2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was hosted by Malaysia in August and September 2024.[1]

2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Asia Sub-regional Qualifier A
Dates30 August – 9 September 2024
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions Malaysia
Runners-up Kuwait
Participants7
Matches21
Most runsMalaysia Syed Aziz (216)
Most wicketsKuwait Yasin Patel (15)
2023

The top two sides in the tournament, Malaysia and Kuwait advanced to the regional final,[2] where they will be joined by Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea, who were given a bye after having participated in the previous T20 World Cup, and two other teams from sub-regional qualifier B, along with the winners of EAP qualifiers.[3][4]

Squads

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  Hong Kong[5]   Kuwait[6]   Malaysia[7]   Maldives[8]   Mongolia[6]   Myanmar[9]   Singapore[10]
  • Azyan Farhath (c)
  • Umar Adam (vc)
  • Mabsar Abdulla
  • Ismail Ali
  • Mohamed Azzam
  • Ibrahim Hassan
  • Piyal Kumar
  • Mohamed Miuvaan
  • Azin Rafeeq
  • Mohamed Rishwan
  • Ibrahim Rizan
  • Leem Shafeeq
  • Mohamed Shiyam
  • Ali Shunan
  • Gedara Wijesingha
  • Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan (c)
  • Temuulen Amarmend
  • Turbold Batjargal
  • Enkhbat Batkhuyag
  • Gandemberel Ganbold
  • Sodbileg Gantulga
  • Davaasuren Jamyansuren
  • Od Lutbayar (wk)
  • Bat-Yalalt Namsrai
  • Nyambaatar Naranbaatar
  • Sanchir Natsagdorj
  • Zoljavkhlan Shurentsetseg
  • Turmunkh Tumursukh
  • Mohan Vivekanandan
  • Htet Lin Aung (c)
  • Myat Thu Aung
  • Thuya Aung
  • Khin Aye (wk)
  • Paing Danu
  • Aung Ko Ko
  • Swann Htet Ko Ko (wk)
  • Htet Lin Oo
  • Nay Lin Htun
  • Ko Ko Lin Thu
  • Lwin Maw
  • Nyeing Cham Soe
  • Ye Naing Tun
  • Pyae Phyo Wai

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1   Malaysia 6 5 1 0 10 2.612 Advanced to the regional final
2   Kuwait 6 4 1 1 9 5.053
3   Hong Kong 6 4 1 1 9 4.945 Eliminated
4   Singapore 6 4 2 0 8 3.141
5   Maldives 6 2 4 0 4 −1.368
6   Myanmar 6 1 5 0 2 −3.712
7   Mongolia 6 0 6 0 0 −7.145
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

Fixtures

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30 August 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
203/3 (20 overs)
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  Maldives
109/6 (20 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 72 (46)
Azyan Farhath 1/12 (2 overs)
Umar Adam 46 (32)
Sharvin Muniandy 2/7 (2 overs)
Malaysia won by 94 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban)
Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mas)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mohamed Shiyam and Gedara Wijesingha (Mdv) both made their T20I debuts.

30 August 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Myanmar  
50/7 (20 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
51/1 (4.3 overs)
Ko Ko Lin Thu 15 (21)
Anas Khan 2/9 (4 overs)
Zeeshan Ali 18 (8)
Hong Kong won by 9 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Anas Khan (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

30 August 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Kuwait  
210/8 (20 overs)
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  Mongolia
50 (18.3 overs)
Clinto Anto 75 (42)
Luvsanzundai Erdenebulgan 2/30 (4 overs)
Temuulen Amarmend 21* (30)
Shiraz Khan 3/8 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 160 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Clinto Anto (Kuw)
  • Mongolia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sodbileg Gantulga and Sanchir Natsagdorj (Mgl) both made their T20I debuts.

31 August 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore  
153/7 (20 overs)
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  Maldives
106/8 (20 overs)
Manpreet Singh 51 (42)
Leem Shafeeq 2/27 (4 overs)
Mohamed Shiyam 25* (26)
Amartya Kaul 3/20 (4 overs)
Janak Prakash 3/20 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 47 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Manpreet Singh (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rahul Sheshadri and William Simpson (Sin) both made their T20I debuts.
  • Surendran Chandramohan crossed 1,000 runs in T20Is.[12]

31 August 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Myanmar  
75/7 (20 overs)
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  Malaysia
78/4 (9.4 overs)
Pyae Phyo Wai 26 (33)
Vijay Unni 1/9 (3 overs)
Virandeep Singh 23* (14)
Pyae Phyo Wai 3/20 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 6 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Shiju Sam (UAE) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Azri Azhar (Mas) and Lwin Maw (Mya) both made their T20I debuts.

31 August 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Mongolia  
17 (14.2 overs)
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  Hong Kong
18/1 (1.4 overs)
Mohan Vivekanandan 5 (18)
Ehsan Khan 4/5 (3 overs)
Zeeshan Ali 15* (6)
Od Lutbayar 1/5 (0.4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 9 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Ehsan Khan (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
  • Enkhbat Batkhuyag and Turbold Batjargal (Mgl) both made their T20I debuts.
  • Ayush Shukla (HK) became the third bowler to bowl four consecutive maiden overs in a T20I match.[13]

2 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
201/8 (20 overs)
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  Singapore
73/4 (8 overs)
Zeeshan Ali 70 (35)
Akshay Puri 2/38 (3 overs)
Manpreet Singh 22 (9)
Ehsan Khan 3/18 (2 overs)
Hong Kong won by 23 runs (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Ali (HK)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Singapore were set a revised target of 97 runs from 8 overs due to rain.

2 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Kuwait  
226/4 (20 overs)
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  Maldives
84/7 (20 overs)
Usman Patel 111* (52)
Ibrahim Hassan 2/28 (3 overs)
Umar Adam 27 (13)
Yasin Patel 3/18 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 142 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Usman Patel (Kuw)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to field.
  • Usman Patel (Kuw) scored his first century in T20Is.[14]

2 September 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Myanmar  
132/6 (20 overs)
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  Mongolia
61/9 (20 overs)
Pyae Phyo Wai 39 (41)
Mohan Vivekanandan 2/21 (4 overs)
Sanchir Natsagdorj 11 (35)
Khin Aye 2/5 (2 overs)
Myanmar won by 71 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Pyae Phyo Wai (Mya)
  • Mongolia won the toss and elected to field.

3 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Maldives  
102/9 (20 overs)
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  Hong Kong
107/1 (9 overs)
Umar Adam 26 (15)
Ehsan Khan 3/20 (4 overs)
Zeeshan Ali 50* (21)
Mohamed Shiyam 1/22 (1 over)
Hong Kong won by 9 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Ateeq Iqbal (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mabsar Abdulla (Mdv) made his T20I debut.
  • Nizakat Khan (HK) scored his 2,000th runs in T20Is.[15]

3 September 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Myanmar  
47/7 (20 overs)
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  Kuwait
48/2 (3.3 overs)
Pyae Phyo Wai 16 (38)
Yasin Patel 3/6 (4 overs)
Ravija Sandaruwan 20 (7)
Paing Danu 1/23 (1.3 overs)
Kuwait won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Yasin Patel (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

3 September 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Malaysia  
182/6 (20 overs)
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  Singapore
181/7 (20 overs)
Syed Aziz 53 (22)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 2/53 (4 overs)
Anish Paraam 78* (46)
Pavandeep Singh 3/25 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 1 run
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban)
Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

5 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
149/7 (20 overs)
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  Kuwait
150/2 (15.2 overs)
Virandeep Singh 43 (37)
Yasin Patel 3/22 (4 overs)
Usman Patel 57* (38)
Vijay Unni 1/25 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Usman Patel (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

5 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Mongolia  
10 (10 overs)
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  Singapore
13/1 (0.5 overs)
Gandemberel Ganbold 2 (4)
Harsha Bharadwaj 6/3 (4 overs)
Raoul Sharma 7* (2)
Enkhbat Batkhuyag 1/13 (0.5 overs)
Singapore won by 9 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Harsha Bharadwaj (Sin)

5 September 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Myanmar  
51 (17 overs)
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  Maldives
52/1 (5.3 overs)
Htet Lin Oo 14 (18)
Umar Adam 3/11 (4 overs)
Ismail Ali 23* (11)
Pyae Phyo Wai 1/14 (2 overs)
Maldives won by 9 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Umar Adam (Mdv)
  • Myanmar won the toss and elected to bat.

6 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Maldives  
178/6 (20 overs)
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  Mongolia
61 (19.1 overs)
Gedara Wijesingha 56 (39)
Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan 3/29 (4 overs)
Od Lutbayar 18 (17)
Azyan Farhath 4/5 (4 overs)
Maldives won by 117 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Azyan Farhath (Mdv)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Maldives scored their highest innings total in T20Is.[17]

6 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Kuwait  
152/9 (20 overs)
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  Singapore
156/5 (18.5 overs)
Ravija Sandaruwan 56 (36)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 5/21 (4 overs)
William Simpson 46* (39)
Yasin Patel 2/27 (3.5 overs)
Singapore won by 5 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban)
Player of the match: Ramesh Kalimuthu (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ramesh Kalimuthu (Sin) took his first five wicket haul in T20Is.[17]

7 September 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Malaysia  
124 (18.4 overs)
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  Hong Kong
121/9 (20 overs)
Syed Aziz 40 (30)
Yasim Murtaza 3/12 (4 overs)
Nizakat Khan 34 (35)
Syed Aziz 4/9 (3 overs)
Malaysia won by 3 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mas)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

9 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Myanmar  
45 (17.5 overs)
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  Singapore
47/2 (4.4 overs)
Htet Lin Aung 11 (15)
Harsha Bharadwaj 4/8 (4 overs)
William Simpson 24* (8)
Htet Lin Aung 1/17 (2 overs)
Singapore won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Harsha Bharadwaj (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to field.

9 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Mongolia  
31 (16.1 overs)
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  Malaysia
35/0 (2.1 overs)
Mohan Vivekanandan 8 (26)
Virandeep Singh 4/5 (4 overs)
Syed Aziz 31* (11)
Malaysia won by 10 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

9 September 2024
13:45
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
139/9 (20 overs)
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  Kuwait
11/2 (4 overs)
Babar Hayat 42 (48)
Mohamed Shafeeq 3/35 (4 overs)
Clinto Anto 4* (12)
Ehsan Khan 1/2 (1 over)
No result
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

References

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  12. ^ "Congratulations Surendran Chandramohan on reaching an incredible milestone of 1,000 runs in T20Is!". Singapore Cricket Association. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via Facebook.
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  15. ^ @CricketHK (3 September 2024). "LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT! Our skipper, Nizakat Khan, has just crossed the remarkable 2000 runs in T20I during the clash against Maldives in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Asia Qualifier A" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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