The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) made the announcement on Friday (September 20). schedule ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams for Asia Cup 2024. The tournament is scheduled to be held in Oman from October 18 to 27.
Like the previous edition, eight teams will also participate in the upcoming edition. The tournament will be the sixth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. The last edition of the competition was held in Sri Lanka in 2023. Pakistan A won the tournament by a crushing 128 against India A in the final.
The five ‘A’ teams from full members of the Asian Cricket Council and the top 3 teams from the 2024 ACC Men’s Premier Cup will compete in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024. “A” teams IndiaPakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladeshand Afghanistan will compete against the UAE, Oman and Hong Kong.
UAE won the 2024 ACC Men’s Premier Cup after defeating Oman in the final. On the other hand, Hong Kong beat Nepal in the third-place playoff to qualify for the 2024 Emerging Teams Asia Cup.
ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 groups and schedule:
Eight teams are divided into two groups. Sri Lanka A, Bangladesh A, Afghanistan A and Hong Kong are in Group A, while India A, Pakistan A, UAE and Oman are in Group B. Bangladesh and Hong Kong teams will face each other at the opening of the tournament.
On the other hand, defending champions Pakistan A and India A will open their campaign on October 19 against each other. The first two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.
Pakistan A have won the previous two editions of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup and will be eyeing a hat-trick. On the other hand, India A have not won the competition since winning the first edition in 2013 and the Emerging Teams will be desperate to go all the way in the Asia Cup 2024.
Developing teams AFC Asian Cup 2024 groups:
Group A:
- Sri Lanka A
- Bangladesh A
- Afghanistan A
- Hong Kong
Group B:
- India A
- Pakistan A
- UAE
- Oman
Complete Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 Schedule:
- OCT 18: BAN A vs HKC
- OCT 18: SL A vs AFG A
- OCT 19: UAE vs OMA
- 19 OCT: IND A vs PAK A
- OCT 20: SL A vs HKC
- October 20: BAN A vs AFG A
- OCT 21: PAK A vs OMA
- OCT 21: IND A vs UAE
- October 22: AFG A vs HKC
- 22 OCT: SLA vs BAN A
- OCT 23: PAK A vs UAE
- OCT 23: IND A vs OMA
- October 25: 1. SEMI-FINALS
- 25 OCT: SEMI-FINAL 2
- 27 OCT: Final
