The sixth edition of the Emerging Asia Cup will be held in Oman with eight teams in contention.
The tournament which was held last year after a four-year hiatus in the ODI format will be played in the T20 format for the first time this season.
The tournament will be held at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Muscat between October 18 to 27. The tournament will be played between the ‘A’ sides of five sides with Hong Kong, hosts Oman and United Arab Emirates fielding their senior men’s sides.
Last year, Pakistan A beat India A by 128 runs in the final.
Groups
Eight teams are split into two groups of four each where matches will be held in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.
Group A: Afghanistan A, Bangladesh A, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka A.
Group B: India A, Oman, Pakistan A, United Arab Emirates.
Emerging Asia Cup 2024 Schedule
October 18, 2024: Bangladesh A vs Hong Kong – Muscat – 1pm
October 18, 2024: Afghanistan A vs Sri Lanka A – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 19, 2024: Oman vs UAE – Muscat – 1pm
October 19, 2024: India A vs Pakistan A – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 20, 2024: Hong Kong vs Sri Lanka A – Muscat – 1pm
October 20, 2024: Afghanistan A vs Bangladesh A – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 21, 2024: Oman vs Pakistan A – Muscat – 1pm
October 21, 2024: India A vs UAE – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 22, 2024: Afghanistan A vs Hong Kong – Muscat – 1pm
October 22, 2024: Bangladesh A vs Sri Lanka A – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 23, 2024: Pakistan vs UAE – Muscat – 1pm
October 23, 2024: Oman vs India A – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 25, 2024: Semifinal 1 – Muscat – 1pm
October 25, 2024: Semifinal 2 – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 27, 2024: Final – Muscat – 5:30pm
Emerging Asia Cup 2024 Squads
India: Tilak Varma (c), Vaibhav Arora, Ayush Badoni, Rahul Chahar, Anshul Kamboj, Sai Kishore, Aaqib Khan, Anuj Rawat (wk), Rasikh Salam, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Ramandeep Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Hrithik Shokeen, Nehal Wadhera.
Pakistan: Mohammad Haris (c), Abbas Afridi, Qasim Akram, Ahmed Daniyal, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Imran, Haseebullah Khan, Yasir Khan, Zaman Khan, Arafat Minhas, Sufiyan Moqim, Mehran Mumtaz, Abdul Samad, Omair Yousuf.
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (c), Yasim Murtaza (vc),Zeeshan Ali, Martin Coetzee, Babar Hayat, Rajab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan, Nasrulla Rana, Anshuman Rath, Ayush Shukla, Darsh Vora.
Afghanistan: Sediqullah Atal (c), Qais Ahmad, Zubaid Akbari, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Karim Janat, Nangialai Kharoti, Abdul Rahman Rahmani, Shahidullah, Bilal Sami, Numan Shah (wk), Wafiullah Tarakhil
Sri Lanka: Lahiru Udara (C), Yashoda Lanka, Lasith Croospulle, Nuwanidu Fernando, Sahan Arachchige, Pawan Rathnayake, Eshan Malinga, Dinura Kalupahana, Nipun Ransika, Isitha Wijesundara, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Kavindu Nadeeshan, Nimesh Vimukthi, Dushan Hemantha, Ramesh Mendis
Bangladesh: TBA
UAE: TBA
Oman: TBA