ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup 2023: Full Squad Details And Schedule. The Emerging Asia Cup 2023 is all set to begin with its fifth edition. This event was established in 2013 to foster the talents of Asia’s most prominent young cricketers. It will include ‘A’ teams from the five full members of the Asian Cricket Council, as well as the top three teams from the 2023 ACC Men’s Premier Cup, Nepal A, UAE, and Oman. Last time U23 teams played the event in 2019.
This tournament is set to start on July 14 and conclude on July 23 in Sri Lanka, featuring a total of 15 games. Sri Lanka A is currently on top with two titles in their bag. Meanwhile, Pakistan U23 is the defending champion of this tournament. They won it in 2019 by defeating Bangladesh U23. Moreover, India A has won the inaugural event (in 2013).
The games will be held at three different locations in Colombo: Singhalese Sports Club (SSC), P Sara Oval, and R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium. This season will have 2 groups, A and B.
Group A: Oman A, Bangladesh A, Sri Lanka A, Afghanistan A
Group B: India A, UAE A, Pakistan A, Nepal
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Emerging Asia Cup Full Squad Details
The squad of 4 out of 8 teams has officially been announced while rest 4 are yet to be made. The 4 official teams whose squad has been announced are Afghanistan A, Bangladesh A, India A, and Pakistan A. On the other side, whose squad hasn’t been announced are Nepal, Sri Lanka A, Oman A, and UAE A. Here are the official and tentative squads of all the teams. Starting with the official squad first.
Afghanistan A – Shahidullah Kamal (C), Ishaq Rahimi (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Riaz Hassan, Noor Ali, Zubaid Akbari, Ihsan Janat, Allah Noor, Baheer Shah, Zia Akbar, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Wafadar Momand, Naveed Izhar, Saleem Safi, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai, Bilal Sami
Bangladesh A – Mohammed Saif Hassan (C), Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon (wk), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shahadat Hossain, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Mohammad Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Nipun, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan (VC) (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Ripon Mondol, Mohammad Musfik Hasan, Akbar Ali, Naim Sheikh, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
India A – Yash Dhull (C), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Abhishek Sharma (VC), Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Sai Sudharsan, Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Paul, Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu
Pakistan A – Mohammad Haris (c/wk), Omair Bin Yousuf (vc), Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr., Amad Butt, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahi, Qasim Akram, Shahnawaz Dahani
Squad of Nepal, Sri Lanka A, Oman and UAE.
Nepal – The squad has yet to be revealed.
Oman A – The squad has yet to be revealed.
UAE A – The squad has yet to be revealed.
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Schedule of Emerging Asia Cup 2023
Date | Match | Venue(Colombo) |
13th July | Sri Lanka A vs Bangladesh A Afghanistan A vs Oman A | SSC CCC |
14th July | India A vs UAE A Pakistan A vs Nepal | SSC CCC |
15th July | Bangladesh A vs Oman A Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A | SSC CCC |
17th July | Pakistan A vs UAE A India A vs Nepal | P.SARA RPICS |
18th July | Bangladesh A vs Afghanistan A Sri Lanka A vs Oman A | P.SARA RPICS |
19th July | Nepal vs UAE A Pakistan A vs India A | P.SARA RPICS |
21st July | Semi-Final 1st (Group A 1st vs Group B 2nd) Semi-Final 2nd (Group B 1st vs Group A 2nd) | P.SARA RPICS |
23rd July | Finals | RPICS |
Source: ACC Twitter