ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 Schedule: The fifth edition of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup is scheduled to be played from 13th to 23rd of July in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
During the 2023 edition, a total of 15 games will be played between the participating eight Asian nations and will follow the 50-over format.
India A are placed in Group B with Nepal, UAE A and Pakistan A while Sri Lanka A, Bangladesh A, Afghanistan A and Oman A form Group A. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-final.
Pakistan U23 is the current champion of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Pakistan U23 won the 2019 edition by beating Bangladesh U23 in the final by 77 runs.
In the past 4 seasons, Sri Lanka won a couple of times(2017, 2018) while India(2013 – inaugural edition) and Pakistan(2019) each won one time.
ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 Schedule
ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 Schedule: The first semi-final will be contested between the Group A topper against the 2nd spot holder from Group B while the second semi-final will be contested between the Group B topper and 2nd spot holder from Group A on 21st July. The final will take place on 23rd July.
Check out the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 Schedule below with Venue details:
| Date | Match | Venue | IST | GMT |
| Jul 13, Thu | Sri Lanka A vs Bangladesh A | Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM |
| Afghanistan A vs Oman | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM | |
| Jul 14, Fri | India A vs UAE | Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM |
| Pakistan A vs Nepal | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM | |
| Jul 15, Sat | Bangladesh A vs Oman | Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM |
| Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM | |
| Jul 17, Mon | Pakistan A vs UAE | P Sara Oval, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM |
| India A vs Nepal | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 2:00 PM | 08:30 AM | |
| Jul 18, Tue | Bangladesh A vs Afghanistan A | P Sara Oval, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM |
| Sri Lanka A vs Oman | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 2:00 PM | 08:30 AM | |
| Jul 19, Wed | Nepal vs UAE | P Sara Oval, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM |
| Pakistan A vs India A | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 2:00 PM | 08:30 AM | |
| Jul 21, Fri | TBC vs TBC, Semi Final 1 | P Sara Oval, Colombo | 10:00 AM | 04:30 AM |
| TBC vs TBC, Semi Final 2 | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 2:00 PM | 08:30 AM | |
| Jul 23, Sun | TBC vs TBC, Final | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 2:00 PM | 08:30 AM |
ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 Squad
Afghanistan A
Shahidullah Kamal (c), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ishaq Rahimi (wk), Riaz Hassan, Ihsanullah Janat, Noor Ali Zadran, Zubaid Akbari, Bahir Shah, Allah Noor, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Izharulhaq Naveed, Wafadar Momand, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Saleem, Zia-ur-Rehman, Bilal Sami
Bangladesh A
Saif Hassan (c), Zakir Hasan (vc, wk), Parvez Hossain Emon (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Ripon Mondol, Musfik Hasan, Akbar Ali (wk), Naim Sheikh, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shahadat Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim
India A
Yash Dhull (c), Abhishek Sharma (vc), Sai Sudharsan, Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Pakistan A
Mohammad Haris (c, wk), Omair Yousuf (vc), Amad Butt, Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir
Non-traveling reserves – Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Junaid and Rohail Nazir
Sri Lanka A
Will update soon
Nepal A
Rohit Paudel (c), Arjun Saud(wk), Kushal Bhurtel, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratish GC, Dev Khanal, Sandeep Jora, Kushal Malla, Lalit Rajbanshi, Bhim Sharki, Pawan Sarraf, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Surya Tamang, Kishor Mahato, Shyam Dhakal, Pawan Sarraf
UAE A
Ali Naseer (c), Ethan D’Souza, Jash Giyanani, Jonathan Figy, Mohammad Faraazuddin, Muhammad Jawadullah, Matiullah Khan, Nilansh Keswani, Fahad Nawaz, Aryansh Sharma, Adhitya Shetty, Sanchit Sharma, Lovepreet Singh, Ansh Tandon, Ashwanth Valthapa
Oman A
Aqib Ilyas (c), Wasim Ali, Muhammed Bilal, Fayyaz Butt, Ayaan khan, Shoaib Khan, Suraj Kumar, Kaleemullah, Jay Odedra, Shubo Pal, Kashyap Prajapati, Rafiullah, Abdul Rauf, Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava
