Anwar Rahman Nazril Rahman Fitri Sham Muhamad Syahadat Vijay Unni Muhammad Wafiq	Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kushal Bhurtel Pratis GC Gulsan Jha Sompal Kami Karan KC Sandeep Lamichhane Gyanendra Malla Kushal Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Bhim Sharki Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk)
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Zeeshan Maqsood (c) Aqib Ilyas (vc) Fayyaz Butt Sandeep Goud Kaleemullah Ayaan Khan Bilal Khan Shoaib Khan Naseem Khushi (wk) Mohammad Nadeem Jay Odedra Kashyap Prajapati Adeel Shafique (wk) Jatinder Singh	Mohammed Rizlan (c, wk) Owais Ahmed Amir Farooq Zaheer Ibrahim Ikramullah Khan Kamran Khan Imal Liyanage (wk) Gayan Munaweera Muhammad Murad Mohammed Nadeem Khurram Shahzad Muhammad Tanveer Valeed Veetil Sandun Withanage	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	Aritra Dutta (c) Vinoth Baskaran Abdul Rahman Bhadelia Adwitya Bhargava Surendran Chandramohan Avi Dixit Ramesh Kalimuthu Amartya Kaul Vinit Mehta Aaryan Modi Thilipan Omaidurai Prasheen Param Akshay Puri Rohan Rangarajan Manpreet Singh (wk) Sidhant Srikanth	Muhammad Waseem (c) Vriitya Aravind (wk) Basil Hameed Aayan Afzal Khan Asif Khan Matiullah Khan Zahoor Khan Aryan Lakra Karthik Meiyappan Rohan Mustafa Rameez Shahzad Sanchit Sharma Junaid Siddique Ansh Tandon

Warm-up matches

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Group stage

Group A

Points table

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Fixtures

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Group B

Points table

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Fixtures

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Knockout stage

Bracket

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Semi-finals

References

↑ Men’s Asia Cup and Asia Cup Qualifier tournaments announced for 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
↑ Men’s cricket team prepares for ACC Men’s Challenger Cup 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
↑ Saudi national cricket team arrives in Nepal ahead of 2023 ACC Premier Cup. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
↑ Nepal to host ACC Premier Cup. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
↑ INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
↑ Nepal open ACC Premier Cup against Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
↑ আয়োজক ঠিক না করেই চূড়ান্ত এশিয়া কাপের সূচি. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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↑ Saudi Arabia, Bahrain win through ACC Challenger Cup. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
↑ Rajabanshi and Jha secure Asia Cup qualification for Nepal. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
↑ Nepal qualify for the Asia Cup 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
↑ Nepal join India, Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 after winning ACC Men’s Premier Cup. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
↑ Nepal book India, Pakistan meetings at Asia Cup 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
↑ Bahrain squad is gearing up for the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
↑ ACC Premier Cup: Hong Kong 'in a great place' as they name squad for Nepal. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
↑ Kuwait National Men's team led by Captain Mnm Aslam, coached by Muthumudalige Pushpakumara and managed by Mahmoud Abdullah in association with FRiENDi mobile Kuwait & powered by Al Muzaini Exchange Co. is all set to depart tonight to Kathmandu, Nepal for the Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup Qualifiers scheduled to take place from 18th of April onwards until the 2nd of May. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
↑ The National Team lineup who will be in Nepal for the ACC Men's Premier Cup 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
↑ Final squad named for ACC Premier Cup. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
↑ Confident Oman all set to take part in ACC Men's Premier Cup in Nepal. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
↑ ACC Men's Premier Cup - Nepal. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
↑ Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Premier Cup Squad – Singapore. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
↑ UAE squad for ACC Premier Cup 2023 announced. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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[1] Men’s Asia Cup and Asia Cup Qualifier tournaments announced for 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[2] Men’s cricket team prepares for ACC Men’s Challenger Cup 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[3] Saudi national cricket team arrives in Nepal ahead of 2023 ACC Premier Cup. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[4] Nepal to host ACC Premier Cup. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[5] INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

[6] Nepal open ACC Premier Cup against Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[7] আয়োজক ঠিক না করেই চূড়ান্ত এশিয়া কাপের সূচি. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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[9] Saudi Arabia, Bahrain win through ACC Challenger Cup. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[10] Rajabanshi and Jha secure Asia Cup qualification for Nepal. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[11] Nepal qualify for the Asia Cup 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[12] Nepal join India, Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 after winning ACC Men’s Premier Cup. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[13] Nepal book India, Pakistan meetings at Asia Cup 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[14] Bahrain squad is gearing up for the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

[15] ACC Premier Cup: Hong Kong 'in a great place' as they name squad for Nepal. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[16] Kuwait National Men's team led by Captain Mnm Aslam, coached by Muthumudalige Pushpakumara and managed by Mahmoud Abdullah in association with FRiENDi mobile Kuwait & powered by Al Muzaini Exchange Co. is all set to depart tonight to Kathmandu, Nepal for the Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup Qualifiers scheduled to take place from 18th of April onwards until the 2nd of May. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[17] The National Team lineup who will be in Nepal for the ACC Men's Premier Cup 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[18] Final squad named for ACC Premier Cup. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[19] Confident Oman all set to take part in ACC Men's Premier Cup in Nepal. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

[20] ACC Men's Premier Cup - Nepal. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[21] Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Premier Cup Squad – Singapore. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[22] UAE squad for ACC Premier Cup 2023 announced. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

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2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup

Squads

Warm-up matches

Group stage

Group A

Points table

Fixtures

Group B

Points table

Fixtures

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

1st semi-final

2nd semi-final

3rd place play-off

Final

References

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