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]
Dates | 18 April – 2 May 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | Nepal |
Champions | Nepal (1st title) |
Runners-up | United Arab Emirates |
Participants | 10 |
Matches | 24 |
Player of the series | Sandeep Lamichhane |
Most runs | Vriitya Aravind (454) |
Most wickets | Bilal Khan (17) |
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]
Following teams were qualified for the tournament.
Means of qualification | Venue | Nos. | Teams |
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ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings | — | 8 | |
2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup | Thailand | 2 | |
Total | 10 |
13 April 2023
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Zeeshan Maqsood 69 (105)
Rizwan Butt 2/33 (6 overs) |
Sohail Ahmed 84 (104)
Bilal Khan 4/52 (8.2 overs) |
15 April 2023
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15 April 2023
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Rizwan Butt 47 (59)
Ilyas Ahmed 3/27 (6 overs) |
Parvindar Kumar 47 (36)
Waseeq Ahmed 2/23 (5 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
Advanced to the knockout stage
18 April 2023
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19 April 2023
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20 April 2023
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Haseeb Ghafoor 40 (78)
Khizar Hayat 3/13 (10 overs) |
Muhammad Amir 56 (44)
Zain Ul Abidin 2/46 (8.2 overs) |
21 April 2023
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22 April 2023
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Muhammad Tanveer 46 (84)
Ishtiaq Ahmad 4/46 (9.5 overs) |
Abdul Waheed 124 (108)
Ikramullah Khan 2/28 (5 overs) |
23 April 2023
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25 April 2023
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26 April 2023
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Jatinder Singh 88 (79)
Atif-Ur-Rehman 3/80 (9 overs) |
Abdul Waheed 95 (86)
Bilal Khan 4/75 (8.5 overs) |
27 April 2023
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
Advanced to the knockout stage
18 April 2023
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19 April 2023
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Vriitya Aravind 185 (147)
Parvindar Kumar 2/45 (3 overs) |
Sayed Monib 68 (36)
Junaid Siddique 3/32 (7 overs) |
20 April 2023
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21 April 2023
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22 April 2023
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Imran Anwar 53 (19)
Sayed Monib 4/69 (10 overs) |
23 April 2023
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Vriitya Aravind 174 (133)
Adwitya Bhargava 4/85 (8 overs) |
25 April 2023
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Amartya Kaul 45 (60)
Mohammed Aslam 5/20 (8.4 overs) |
26 April 2023
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27 April 2023
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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) |
29 April 2023
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29 April 2023
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30 April 2023
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Jatinder Singh 26* (19)
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1–2 May 2023
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Pos. | Teams | Remarks |
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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 |