2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup
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Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
| Official logo for 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup | |
| Dates | 27 January – 11 February 2024 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockouts |
| Host(s) | Thailand |
| Champions | Saudi Arabia (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Cambodia |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Player of the series | Cambodia Luqman Butt |
| Most runs | Cambodia Luqman Butt (245) |
| Most wickets | Cambodia Sharwan Godara (12) Cambodia Utkarsh Jain (12) |
← 2023 2026 → | |
The 2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup, the second edition of the ACC Men's Challenger Cup, was played in Thailand in January and February 2024.[1] All of the matches had Twenty20 International (T20I) status, and the tournament was a part of the qualification pathway for the 2025 Asia Cup.[2]
Cambodia and Saudi Arabia qualified for the Premier Cup by winning their respective semi-final matches.[3] [4] Singapore beat Japan by 8 wickets in the third-place play-off.[5] Saudi Arabia beat Cambodia by 5 wickets in the final.[6] The victory meant that Saudi Arabia retained the trophy,[7] having won the 50-over format tournament in 2023.[8]
Squads
[edit ]| Bhutan [9] | Cambodia | China | Indonesia | Japan [10] |
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| Maldives [11] | Myanmar | Saudi Arabia [12] | Singapore | Thailand |
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Qualifier stage
[edit ]Points table
[edit ]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambodia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.269 | Advanced to the group stage |
| 2 | Myanmar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.353 | Advanced to the 9th place play-off |
| 3 | China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.415 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
Fixtures
[edit ]Pyae Phyo Wai 16 (15)
Utkarsh Jain 3/21 (4 overs)
Utkarsh Jain 3/21 (4 overs)
Cambodia won by 7 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Luqman Butt (Cam)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Luqman Butt (Cam)
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to field.
Etienne Beukes 33* (25)
Zong Yuechao 2/19 (4 overs)
Zong Yuechao 2/19 (4 overs)
Wei Guo Lei 14 (25)
Sharwan Godara 4/5 (4 overs)
Sharwan Godara 4/5 (4 overs)
Cambodia won by 93 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Sharwan Godara (Cam)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Sharwan Godara (Cam)
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Huang Junjie (Chn) made his T20I debut.
Zong Yuechao 19* (25)
Htet Lin Aung 3/16 (4 overs)
Htet Lin Aung 3/16 (4 overs)
Paing Danu 14 (18)
Chen Zhuo Yue 3/7 (4 overs)
Chen Zhuo Yue 3/7 (4 overs)
Myanmar won by 1 wicket
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Htet Lin Aung (Mya)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Htet Lin Aung (Mya)
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Xie Qiulai (Chn) made his T20I debut.
Group stage
[edit ]Group A
[edit ]Points table
[edit ]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.282 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Cambodia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −1.140 | |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.264 | Advanced to the 5th place play-off |
| 4 | Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.674 | Advanced to the 7th place play-off |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
Fixtures
[edit ]Abdul Waheed 99 (58)
Salvin Stanly 2/8 (1 over)
Salvin Stanly 2/8 (1 over)
Lakshit Gupta 24 (20)
Imran Yousaf 3/16 (3.3 overs)
Imran Yousaf 3/16 (3.3 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 88 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Abdul Waheed (Sau)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Abdul Waheed (Sau)
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to field.
- Waji Ul Hassan (Sau) made his T20I debut.
Anjar Tadarus 36 (29)
Tenzin Wangchuk 3/22 (4 overs)
Tenzin Wangchuk 3/22 (4 overs)
Suprit Pradhan 28 (20)
Maxi Koda 2/12 (4 overs)
Maxi Koda 2/12 (4 overs)
Indonesia won by 16 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv)
Player of the match: Anjar Tadarus (Idn)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv)
Player of the match: Anjar Tadarus (Idn)
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.
Ranjung Mikyo Dorji 22 (22)
Usman Khalid 4/6 (2 overs)
Usman Khalid 4/6 (2 overs)
Haseeb Ghafoor 47* (40)
Thinley Jamtsho 1/14 (2 overs)
Thinley Jamtsho 1/14 (2 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 8 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Usman Khalid (Sau)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Melattur Krishnakumar (Mdv) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Usman Khalid (Sau)
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
- Zuhair Muhammad (Sau) made his T20I debut.
Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 54 (41)
Gulam Murtaza 3/33 (4 overs)
Gulam Murtaza 3/33 (4 overs)
Luqman Butt 52 (48)
Ferdinando Banunaek 2/20 (4 overs)
Ferdinando Banunaek 2/20 (4 overs)
Cambodia won by 6 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Luqman Butt (Cam)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Luqman Butt (Cam)
- Indonesia won the toss and elected to bat.
Faisal Khan 77 (60)
Gede Arta 3/35 (4 overs)
Gede Arta 3/35 (4 overs)
Kirubasankar Ramamoorthy 27 (19)
Hisham Sheikh 3/16 (4 overs)
Hisham Sheikh 3/16 (4 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 82 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Dorji Loday (Bhu)
Player of the match: Faisal Khan (Sau)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Dorji Loday (Bhu)
Player of the match: Faisal Khan (Sau)
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shahzaib (Sau) made his T20I debut.
Uday Hathinjar 68 (45)
Tenzin Wangchuk 3/38 (4 overs)
Tenzin Wangchuk 3/38 (4 overs)
Thinley Jamtsho 66* (34)
Sharwan Godara 2/15 (4 overs)
Sharwan Godara 2/15 (4 overs)
Cambodia won by 10 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Hardeep Jadeja (Sin)
Player of the match: Uday Hathinjar (Cam)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Hardeep Jadeja (Sin)
Player of the match: Uday Hathinjar (Cam)
- Cambodia won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
[edit ]Points table
[edit ]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.015 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.900 | |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.810 | Advanced to the 5th place play-off |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −3.054 | Advanced to the 7th place play-off |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
Fixtures
[edit ]Surendran Chandramohan 82 (55)
Ibrahim Hassan 2/42 (4 overs)
Ibrahim Hassan 2/42 (4 overs)
Ismail Ali 33 (17)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 3/19 (4 overs)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 3/19 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 41 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Surendran Chandramohan (Sin)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Surendran Chandramohan (Sin)
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohamed Ishmath (Mdv) and Sachin Banamali (Sin) both made their T20I debuts.
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 74 (48)
Chanchai Pengkumta 2/28 (4 overs)
Chanchai Pengkumta 2/28 (4 overs)
Chaloemwong Chatphaisan 31 (12)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 6/26 (3.5 overs)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 6/26 (3.5 overs)
Japan won by 46 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Reo Sakurano-Thomas (Jpn)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Reo Sakurano-Thomas (Jpn)
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
- Austin Lazarus, Mukesh Thakur (Tha) and Koji Abe (Jpn) all made their T20I debuts.
Avi Dixit 23 (23)
Mukesh Thakur 4/23 (4 overs)
Mukesh Thakur 4/23 (4 overs)
Thailand won by 7 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Geda Suda Arsa (Idn) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Chaloemwong Chatphaisan (Tha)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Geda Suda Arsa (Idn) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Chaloemwong Chatphaisan (Tha)
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
Declan Suzuki-McComb 26 (22)
Ibrahim Hassan 2/27 (4 overs)
Ibrahim Hassan 2/27 (4 overs)
Umar Adam 40 (26)
Makoto Taniyama 3/12 (2.4 overs)
Makoto Taniyama 3/12 (2.4 overs)
Japan won by 42 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Sabaorish Ravichandran (Jpn)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Sabaorish Ravichandran (Jpn)
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Charles Hinze and Kazuma Kato-Stafford (Jpn) both made their T20I debuts.
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 35 (27)
Avi Dixit 3/27 (4 overs)
Avi Dixit 3/27 (4 overs)
Singapore won 34 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Anish Paraam (Sin)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Anish Paraam (Sin)
- Japan won the toss and elected to field.
Azyan Farhath 66* (56)
Nopphon Senamontree 2/16 (4 overs)
Nopphon Senamontree 2/16 (4 overs)
Akshaykumar Yadav 66* (28)
Umar Adam 2/40 (3.4 overs)
Umar Adam 2/40 (3.4 overs)
Thailand won by 8 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Jandre Coetzee (Tha)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Jandre Coetzee (Tha)
- Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
[edit ]9th place play-off
[edit ]Wei Guo Lei 70 (61)
Myat Thu Aung 1/13 (3 overs)
Myat Thu Aung 1/13 (3 overs)
Paing Danu 19 (32)
Ma Qiancheng 5/9 (4 overs)
Ma Qiancheng 5/9 (4 overs)
China won by 47 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Dorji Loday (Bhu)
Player of the match: Wei Guo Lei (Chn)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Dorji Loday (Bhu)
Player of the match: Wei Guo Lei (Chn)
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Ma Qiancheng became the first player for China to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[14]
5th place play-off
[edit ]Padmakar Surve 46 (44)
Jandre Coetzee 3/9 (4 overs)
Jandre Coetzee 3/9 (4 overs)
Akshaykumar Yadav 49 (36)
Gede Arta 1/19 (4 overs)
Gede Arta 1/19 (4 overs)
Thailand won by 7 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Dorji Loday (Bhu) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Jandre Coetzee (Tha)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Dorji Loday (Bhu) and Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau)
Player of the match: Jandre Coetzee (Tha)
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
7th place play-off
[edit ]Azyan Farhath 43 (45)
Tenzin Wangchuk 2/24 (4 overs)
Tenzin Wangchuk 2/24 (4 overs)
Jigme Dorji 30 (31)
Ibrahim Hassan 4/12 (3.2 overs)
Ibrahim Hassan 4/12 (3.2 overs)
Maldives won by 32 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Azyan Farhath (Mdv)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Azyan Farhath (Mdv)
- Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
[edit ] A1
Saudi Arabia
98/0 (9)
B2
Japan
97/8 (20)
A1
Saudi Arabia
151/5 (17.3)
A2
Cambodia
147/5 (20)
A2
Cambodia
113/4 (14.5)
B2
Japan
215/3 (20)
B1
Singapore
216/2 (19.2)
Semi-finals
[edit ]Declan Suzuki-McComb 26 (21)
Usman Najeeb 3/13 (4 overs)
Usman Najeeb 3/13 (4 overs)
Faisal Khan 72* (33)
Saudi Arabia won by 10 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Usman Najeeb (Sau)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Usman Najeeb (Sau)
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
Raoul Sharma 39 (34)
Ram Sharan 3/14 (4 overs)
Ram Sharan 3/14 (4 overs)
Ram Sharan 61* (46)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 2/17 (3 overs)
Ramesh Kalimuthu 2/17 (3 overs)
Cambodia won by 6 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Ram Sharan (Cam)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Ram Sharan (Cam)
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd place play-off
[edit ]Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 78 (42)
Harsha Bharadwaj 1/30 (3 overs)
Harsha Bharadwaj 1/30 (3 overs)
Aritra Dutta 122 (63)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 1/22 (4 overs)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 1/22 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 8 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Aritra Dutta (Sin)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau) and Geda Suda Arsa (Idn)
Player of the match: Aritra Dutta (Sin)
- Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
- Aritra Dutta (Sin) scored his first century in men's T20Is.[15]
Final
[edit ]Hisham Sheikh 47* (41)
Utkarsh Jain 2/34 (4 overs)
Utkarsh Jain 2/34 (4 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 5 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Hisham Sheikh (Sau)
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Hisham Sheikh (Sau)
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
Final standings
[edit ]| Position | Team | Qualification |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia | Qualified for 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup |
| 2 | Cambodia | |
| 3 | Singapore | |
| 4 | Japan | |
| 5 | Thailand | |
| 6 | Indonesia | |
| 7 | Maldives | |
| 8 | Bhutan | |
| 9 | China | |
| 10 | Myanmar |
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