2023 Men's T20 World Cup Asia sub-regional qualifiers
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1][2]
Description
The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for Asia was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final.[3][4][5] The Asia region's sub-regional phase consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, hosted by Qatar Cricket Association and Malaysian Cricket Association from 28 September to 5 October and 26 July to 1 August 2023 respectively.[6]
Kuwait progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier A's points table.[7][8] Kuwait's Meet Bhavsar scored the most runs (262) while Saudi Arabia's Hisham Sheikh and Qatar's Himanshu Rathod took the most wickets (12 each) in the tournament.
Malaysia progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier B's points table.[9] Malaysia's Virandeep Singh was named player of the series while Ahmad Faiz scored the most runs (115) and Syazrul Idrus took the most wickets (10) in the tournament.
Qualifier A
| Dates | 28 September – 5 October 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin |
| Host | Qatar |
| Champions | Kuwait |
| Runners-up | Saudi Arabia |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Most runs | Meet Bhavsar (262)[10] |
| Most wickets | Hisham Sheikh (12) Himanshu Rathod (12)[11] |
| Kuwait[12] | Maldives[13] | Qatar | Saudi Arabia[14] |
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Qualifier A fixtures
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Kuwait | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2.202 | Advance to the regional final |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.447 | |
| 3 | Qatar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.349 | |
| 4 | Maldives | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −4.332 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
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Ravija Sandaruwan 42 (29)
Himanshu Rathod 3/20 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Ahnaff (Qat) made his T20I debut.
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Abdul Waheed 58 (35)
Ameel Mauroof 2/24 (4 overs) |
Azyan Farhath 43 (44)
Hisham Sheikh 4/12 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Savindra Amaradasa, Kaushal Rodrigo (Mdv) and Waqar Ul Hassan (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.
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Saqlain Arshad 27 (24)
Hisham Sheikh 4/14 (4 overs) |
Hisham Sheikh 29* (33)
Himanshu Rathod 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
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Kaushal Rodrigo 71 (54)
Muhammad Murad 3/21 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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Meet Bhavsar 89 (55)
Ishtiaq Ahmad 5/27 (4 overs) |
Faisal Khan 69 (34)
Sayed Monib 4/16 (3.4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
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Ravija Sandaruwan 71 (40)
Muhammad Murad 2/23 (3 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Nimish Lathief (Kuw) made his T20I debut.
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Kaushal Rodrigo 26 (41)
Ahmed Baladraf 3/14 (4 overs) |
Faisal Khan 46* (25)
Leem Shafeeg 1/9 (1 over) |
- Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
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Kaushal Rodrigo 23 (29)
Yasin Patel 2/10 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Mirza Ahmed (Kuw) made his T20I debut.
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Muhammad Tanveer 52 (23)
Umar Adam 2/49 (4 overs) |
Umar Adam 56 (29)
Himanshu Rathod 4/29 (4 overs) |
- Maldives won the toss and elected to field.
- Shaof Hassan (Mdv) made his T20I debut.
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Abdul Waheed 83 (58)
Sayed Monib 2/29 (4 overs) |
Meet Bhavsar 55 (27)
Zain Ul Abidin 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier B
| Dates | 26 July – 1 August 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | Malaysia |
| Champions | Malaysia |
| Runners-up | Thailand |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Player of the series | Virandeep Singh |
| Most runs | Ahmad Faiz (115)[16] |
| Most wickets | Syazrul Idrus (10)[17] |
| Bhutan[18] | China | Malaysia[19] |
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| Myanmar | Thailand[20] | |
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Qualifier B fixtures
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.986 | Advance to the regional final |
| 2 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.927 | |
| 3 | Bhutan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.085 | |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −3.537 | |
| 5 | Myanmar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −4.196 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]
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Wei Guo Lei 7 (15)
Syazrul Idrus 7/8 (4 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sharveen Surendran (Mas), Yin Chenhao, Xie Kunkun, Wei Guo Lei, Ma Qiancheng, Wang Liuyang, Wang Qi, Tian Sen Qun, Luo Shilin, Zhao Tianle, Zhuang Zelin and Chen Zhuo Yue (Chn) all made their T20I debuts.
- Syazrul Idrus (Mas) became the first bowler to take seven wickets in a men's T20I.[22]
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Sherab Loday 18 (16)
Pyae Phyo Wai 3/29 (4 overs) |
Ye Naing Tun 19 (17)
Karma Dorji 2/4 (2 overs) |
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Karma Dorji, Kishen Ghalley, Tashi Phuntsho (Bhu), Htet Lin Aung, Thuya Aung, Khin Aye, Paing Danu, Nay Lin Htun, Aung Ko Ko, Swann Htet Ko Ko, Htet Lin Oo, Ko Ko Lin Thu, Ye Naing Tun and Pyae Phyo Wai (Mya) all made their T20I debuts.
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Wei Guo Lei 8 (16)
Nopphon Senamontree 4/9 (2.5 overs) |
Sorawat Desungnoen 16* (15)
Wang Qi 1/7 (2 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
- Jandre Coetzee, Sarawut Maliwan and Akshaykumar Yadav (Tha) all made their T20I debuts.
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Zubaidi Zulkifle 36 (19)
Tenzin Wangchuk 2/28 (4 overs) |
Suprit Pradhan 22 (27)
Virandeep Singh 2/14 (4 overs) |
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.
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Robert Raina 42 (30)
Thuya Aung 2/23 (4 overs) |
Pyae Phyo Wai 8 (18)
Khaniston Namchaikul 4/7 (4 overs) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Nyeing Cham Soe (Mya) made his T20I debut.
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Suprit Pradhan 59 (41)
Ma Qiancheng 1/17 (4 overs) |
Wei Guo Lei 15 (14)
Namgay Thinley 3/3 (2.4 overs) |
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.
- China were set a revised target of 144 runs from 17 overs due to rain.
- Anand Mongar (Bhu), Deng Jinqi and Zong Yuechao (Chn) all made their T20I debuts.
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Ye Naing Tun 10 (15)
Syazrul Idrus 2/5 (3 overs) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Myat Thu Aung (Mya) made his T20I debut.
- Ahmad Faiz (Mas) scored his first century in T20Is.[23]
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Tenzin Rabgay 22 (27)
Robert Raina 2/18 (4 overs) |
Akshaykumar Yadav 31* (28)
Tashi Phuntsho 1/22 (2 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
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Pyae Phyo Wai 17 (25)
Chen Zhuo Yue 4/16 (4 overs) |
Zhuang Zelin 33 (41)
Paing Danu 2/15 (4 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.
- Zou Kui (Chn) made his T20I debut.
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Akshaykumar Yadav 23 (23)
Vijay Unni 4/23 (4 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
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