ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023: Full schedule, teams, format, squads, time, date, venues

ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023: Here is a look at the full schedule, format and squads of the eight teams competing in the tournament to be held in Sri Lanka from July 13-23.

Yash Dhull will lead the India A team in the ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023 tournament in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: PTI

The fifth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup will commence in Sri Lanka on Thursday.

The age-group tournament is making a return after four years. In the previous edition held in Bangladesh, Pakistan emerged victorious after beating the host in the final. Sri Lanka is the most successful side, having won successive titles in 2017 and 2018. India clinched the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2013.

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What is the format of ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023?

Eight teams will compete in the tournament with the ‘A’ teams of the full members of the Asian Cricket Council - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan - joined by three teams from the ACC Men’s Premier Cup - UAE A, Oman A and the Nepal national team.

The teams will be split into two groups for round-robin clashes before the top two in each group proceed to the semifinal of the 50-over tournament. The only day-night matches of the tournament will be the second semifinal and the final which will be held at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on July 23.

Groups for the ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023

Group A: Afghanistan A, Bangladesh A, Oman A, Sri Lanka A

Group B: India A, Pakistan A, Nepal, UAE A

Date and Time (IST)	Group	Match	Venue
July 13, 2023 - 10:00 AM	A	Sri Lanka A vs Bangladesh A	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
July 13, 2023 - 10:00 AM	A	Oman A vs Afghanistan A	Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
July 14, 2023 - 10:00 AM	B	UAE A vs India A	SSC Cricket Ground, Colombo
July 14, 2023 - 10:00 AM	B	Pakistan A vs Nepal A	Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
July 15, 2023 - 10:00 AM	A	Oman A vs Bangladesh A	SSC Cricket Ground, Colombo
July 15, 2023 - 10:00 AM	A	Afghanistan A vs Sri Lanka A	Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
July 17, 2023 - 10:00 AM	B	Pakistan A vs UAE A	P. Sara Oval, Colombo
July 17, 2023 - 02:00 PM	B	Nepal A vs India A	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
July 18, 2023 - 10:00 AM	A	Afghanistan A vs Bangladesh A	P. Sara Oval, Colombo
July 18, 2023 - 02:00 PM	A	Oman A vs Sri Lanka A	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
July 19, 2023 - 10:00 AM	B	UAE A vs Nepal A	P. Sara Oval, Colombo
July 19, 2023 - 02:00 PM	B	Pakistan A vs India A	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
July 21 - Semifinal 1 - 10:00 AM		TBD	P. Sara Oval, Colombo
July 21 - Semifinal 2 - 2:00 PM		TBD	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Final - 02:00 PM		TBD	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Preps in full swing 👌👌

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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 12, 2023

Squads for ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023

India A: Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma (vc), Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Yash Dhull (c), Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar. Stand-bys: Harsh Dubey, Nehal Wadhera, Snell Patel, Mohit Redkar.

Pakistan A: Mohammad Haris (c, wk), Omair Bin Yousuf (vc), Amad Butt, Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sufiyan Muqeem and Tayyab Tahir. Non-traveling reserves: Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Junaid and Rohail Nazir.

Afghanistan A: Shahidullah Kamal (c), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ishaq Rahimi (wk), Riaz Hassan, Ihsanullah Jannat, Noor Ali Zadran, Zubaid Akbari, Baheer Shah, Allah Noor Nasiri, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Izharulhaq Naveed, Wafadar Momand, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai, Salim Safi, Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, and Bilal Sami. Reserves: Abdul Malik, Asghar Atal, Abdul Baqi, Zuhaib Zamankhil

Bangladesh A: Mohammed Saif Hassan (c), Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shahadat Hossain, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan (vc), Soumya Sarkar, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Mohammad Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Nipun, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Ripon Mondol, Mohammad Musfik Hasan, Akbar Ali, Naim Sheikh. Reserves: Amite Hasan, Sumon Khan, Nayeem Hasan, Hasan Murad.

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Arjun Saud (wk), Aasif Sheikh (wk), Kushal Bhurtel, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratish GC, Dev Khanal, Sandeep Jora, Kushal Malla, Lalit Rajbanshi, Bhim Sharki, Pawan Sarraf, Surya Tamang, Kishor Mahato, Shyam Dhakal.

Sri Lanka A: Dunith Wellalage (c), Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Avishka Fernando, Lasith Croospulle, Sahan Arachchige, Ashen Bandara, Lahiru Udara (wk), Janith Liyanage, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Samarakoon, Isitha Wijesundera, Chamika Karunaratne, Pramod Madushan, Dushan Hemantha.

Oman A: Aaqib Ilyas (c), Jatinder Singh, Kashyap Prajapati, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Suraj Kumar, Jay Odedra, Kaleemullah, Ahmed Fayyaz Butt, Samay Shrivastava, Wasim Ali, Rafiullah, Abdul Rauf, Shubo Pal, Muhammed Bilal.

UAE A: Ali Naseer (c), Adithya Shetty, Aryansh Sharma, Ansh Tandon, Ashwanth Valthapa, Ethan D’Souza, Fahad Nawaz, Jash Giyanani, Jonathan Figy, Lovepreet Singh, Matiullah, Mohammad Faraazuddin, Muhammad Jawadullah, Nilansh Keswani, Sanchit Sharma.

Where to watch ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023?

The ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023 will be telecast LIVE on the Star Sports Network at 10:00 AM IST. The match will also be streamed LIVE on the FanCode app and website.