Emerging Asia Cup T20 2024: Squads, match schedule, venues, date | Cricket News
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, Pakan A beat India A 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: Afghanan A, Bangladesh A, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka A.Group B: India A, Oman, Pakan A, United Arab Emirates.
Emerging Asia Cup 2024 Schedule
October 18, 2024: Bangladesh A vs Hong Kong – Muscat – 1pmOctober 18, 2024: Afghanan A vs Sri Lanka A – Muscat – 5:30pmOctober 19, 2024: Oman vs UAE – Muscat – 1pmOctober 19, 2024: India A vs Pakan A – Muscat – 5:30pmOctober 20, 2024: Hong Kong vs Sri Lanka A – Muscat – 1pmOctober 20, 2024: Afghanan A vs Bangladesh A – Muscat – 5:30pmOctober 21, 2024: Oman vs Pakan A – Muscat – 1pmOctober 21, 2024: India A vs UAE – Muscat – 5:30pmOctober 22, 2024: Afghanan A vs Hong Kong – Muscat – 1pmOctober 22, 2024: Bangladesh A vs Sri Lanka A – Muscat – 5:30pmOctober 23, 2024: Pakan vs UAE – Muscat – 1pmOctober 23, 2024: Oman vs India A – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 25, 2024: Semifinal 1 – Muscat – 1pmOctober 25, 2024: Semifinal 2 – Muscat – 5:30pm
October 27, 2024: Final – Muscat – 5:30pm
India squad for Emerging Asia Cup 2024: 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.