2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup
 Official logo for 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup | |
| Dates | 27 January – 11 February 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockouts |
| Host(s) |  Thailand |
| Champions |  Saudi Arabia (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Cambodia |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Player of the series | Luqman Butt |
| Most runs | Luqman Butt (245) |
| Most wickets | Sharwan Godara (12) Utkarsh Jain (12) |
The 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup, the second edition of the ACC Men's Challenger Cup, was played in Thailand in January and February 2024.[1] All of the matches had Twenty20 International (T20I) status, and the tournament was a part of the qualification pathway for the 2025 Asia Cup.[2]
Cambodia and Saudi Arabia qualified for the Premier Cup by winning their respective semi-final matches.[3][4] Singapore beat Japan by 8 wickets in the third-place play-off.[5] Saudi Arabia beat Cambodia by 5 wickets in the final.[6] The victory meant that Saudi Arabia retained the trophy,[7] having won the 50-over format tournament in 2023.[8]
Squads
 Bhutan[9]
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Cambodia
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 China
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 Indonesia
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 Japan[10]
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 Maldives[11]
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 Myanmar
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Saudi Arabia[12]
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 Singapore
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Thailand
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Qualifier stage
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Cambodia
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.269 | Advanced to the group stage |
| 2 | Myanmar
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.353 | Advanced to the 9th place play-off |
| 3 | China
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.415 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
Fixtures
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Pyae Phyo Wai 16 (15) Utkarsh Jain 3/21 (4 overs) |
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to field.
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Etienne Beukes 33* (25) Zong Yuechao 2/19 (4 overs) |
Wei Guo Lei 14 (25) Sharwan Godara 4/5 (4 overs) |
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Huang Junjie (Chn) made his T20I debut.
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Zong Yuechao 19* (25) Htet Lin Aung 3/16 (4 overs) |
Paing Danu 14 (18) Chen Zhuo Yue 3/7 (4 overs) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Xie Qiulai (Chn) made his T20I debut.
Group stage
Group A
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.282 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Cambodia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −1.140 | |
| 3 | Indonesia
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.264 | Advanced to the 5th place play-off |
| 4 | Bhutan
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.674 | Advanced to the 7th place play-off |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
Fixtures
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Abdul Waheed 99 (58) Salvin Stanly 2/8 (1 over) |
Lakshit Gupta 24 (20) Imran Yousaf 3/16 (3.3 overs) |
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to field.
- Waji Ul Hassan (Sau) made his T20I debut.
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Anjar Tadarus 36 (29) Tenzin Wangchuk 3/22 (4 overs) |
Suprit Pradhan 28 (20) Maxi Koda 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.
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Ranjung Mikyo Dorji 22 (22) Usman Khalid 4/6 (2 overs) |
Haseeb Ghafoor 47* (40) Thinley Jamtsho 1/14 (2 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
- Zuhair Muhammad (Sau) made his T20I debut.
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Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 54 (41) Gulam Murtaza 3/33 (4 overs) |
Luqman Butt 52 (48) Ferdinando Banunaek 2/20 (4 overs) |
- Indonesia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Faisal Khan 77 (60) Gede Arta 3/35 (4 overs) |
Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 27 (19) Hisham Sheikh 3/16 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shahzaib (Sau) made his T20I debut.
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Uday Hathinjar 68 (45) Tenzin Wangchuk 3/38 (4 overs) |
Thinley Jamtsho 66* (34) Sharwan Godara 2/15 (4 overs) |
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Singapore
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.015 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.900 | |
| 3 | Thailand
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.810 | Advanced to the 5th place play-off |
| 4 | Maldives
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −3.054 | Advanced to the 7th place play-off |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
Fixtures
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Surendran Chandramohan 82 (55) Ibrahim Hassan 2/42 (4 overs) |
Ismail Ali 33 (17) Ramesh Kalimuthu 3/19 (4 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohamed Ishmath (Mdv) and Sachin Banamali (Sin) both made their T20I debuts.
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 74 (48) Chanchai Pengkumta 2/28 (4 overs) |
Chaloemwong Chatphaisan 31 (12) Reo Sakurano-Thomas 6/26 (3.5 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
- Austin Lazarus, Mukesh Thakur (Tha) and Koji Abe (Jpn) all made their T20I debuts.
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Declan Suzuki-McComb 26 (22) Ibrahim Hassan 2/27 (4 overs) |
Umar Adam 40 (26) Makoto Taniyama 3/12 (2.4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Charles Hinze and Kazuma Kato-Stafford (Jpn) both made their T20I debuts.
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Azyan Farhath 66* (56) Nopphon Senamontree 2/16 (4 overs) |
Akshaykumar Yadav 66* (28) Umar Adam 2/40 (3.4 overs) |
- Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
9th place play-off
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Wei Guo Lei 70 (61) Myat Thu Aung 1/13 (3 overs) |
Paing Danu 19 (32) Ma Qiancheng 5/9 (4 overs) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Ma Qiancheng became the first player for China to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[14]
5th place play-off
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Padmakar Surve 46 (44) Jandre Coetzee 3/9 (4 overs) |
Akshaykumar Yadav 49 (36) Gede Arta 1/19 (4 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
7th place play-off
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Azyan Farhath 43 (45) Tenzin Wangchuk 2/24 (4 overs) |
Jigme Dorji 30 (31) Ibrahim Hassan 4/12 (3.2 overs) |
- Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Saudi Arabia
| 98/0 (9) | |||||||
| B2 | Japan
| 97/8 (20) | |||||||
| A1 | Saudi Arabia
| 151/5 (17.3) | |||||||
| A2 | Cambodia
| 147/5 (20) | |||||||
| A2 | Cambodia
| 113/4 (14.5) | |||||||
| B1 | Singapore
| 109 (20) | 3rd place play-off | ||||||
| B2 | Japan
| 215/3 (20) | |||||||
| B1 | Singapore
| 216/2 (19.2) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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Declan Suzuki-McComb 26 (21) Usman Najeeb 3/13 (4 overs) |
Faisal Khan 72* (33) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
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Raoul Sharma 39 (34) Ram Sharan 3/14 (4 overs) |
Ram Sharan 61* (46) Ramesh Kalimuthu 2/17 (3 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd place play-off
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 78 (42) Harsha Bharadwaj 1/30 (3 overs) |
Aritra Dutta 122 (63) Sabaorish Ravichandran 1/22 (4 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
- Aritra Dutta (Sin) scored his first century in men's T20Is.[15]
Final
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Hisham Sheikh 47* (41) Utkarsh Jain 2/34 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
Final standings
| Position | Team | Qualification |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia |
Qualified for 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup |
| 2 | Cambodia
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| 3 | Singapore |
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| 4 | Japan
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| 5 | Thailand
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| 6 | Indonesia
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| 7 | Maldives
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| 8 | Bhutan
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| 9 | China
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| 10 | Myanmar
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References
- ^ "Thailand Cricket to host ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2024 in January/February". Czarsportz. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "ACC announces 2023-24 cricket calendar; India, Pakistan in same group for Asia Cup 2023". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Cambodia win a place alongside the Asian elite as they beat Singapore by six wickets". Cricket Association of Thailand. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "ACC Men's T20I Challenger Trophy: Faisal leads Saudi Arabia to semi-final victory". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Singapore Chase 216 for 3rd place". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia see off Cambodia challenge to win ACC challenger cup". Cricket Association of Thailand. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia see off Cambodia to retain ACC Challenger Cup title in Thailand". Arab News. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain win through ACC Challenger Cup". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "The following players have been selected to represent the Bhutan Men's Team in the upcoming ACC Challenger Cup, scheduled to be held in Thailand from January 30, 2024, to February 11, 2024". Bhutan Cricket Council Board. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Men's Japan National Teams Announced for Upcoming Tournaments". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup – Thailand". Cricket Board of Maldives. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "The list of Saudi National Team to participate in the Asian Challenge Cup in Thailand!". Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2024 – via Facebook.
- ^ a b c "Asian Cricket Council Men's Challenger Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "China's solid batting outshines Myanmar in tense ACC T20I Challenger Clash". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "A THRILLING CHASE: SINGAPORE SNATCHES 3RD PLACE WITH A STUNNING VICTORY OVER JAPAN IN THE ACC CHALLENGER TROPHY". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 February 2024.